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‘Letters from the Past’ Is Heartfelt But Lacks A Special Quality
You’ll have to forgive me, because I can’t quite articulate what makes Letters from the Past a bit less effective than it would like to...
‘Critical: Between Life and Death’ – Netflix’s Medical Docuseries Provides a Raw Glimpse into Major Trauma Units
Critical: Between Life and Death is a fly-on-the-wall documentary series that follows the UK’s major trauma units, from intensive rehabilitation to life-or-death surgery. It’s a...
Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ Reflects the Manufactured Age of the Music Industry
There was a time, and there still are purists today, when musicians were judged for not writing their songs, especially in rap and hip-hop, with...
Breaking Down Every Steamy Twist In ‘The Hunting Wives’
Murder! Affairs! Megachurches! The Hunting Wives has an awful lot going on, and a lot of it is deliberately ridiculous and sensational. Across eight episodes, it weaves...
The Ending Of ‘The Hunting Wives’ Is Crazy, But Annoyingly Inconclusive
Where to even begin? It was obvious from the start that The Hunting Wives was going to take some crazy turns, but following a penultimate...
‘The Hunting Wives’ Is An Unashamedly Trashy And Ridiculous Binge
The Hunting Wives, created by Rebecca Cutter and based on the book by May Cobb, wears its original destiny as a Starz show like a...
‘Trainwreck: P.I. Moms’ Tells A Story So Wild It Could Only Be True
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms tells the kind of wacky true story that, if it were the plot of a movie or TV show, you’d write it off...
Breaking Down the Secretive, Maddening Ending of Netflix’s ‘Delirium’
Netflix’s eight-episode Colombian drama Delirium is an ambitiously knotty exploration of generational trauma, secrets, and madness, and its ending is a twisty old thing that...
‘Delirium’ Tackles Heavy Subjects In Interesting Ways, But Something’s Missing
It’s easy to be cynical about any show marketed on its sexuality. Not that there’s anything wrong with a bit of sauce, obviously; we’re not...
The Ending Of ‘Wall to Wall’ Is Mostly Just A Mess
Years ago, when I lived alone, my neighbours were bonkers nocturnal drug addicts who never stopped banging on the walls for reasons I could never...
‘Wall to Wall’ Builds Strong Foundations But Takes A Hammer To Them
Wall to Wall is essentially two movies in one. The first is a genuinely involving and claustrophobic thriller with proper themes and compelling mysteries. The...
‘Untamed’ Answers Every Question In A Satisfying, Conclusive Ending
Credit where it’s due – Untamed hasn’t exactly been a remarkable crime thriller, featuring many of the overly familiar hallmarks of shows in the genre,...
‘Untamed’ Feels Restrained In Episode 5, But Still Shows Depth
“Terces” feels quite light for a penultimate episode, clearly saving up most of its big revelations and developments for the finale.
‘Untamed’ Digs For Gold In Episode 4, But Doesn’t Quite Find It
As it turns out, Vasquez’s near-death experience in the previous episode is the most major breakthrough of the case thus far.
‘Untamed’ Delivers Its Best Suspense Sequence In Episode 3
This, I think, is more like it. With the identity of the mysterious Jane Doe having been discovered, several new lines of inquiry open up in Episode 3.
‘Untamed’ Episode 2 Provides A Breakthrough in the Jane Doe Case
By the end of Untamed Episode 2, Vasquez has figured out who the mysterious Jane Doe is, which is good news.
‘Untamed’ Episode 1 Builds To A Played-Out Twist
The first thing you’ll notice about Untamed is that it doesn’t look great.
‘Untamed’ Is An Outdoorsy Crime Thriller With A Contradiction At Its Core
Untamed is a much less interesting show than I expected it to be. This is a criticism, I suppose, but it feels like more of...