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‘Tyler Perry’s Duplicity’ Review – More Bizarre, Soapy Streaming Nonsense
The most charitable thing I’m willing to say about Tyler Perry’s Duplicity is that it probably won’t end up being the worst movie of the...
‘Happy Face’ Premiere Recap – There’s Not Very Much to be Happy About Here
Happy Face is a true story, more or less, but you get the sense in its two-part premiere that it’d rather not be.
‘Reacher’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – Penultimate Outing Is All Setup But Provides Little Payoff
Reacher Season 3 has potentially been an episode or two too long. The season overall has been decent, and there’s so much to wrap up in the finale – including Reacher’s revenge mission, Teresa’s rescue, and the fate of Richard – that it’s virtually guaranteed to be action-packed.
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Episode 4 Recap – One of the Best Daredevil Episodes Ever
It turns out I’m in the minority here, but I genuinely thought Episode 4 of Daredevil: Born Again was one of the best episodes of Daredevil ever.
‘Mythic Quest’ Season 4, Episode 9 Recap – David Loses His Head
In Mythic Quest Season 4, Episode 9, David is engulfed in a profound crisis, struggling to keep the company afloat.
‘Good American Family’ Premiere Recap – Hulu Reinvent a Bonkers True-Crime Story as A Compelling Thriller
The Natalia Grace case is such a bizarre true-crime story that it doesn’t really need a dramatization. A documentary – perhaps one like Discovery’s The Curious Case of Natalia Grace – seems like enough.
‘Bert Kreischer: Lucky’ Review – The Least Funny Man In Comedy Somehow Entertains Again
Bert Kreischer is one of the least funny people to have ever had a successful career in comedy, so it’s fitting that his fourth Netflix...
‘1923’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – Things Are So Bleak That Brain Surgery Is A Bright Spot
It probably says a lot about how harsh the Montana winter of 1923 is that a man having his skull drilled into constitutes a real bright spot. But here we are. Episode 4, “Journey the Rivers of Iron”, skips across all the ongoing subplots with a real sense of confidence.
‘Watson’ Episode 6 Recap – The Key Is Focusing on Everyone Other Than Watson Himself
I’ve figured out what Watson needs to do to be interesting, which is to focus on everyone other than Watson himself.
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Another Gun, A Night Out, and An Insane Sam Rockwell Monologue
Buddhism is snaking through The White Lotus Season 3 like a vein, pumping life-giving thematic resonance through arteries and organs and back again.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 6 Recap – The Midway Point Makes For An Effective Tease
I’m assuming that I know what the end of The Potato Lab is going to be already because it’s an enemies-to-lovers rom-com and they all tend to work the same in a macro sense.
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Volume 2 Recap – Tortuously, Powerfully Emotional
Oh, boy. That was a lot, right? I can’t even begin to imagine how many viewers were left heartbroken by Volume 2 of When Life Gives You Tangerines.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 5 Recap – Sometimes, Tropes Can Work Just Fine
Sometimes a show like The Potato Lab comes along and works almost in spite of itself. It’s an odd phenomenon.
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Things Are Starting to Happen and It’s About Time
Yellowjackets Season 3 felt like it was starting to get going in the previous episode, even though it was lacking those big, key developments.
‘Surface’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Couple of Big (Albeit Questionable) Swings Shake Things Up
You’ve got to appreciate Surface taking some chances in Season 2, even if the results might end up being a little mixed.
‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – As Overstuffed As “Sweet Vitriol” Was Empty
For the first time in Season 2, Severance delivered what many would consider to be a bad episode.
Control Freak (2025) Review – Kelly Marie Tran Gamely Leads A Head-Scratching Supernatural Horror
You know how someone scratching around you makes you itch? Imagine a whole movie of that and you’ve basically got Control Freak, Hulu’s straight-to-streaming supernatural...
‘Reacher’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Reacher’s Cover Being Blown Is a Good Thing
In many ways, Episode 6 of Reacher Season 3 is a payoff to the excellent fourth episode. That was where you really felt the menace of Xavier Quinn, the season’s Big Bad who has largely been developed through absence and implication.