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‘The Witcher’ Season 4 Review – Liam Hemsworth Is the Least Of The Problems
Let’s just get the elephant in the room out of the way – Liam Hemsworth is fine. Sure, he’s visibly doing an impression of Henry...
‘The Witcher’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap – New Additions and Alliances
Witchers are labourers, essentially. The labour is just hunting and killing monsters. They’re fantastical pest controllers, really, itinerant exterminators who will do the dirty jobs...
‘The Witcher’ Season 4, Episode 1 Recap – Don’t Worry, Everything Is Fine
Season 4 of The Witcher has its back against the wall in the most considerable way possible. Nobody liked the previous season very much, and that was...
‘Nightmares of Nature’ Season 2 Review – “Lost in the Jungle” Is A Big Step Up
I already liked Nightmares of Nature. It was a great idea – balancing the education of nature documentaries with the entertainment of a classically styled...
‘The Asset’ Ending Explained – An Even More Miserable Conclusion Than Expected
It was, I think, pretty inevitable that The Asset wasn’t going to have a happy ending. It’s just that kind of show. Like I’ve said already, undercover...
‘The Asset’ Episode 5 Recap – There’s No Way This Ends Well, Is There?
Folke's awful, isn't he? Here we were, thinking that Tea had done a pretty good job of sending Ashley back into Miran's clutches with a bit of tasteful reassurance, but that's not good enough for Folke, who is adamant that Ashley needs to stay with Miran at all costs.
‘The Asset’ Episode 4 Recap – The Morality Is Becoming Greyer Than Ever
You know how it goes -- one minute you're making new friends and doing deals, the next someone is getting shot to death right in front of you.
‘The Asset’ Episode 3 Recap – Okay, I Didn’t Expect That
The morning after the night before is never easy. If you're a recovering drug addict who just had a few bumps of Class A narcotics, and if your friendship with your new bestie is liable to get her killed by her dangerous mobster boyfriend, the morning after is a whole new nightmare.
‘The Asset’ Review – Netflix Sends An Addict Undercover In Sharp Danish Thriller
As someone who watches a lot of film and TV, I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of undercover work. What I’m primarily interested in...
‘The Asset’ Episode 2 Recap – Tea Is Already In Too Deep
There’s a longstanding joke about how easily men make friends, but The Asset holds that the same is true for women. As it turns out, if your...
‘The Asset’ Episode 1 Recap – A Lot Of This Seems Like A Bad Idea
Who’s the best person to go undercover in a drug-smuggling syndicate? According to Episode 1 of Netflix’s The Asset, it’s a traumatized woman with no experience...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – Tae-poong Gambles His Eyes
There’s a peculiar predicament that Typhoon Family finds itself in, I think as a consequence of being backdropped by a very real financial crisis.
The Deliberately Inconclusive Ending Of ‘A House of Dynamite’ Is Its Best Feature
I wasn’t a huge fan of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a too-glossy triptych boasting too many stars and a recursive storytelling gimmick that...
‘A House of Dynamite’ Review – Slick Political Thriller Becomes A Self-Defeating Spiral
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is built on a great idea, rippling with urgency and tension. Out of nowhere, an ICBM is launched at...
The Ending Of Netflix’s ‘The Elixir’ Is Bravely Bleak, And That’s A Good Thing
It’s very hard to come up with a happy ending in a zombie movie, which is probably why The Elixir doesn’t even try. This, I’d argue, is...
‘The Elixir’ Review – Half Zombie Flick, Half Dysfunctional Family Drama
You can’t make zombies interesting in 2025. It’s impossible. The shambling undead in Kimo Stamboel’s Netflix streamer The Elixir are nothing you haven’t seen before. They...
‘Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia’ Doesn’t Make Enough Use Of Its Best Feature
At first blush, Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia is a fairly run-of-the-mill Netflix docuseries. It’s littered with talking heads, packed with detail and important...
‘Michelle Wolf: The Well’ Review – Sharp Writing Wasted On Overly Familiar Material
This is perhaps a controversial thing to say, but having children tends to ruin comedians. This is not a unique phenomenon, nor is it a...