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‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 2 Explained: Jean and Gene Are Five Steps Ahead In New Grumpson

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

The Umbrella Academy Season 4, Episode 2, is equally about the Hargreeves siblings getting accustomed to their powers being restored as the mission they have...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 1 Explained: Living Ordinary Lives

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

Season 4 introduces a new scenario for our alternative superheroes: They must live as ordinary, everyday people. Episode 1 sees the Hargreeves siblings, formerly The...

‘Lolo and the Kid’ has a sad and happy ending at the same time

August 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

The ending of Lolo and the Kid would not work without context. The older man is not the biological grandfather of the kid. It’s explained...

Why ‘Lolo and the Kid’ Will Leave You Torn and Touched

August 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

Lolo and the Kid is not a movie you’ll walk away from feeling particularly happy. It’s an experience where you’ll recognize the rawness of human...

Netflix’s ‘The Influencer’ Is Like Being Tortured At Length

August 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Times have changed, and if you didn’t think so already, The Influencer, a South Korean “social survival” series streaming on Netflix, will change your mind...

Recap: Layton Goes Off The Rails (Literally) In ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 3

August 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can take the man out of the train, but you can’t take the train out of the man – or something like that, anyway....

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 2 Delivers Classic Thrills

August 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After the season premiere barely featured the titular Snowpiercer at all, Episode 2 of Season 4, “The Sting of Survival”, is set aboard it almost...

‘Miss Night and Day’ Has The Happy Ending Everyone Wanted

August 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A happy ending was always an inevitability for Miss Night and Day, but it was still important for the show to stick the landing. Episode...

Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episode 15 Wraps Up The Murder Plot

August 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 15 is the penultimate outing of Miss Night and Day, and you can tell. The stakes were already pretty high at the end of...

There’s Much More To Sal’s Death In ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Than It First Appears

August 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is primarily about the death of Andie Bell, a wayward teenager with a particular knack for getting everyone around her...

The South African Scenery and Customs Of ‘Lobola Man’ Set It Apart As A Rom-Com

August 2 2024, by Louie Fecou

Set and filmed in South Africa, Lobola Man is a distinctly regional take on the romantic comedy genre that revolves around an African tradition many won’t be...

‘Borderless Fog’ Review: An Intense Indonesian Crime Thriller by Director Edwin

August 1 2024, by Daniel Hart

Borderless Fog is not a movie to take lightly. Director Edwin (Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, Posesif) was not in the mood to...

The Ending Of ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ Is Chaotic But Conclusive

August 1 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder takes ages to get going, but it saves almost all of its main reveals for the finale. Episode 6...

Review: Emma Myers Saves A Mediocre Mystery In ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’

August 1 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Should teenagers be solving crimes? I’d argue not, but A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder tries to make a case. To be fair, the sleepy...

Ranking Every Episode of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Season 4 Based on Strength of Mystery

July 31 2024, by Daniel Hart

Unsolved Mysteries can be hit and miss, and I was not expecting Season 4 to change. It’s easy to be an armchair detective today, especially...

Review: ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Season 4 Is Captivating and Compelling

July 31 2024, by Romey Norton

Unsolved Mysteries Season 4 is filled with twists and turns, going down the rabbit hole of what happened and whether these cases can ever be...

‘Kleo’ Season 3 Is Likely After Several Smart Set-Ups

July 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The first season of Kleo didn’t seem like it begged for a continuation. It left some things unresolved, sure, but in the world of partially...

‘Kleo’ Plays In The Murky Waters Between Fact and Fiction

July 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The problem with shows about spies, secret police, quarreling world governments, and times of momentous political flux, is that it’s hard to know who to...