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‘Steve’ Ending Explained – Haunting Ambiguity Is A Powerful Choice
You’re not supposed to quite know what to make of the ending of Steve, particularly its final frames depicting the titular headteacher climbing a ladder...
‘Steve’ Review – Cillian Murphy’s Remarkable Real-Time Breakdown
Steve is named after Cillian Murphy’s character, a spiralling reform college headteacher who’s in the midst of a substance abuse-accelerated mental breakdown. The movie isn’t...
‘Invasion’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – Taking A Breather At the Wrong Time
Invasion never does itself any favours, does it? After finally injecting some pace into Season 3 with the reveal that Infinitas were really an alien-worshipping death cult, it pumped the brakes immediately for an explanatory flashback episode nobody wanted.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – I Don’t Think He Was A Nazi
It might have taken ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to finally get good, but now that the ball’s rolling, it has quickly generated enough speed to carry right through into the finale.
‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Ending Explained – Who Else But the Creepy Dudes?
You could have predicted the ending of The Game: You Never Play Alone after the first couple of episodes. I’ll provide a bit more clarity,...
‘The Game: You Never Play Alone’ Review – Timely Cautionary Fare Gets Predictable
Coming as a surprise to precisely nobody, the video game industry is pretty aggressively male-dominated. That’s a reality that is, thankfully, beginning to change, but...
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Supes Don’t Like Being Locked Up
You can’t keep a good Supe down, or so the saying that I’ve just made up goes, and it’s similarly difficult to keep them locked up, too.
‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Listen To Your Heart
As predicted, High Potential Season 2 is losing a bit of steam after wrapping up the Game Maker storyline so quickly.
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap – Loyalty Gets You Nowhere
We’re three episodes into Season 4 of The Morning Show, and someone’s already on their way out the door.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 2 Recap – Ho, What A Tangled Web We Weave
We all know a Roddy Ho, and we all went to kill him, so you can understand why the first order of business in Slow Horses Season 5 has been to determine whether Roddy’s attempted assassination is part of some wider scheme.
‘Platonic’ Season 2 Ending Explained – And The Cycle Continues
I can’t help but think that Sylvia and Will aren’t very good for each other. The point of Platonic is supposed to be the opposite, even though...
‘Chad Powers’ Premiere Recap – Very Funny, Oddly Charming, and Totally Conventional
I can totally see why someone might not like Chad Powers, the Hulu comedy co-created by Glen Powell and Loki’s Michael Waldron that relies on a latex mask and a bad wig for a good percentage of its laughs.
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – We’re Getting Meta Already
Brilliant Minds got off to a chaotic start in Season 2, so it benefits from a narrower episode like “The Contestant”. But there’s still plenty...
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – There’s A Lot To Catch Up With
A lot has changed in the world of Brilliant Minds. This was inevitably going to happen after the dramatic events that capped off the first...
‘Nightmares of Nature’ Review – A Genius Idea Feels Frustratingly Stuck in the Middle
I’ve often criticised Blumhouse for treating the horror genre as a conveyor belt of lowest-common-denominator cliches, and as we enter October, I’m sure I’ll have...
The Story Of Ellen Greenberg Is Uniquely Suited To Our True Crime Moment
Another day, another true-crime docuseries on a streaming platform. You could set your watch by it. Unless you’re an ardent amateur sleuth, your eyes are...
‘Task’ Episode 4 Recap – Ingelsby Continues To Put Us Through The Wringer
Watching Task really is an exercise in being put through the wringer. Here are a bunch of people who are mostly well-intentioned but all deeply traumatised, trapped in a situation beyond their control that just keeps escalating.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap – Going Through the Motions
Billy the Kid’s back for Season 3, still free and clear after his escape from custody in the second season finale, and becoming an enormous thorn in the collective backsides of the House.