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‘The Eternaut’ Review – A Slow-Burn Apocalyptic Drama That Requires Patience
There must be something compelling about the end of the world, since nothing seems more popular in our entertainment these days than the brutal post-apocalypse....
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 2 Recap – The Intensity Builds Significantly
If the first episode of The Eternaut was about the slow, creeping paranoia of questions without answers, Episode 2 is about how that paranoia spills out into violence and chaos at a moment's notice.
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 1 Recap – A Deadly Winter Wonderland Builds Mystery
People are always calling me a killjoy for disliking snow, but I’d like to point my detractors to The Eternaut. In this Argentinian Netflix series, the...
‘Good American Family’ Ending Explained – There Are Many Kinds Of Justice
If you’re looking for justice, especially the typical TV version of the concept, you’re not going to get it from the finale of Good American Family....
‘The Studio’ Episode 7 Recap – The Kool-Aid Racism Conundrum
Is the Kool-Aid Man a Black dude? This is the question at the core of The Studio Episode 7, and it's a funny one to ask, since it raises the impossibly circuitous minefield of contemporary identity politics.
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4 Recap – An Unlikely Alliance Leads to Even More Danger
All good criminals need a partner in crime, and it looks like Coop has found his in Episode 4 of Your Friends and Neighbors. But having an accomplice doesn’t seem to be doing him any favours.
‘Poppa’s House’ Ending Explained – A Predictable Cliffhanger Keeps Poppa and Ivy Apart
As someone who has been reiterating that Poppa and Ivy’s relationship is central to Poppa’s House for the last few months, I should theoretically like Episode 18,...
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 17 Recap – If You Squint A Little, There’s Almost Some Sincerity In This
Who'd have thought it? A half-hour of Poppa's House that I genuinely enjoyed! And it only took 17 episodes for us to get here.
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Calm After The Storm
There's usually a calm before a storm, but The Last of Us Season 2 provided enough storm in its previous outing that everyone spends Episode 3 reeling from it.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Episode 3 & 4 Recap – Reflection, Motherly Love, and Mistaken Identity
There’s a popular Kierkegaard quote about how life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards, and this popped into my mind during Episodes 3 & 4 of Heavenly Ever After.
‘Havoc’ Review – A Movie That Lives Up To Its Title, If Not Its Director’s Reputation
Gareth Evans is a bona fide legend already, since the guy who made The Raid: Redemption deserves to live in eternal infamy as an action...
‘MobLand’ Episode 5 Recap – A Masterclass In Tension Builds To A Surprising Conclusion
The fifth episode of MobLand is built around a single sustained run of tension that plays like a breath held long enough to sting the lungs.
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Premiere Recap – A Unique Reimagining of the Afterlife
The concept of heaven is in itself a cliché. Think angels playing harps on clouds, tearful reunions with your loved ones who haven’t aged a day, family pets frolicking through fields – you get the idea.
‘Weak Hero’ Class 2 Ending Explained – A (Mostly) Happy Climax Still Leaves Room For More
Is the fight over, or is it just beginning? This, I suppose, is the key question raised by the ending of Weak Hero Class 2,...
‘Weak Hero’ Class 2, Episode 7 Recap – The Battle Lines Are Drawn Ahead Of A Blockbuster Finale
The battle lines are drawn, folks. It'll be Eunjang versus the Union in the season finale of Weak Hero Class 2. But we're not quite there yet.
‘Weak Hero’ Class 2, Episode 6 Recap – We’ve Reached the Point Of No Return
After taking its foot off the gas for an episode, Weak Hero Class 2 returns with a vengeance in Episode 6, with several key developments that constitute a point of no return for multiple characters.
‘Weak Hero’ Class 2, Episode 5 Recap – A Slower-Paced Chapter Offers the Best Character Drama
Weak Hero Class 2 has had no shortage of fights, but it has had a shortage of meaningful character moments, and Episode 5 is designed to address that.
‘Weak Hero’ Class 2, Episode 4 Recap – Si-eun Has Too Much Dawg In Him
It was pretty obvious what Baek-jin had planned for Si-eun after Seong-je confronted him at the end of the previous episode.