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‘Severance’ Season 2 Premiere Recap – Cracking Open the Mystery Box Once Again

January 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The most obvious disconnect between the audience and the characters in Severance’s Season 2 premiere is that for them it has only been few a seconds since we left, and for us it has been almost three years.

‘The Agency’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Martian Heads Back into the Field in Tense Penultimate Chapter

January 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 9 of The Agency, fittingly titled “The Rubicon”, only has one real job – to set up the season finale.

The Ending Of ‘Silo’ Season 2 Is as Good an Episode of Television as You’ll Ever See

January 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m not going to tell you that Season 2 of Silo has been perfect, but I’m happy to say unequivocally, without any hyperbole whatsoever, that...

What Really Happened at the End of ‘The Calendar Killer’? Who Was The Killer?

January 16 2025, by Daniel Hart

The Calendar Killer is not particularly clever, but that does not mean the ending is easily guessed. I did not work out the twist, which...

‘The Calendar Killer’ Review – A Serial Killer Thriller Layered With Personal Torment

January 16 2025, by Daniel Hart

You can be forgiven if, halfway through The Calendar Killer, you forget that the film (based on Sebastian Fitzek’s best-selling thriller novel) is about a...

XO, Kitty Season 2 Ending Explained: What Does It Mean for Kitty and Min Ho?

January 16 2025, by Naomi Mairs

XO, Kitty Season 2 was a whirlwind of emotions and drama! Funnily enough, Kitty explicitly tells us at the start of the season that she...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Ending Explained – An Emotional Payoff Maybe Takes the Easy Way Out

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne provides a surprisingly tender ending that in many ways avoids a lot of the more potentially pesky narrative decisions. Everyone...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Review – A Solid, Surprisingly Emotional Follow-Up

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We’re at a point now where anything that debuts on Netflix with Castlevania in the title is a guaranteed good time, which if you’d told...

‘XO Kitty’ Season 2 Review – A Lighthearted Teen Drama Keeping Us Hooked!

January 16 2025, by Naomi Mairs

If you’ve seen Season 1, I’m sure you know the base story of Jenny Hans’ Netflix Series, XO Kitty. If you haven’t, however, here’s a...

‘Unmasked’ Premiere Recap – Cat Lovers Should Probably Steer Clear

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I have no idea what to make of Unmasked, which after two episodes feels like a comedy tripped and fell into a crime drama and nobody knew how to separate them.

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Ending Explained – Sticking the Landing

January 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

“The Real Good Guys” is as perfect an ending as Skeleton Crew could have hoped for. It’s action-packed, beautiful looking, thematically resonant, and feels at...

‘High Potential’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – The Lines Are Beginning to Blur

January 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

High Potential Episode 9 also weaves the Roman subplot right through it instead of confining it to the margins, which means Morgan takes a break from investigating Marvin’s death to accompany Selena to a meeting with Gio, the elusive criminal concierge that Roman was somehow connected to.

Ari Shaffir Finds the Positives in Netflix Special ‘America’s Sweetheart’

January 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

From a stage festooned with live plants for no real reason that I can discern, Ari Shaffir delivers his second Netflix special (fifth overall), America’s...

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Starting to Lose Their Way

January 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

A question that occurred to me midway through When the Stars Gossip Episode 4 – what, exactly are we supposed to be latching onto here? It’s a worthwhile question.

‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – This Is Getting Dull Already

January 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

“Ten of Swords” lacks most of the gothic atmosphere that the premiere was able to create, and instead settles into an odd rhythm of concurrent storylines, some real and some more esoteric, none of which are especially interesting.

‘Landman’ Season 1 Ending Explained – A Feature-Length Finale Leaves Things On An Uncertain Note

January 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody was expecting a happy ending to Landman, and Season 1, Episode 10, “The Crumbs of Hope”, is the furthest thing from one. But I...

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 3 Recap – Introducing A Welcome Bit Of Danger

January 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When the Stars Gossip has been, thus far, a very strange and silly show, with a far-out premise about fertilizing eggs in space and a lot of low-stakes slapstick to pad out the episode runtime.

The Ending of ‘Ad Vitam’ Hardly Seems Worth the Effort Of Getting There

January 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Ad Vitam isn’t a very good movie, and its ending helps to illuminate precisely why that is. After a stellar start and then an incredibly...