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‘Untold: Shooting Guards’ Review – This Is The Pettiest High-Profile Sports Story Of All Time
It wouldn’t quite be accurate to call Untold: Shooting Guards a tale of two halves, but it’s pretty close. At a certain point in the...
‘Heavenly Ever After’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – To Hell and Back Again
I do wonder if Heavenly Ever After might be too mawkish for its own good. I continue to enjoy the K-Drama, don’t get me wrong, but in Episodes 5 & 6, I began to drift a little.
‘Exterritorial’ Review – A Very Competent Action Thriller With A Handful Of Underused Ideas
Straightforward European action movies are ten-a-penny on Netflix – we had, say, Ad Vitam recently, but it’s rubbish, so don’t think about it too much...
‘The Eternaut’ Ending Explained – A Vague Climax Provides Few Meaningful Answers
I’m not sure what I was expecting from the ending of The Eternaut, but it probably wasn’t what we got. The Netflix series entered Episode 6...
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 5 Recap – Temporary Refuge Reveals Surprising New Ideas
Just when you thought you had things a little figured out, The Eternaut throws you for another loop. The previous episode revealed that bug-like aliens were invading.
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 4 Recap – A Pest Control Problem Emerges
Just in case you were wondering what the creature we glimpsed at the end of the previous episode was, we now have an answer.
‘The Eternaut’ Episode 3 Recap – A Widening Scope Offers A Glimpse Of A Bigger Threat
Episode 3 of The Eternaut, "Magnetism", is about widening the show's scope geographically and in terms of its mythology.
‘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...
‘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...
‘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.