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Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Episode 5 Recap – Of Course There’s A Cult
The previous episode of Harlan Coben’s Run Away revealed that Dee Dee was connected to a religious cult called the Beacon of the Shining Truth, and this makes figuring the plot out a lot easier.
Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Episode 4 Recap – The Pieces Are Beginning to Fit
Episode 4 marks the midway point of Harlan Coben’s Run Away, and you can tell. Things were getting complicated already, but “A Different Time” just throws in a bunch more subplots and possibilities for good measure.
Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Episode 3 Recap – Meet the Parents
Episode 3 marks the point where Harlan Coben’s Run Away starts to go a bit nuts. I mean, don’t get me wrong, these shows are...
Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Episode 2 Recap – I Don’t Trust Anybody
After the premiere of Harlan Coben’s Run Away introduced a bunch of seemingly unrelated characters and subplots, it’s only right that Episode 2, “Tattoos While U Wait”,...
Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Episode 1 Recap – Missing Girls, Murder, and Oh My
You know the deal by now. Episode 1 of any Harlan Coben show is always more or less the same: a string of seemingly unconnected...
Harlan Coben’s ‘Run Away’ Review – Another Twisty Start to a Netflix New Year
Every Netflix subscriber has gotten used to the idea of a new Harlan Coben thriller to see in the new year, and by now, everyone...
‘Ricky Gervais: Mortality’ Review – Another Predictable Special That Feels Too Easy
It takes an effort to remember this now, but Ricky Gervais used to be a very good comedian. For a while, he was probably my...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Volume 2 Review – It Keeps Working In Spite Of Itself
I’ve realised against my better – and indeed professional – judgement that I’ll forgive Stranger Things for just about anything, so long as the core...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Volume 2 Ending Explained – Steve and the Beanstalk
This is it. The last big brainstorming session before the bumper finale. The last chance for every character to get a few things off their...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap – Why Does This Look So Bad?
Let me be the one to say it. Given how long it has taken to bring Stranger Things Season 5 to life, and how much money has been spent on the endeavour, there is absolutely zero justification for Episode 6 looking as bad as it does.
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – This Show Should Be About Derek
The first volume of Stranger Things Season 5 ended in such a big, satisfying, and social media-savvy way that it was basically impossible that Episode 5, the premiere of Volume 2, was going to live up to it.
‘Pro Bono’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – A Timely Immigration Case Moves Things Along
Pro Bono is getting a little better episode by episode. You can wonder if that’ll end up being enough – and, given the general predictability of the structure and the lack of a real stand-out original “wow” factor, it probably won’t be – but it’ll do in the meantime.
‘Elway’ Is A Refreshing Reminder That Sometimes You Don’t Need Controversy
I spent most of my time with Elway, Netflix’s definitive profile of Hall of Fame NFL quarterback John Elway, waiting for bad news. As an...
‘The Great Flood’ Review – Netflix’s Korean Disaster Movie Isn’t What It Seems
The Great Flood starts out as a very compelling disaster movie, but it almost becomes a disaster of a movie on the back of its...
The Ending Of ’10 Dance’ Is A Cynical Setup For An Unearned Sequel
If you were expecting the 10 Dance competition to feature in the ending of the movie 10 Dance, well… more fool you. Do I really...
’10 Dance’ Review – Tame Romance Is A Few Steps Shy Of A Full Routine
I will concede that I’m not in the target audience for 10 Dance, a Netflix film from Keishi Otomo, adapting the BL (boys’ love) manga...
The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Murder in Monaco’ and Edmond Safra’s Death
Netflix’s Murder in Monaco is, in terms of its overall construction, a totally unremarkable documentary. But it’s telling a pretty remarkable story, which in the...
Unpacking the Ending of ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Devil Heads, Priceless Jewels, and the Road to Damascus
I’m pleased to report – albeit behind schedule – that Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mysteries, is probably the...