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‘The Franchise’ Has A Needlessly Good Premiere
There’s a joke at the end of The Franchise’s premiere that sums the whole thing up. In it, Himesh Patel’s Daniel, the first AD of...
‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Picks Up With Episode 5
I’m not sure that Tulsa King Season 2 has quite lived up to the expectations I had for it, but Episode 5, “Tilting at Windmills”,...
The Chemistry Between Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth Cannot Save ‘Lonely Planet’
Lonely Planet is an age-gap romance movie starring Liam Hemsworth and Laura Dern as the leads. And to be honest, if I didn’t see the...
‘Joan’ Goes International in Episode 2
A new business endeavour becomes confusingly personal in Episode 2 of Joan, which admittedly lacks the snappy pace of the premiere. It remains, though, a...
‘A Virtuous Business’ Episode 1 Establishes A Solid Premise
The comedic hook of A Virtuous Business is fairly straightforward – the clash of conservative Korea and sexual openness. Lots of K-Dramas are sexy, of...
Ignorance Is Bliss In ‘The Penguin’ Episode 3
The Penguin is excellent in a way that doesn’t make much sense, and Episode 3, “Bliss”, exemplifies this in several interesting ways. It’s a Batman...
‘Uprising’ Story Recap and Ending Explained: All The Key Moments In The South Korean Historical Drama
The ending of Uprising is a full-circle experience: a former slave and master (and a misunderstood friendship spanning years) finally meet in a bloody battle...
‘Uprising’ Review – An Epic South Korean Historical Drama
Uprising is the kind of historical military film that you have to pay attention to. Cue the costume designs, which we already expect to be...
‘Teacup’ Episode 2 Raises The Stakes and Complicates the Mystery
Freed from the clunky expositional approach of its premiere, Teacup feels like it’s coming together in Episode 2, “My Little Lighthouse”. The predicament feels more...
Exposition Bogs Down The Premiere Of ‘Teacup’
A name seems to carry more weight in the horror genre than anywhere else. You see Jordan Peele or James Wan or Ryan Murphy –...
‘Disclaimer’ Proves A Point With A Much Superior Second Episode
Disclaimer has a point to prove in Episode 2, and in so doing it makes me look a little foolish for assuming in the premiere...
The ‘Disclaimer’ Premiere Is All Vibes – And Viewers May Tire Of It
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I do think I’ve sussed Alfonso Cuaron’s Disclaimer out. As of Episode 1, it’s a handsomely...
‘The Old Man’ Season 2 Continues To Evoke the Glory Days In Episode 6
When you go on the run, you only take the essentials, and that’s the feeling that hangs over The Old Man as we enter the...
‘Agatha All Along’ Drops Its Bombshell Teen Reveal in Episode 5
I have been relatively positive about Agatha All Along since the beginning, but Episode 5, “Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power”, feels like the moment...
‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 6 Reveals the Nurse Redd Connection
Since the premiere of Grotesquerie, I’ve complained pretty reliably about the inclusion of the inclusion of the Nurse Redd storyline, which has always felt like...
‘Grotesquerie’ Episode 5’s One-Shot Sequence Is A Delight
From bad to worse; out of the frying pan into the fire. Pick whichever idiom you like, but that’s the vibe of Grotesquerie Episode 5....
‘Outer Banks’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap – What Happened In “Albatross”?
The Pogues are panicked at the start of Outer Banks Season 4, Episode 5. After the altercation between Terrance, Cleo, and Lightner, they are left...
The Pogues Are Maturing in ‘Outer Banks’ Season 4, And That Can Only Be A Good Thing
Season 4 shows that Outer Banks is maturing. The characters are the same. The vibe is the same. Heck, it even follows similar plot beats....