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‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Volume 3 Recap – Moving Through the Generations
When Life Gives You Tangerines has been a complete surprise and a riveting portrait of loss, grief, and family, especially in a brutal, heartbreaking Volume 2.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episodes 7 & 8 Recap – Still Funny, Still Charming, But Is the Pace Flagging?
Fundamentally, The Potato Lab continues to work in Episodes 7 & 8 about as well as it has worked up to this point, and in largely the same way.
Revelations (2025) Review – A Well-Balanced Korean Crime Thriller That Handles The Themes With Precision
If you were to summarize the Korean crime film Revelations, you’d come to the consensus that the story is about testing one’s moral framework, with...
‘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...
‘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.
‘Adolescence’ Review – Harrowing Proof That Stephen Graham Is the Most Underrated Actor in the World
Netflix’s Adolescence is being sold on the back of an interesting stylistic gimmick – each of its four episodes is shot in an uninterrupted real-time...
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 4 Recap – Chemistry and Charm Are Keeping This K-Drama Comfortably Afloat
There’s an easy charm to The Potato Lab that feels like alchemy; narrative gold from leaden rom-com tropes.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 3 Recap – Here We See a Show Really Finding Its Feet
I get it. I get why The Potato Lab works, and it’s a surprisingly obvious realization, highlighted really capably by Episode 3.
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Volume 1 Recap – A Love Letter to Jeju Island Examines a Life Back to Front
Ever proving that there’s more than one way to skin a cat – or, in this case, air a K-Drama – Netflix elected to release When Life Gives You Tangerines, the expensively-produced IU-starring drama doubling as a love letter to Jeju Island, in four four-part volumes.
‘Beauty in Black’ Part 2 Ending Explained – The Chances of Season 2 Are Distressingly High
Tyler Perry continues to torment streaming audiences worldwide with execrable garbage like Divorce in the Black and A Fall from Grace, but Beauty in Black...
What the Shocking Ending of Netflix’s ‘Delicious’ Means
It was only when Esther checked Lucien’s fridge during the third act of Delicious that I realized the film’s plot twist. I was confused when...
‘Delicious’ is an Outstanding Directorial Debut from Nele Mueller-Stöfen Nele that Delivers a Deliciously Dark Tale
If there is ever a resounding example of a hidden gem on Netflix, look no further than the German thriller film Delicious. What makes it...
‘Just One Look’ Ending Explained – Let’s Break Down the Biggest Twists and Surprises in Netflix’s Harlan Coben Thriller
As with all Harlan Coben thrillers, Just One Look is built on a nested series of twists and turns that gradually reveal the truth of...
‘Just One Look’ Review – The Foolproof Coben Template Continues to Work in Netflix’s Latest Polish Thriller
We have long since reached a point where “It’s a Harlan Coben thriller” will pretty much suffice as a description of a TV show. But...
‘Andrew Schulz: Life’ Review – Fatherhood Has Tamed an Un-Cancellable Comic
You can’t cancel Andrew Schulz, that much is clear. And people have tried. This Netflix special, taped on his Life tour, was originally going to be filmed at...
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 2 Recap – There’s A Little Bit More Going on Here Than Novelty
Oddly, my concern with The Potato Lab is now that the weirdness of it might put people off. And that’s an interesting position to be in as early as Episode 2, since I’m still making a few assumptions about where it might all be heading.