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‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 12 Recap – Has This Show Lost Its Way?
Sixteen episodes is too many, isn’t it? I don’t mean all of the time, but generally speaking, especially for a K-Drama running 65-75 minutes per outing.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 11 Recap – Government Contracts Aren’t Much Fun
The last thing Typhoon Family needed was to get drier, but here we are in Episode 11, “Tomorrow Comes Love”, with Tae-poong trying to secure a government contract.
‘Last Samurai Standing’ Ending Explained – How the Action-Packed Finale Sets Up Season 2
Nowhere are the intentions of Last Samurai Standing – Netflix’s fusion of Squid Game and Shogun – clearer than in its ending, which completely abandons...
‘Last Samurai Standing’ Review – An Action Epic With Obvious Influences
It’s usually reductive to compare one show to another, especially when the shows being compared are very good award-winning prestige dramas and/or impossibly popular global...
‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas’ Review – Netflix’s Seasonal Torture Has Officially Begun
What would Christmas be without bland festive fare? Netflix is kicking off the 2025 holiday season with the usual dross, following the usual formula, which...
‘Being Eddie’ Is A Shameless, Extended Netflix PR Exercise That Undermines A Legend
Eddie Murphy is a legend, there’s no doubt about that. His contributions to entertainment through landmark stand-up comedy specials and mainstream movies undeniably changed the...
Netflix’s ‘Marines’ Is Preparing For War With A Recruitment Documentary
There’s a very specific tension to Netflix’s four-part docuseries Marines, and it’s the promise – not a suggestion, the outright guarantee – of war. Nobody’s...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 10 Recap – Prison Is the Cure For Sexism
Sometimes it takes failure to show you what success really looks like.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 9 Recap – We’ve Hit the Wall I Warned About
I can’t say I didn’t warn you, but Episode 9 of Typhoon Family hits the wall I expected it to. It isn’t a bad outing,...
‘Mango’ Review – Netflix’s Painfully Derivative Fruit-Themed Rom-Com Isn’t Sweet Enough
Call me naive, but I genuinely thought that Mango was going to be a deceptive title laced with some kind of hidden meaning. But no...
‘Baramulla’ Review – Atmospheric Horror Becomes Less Interesting As It Goes
First impressions aren’t everything, but Baramulla makes some pretty good ones. Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s Netflix movie – one of the better Hindi releases in a...
‘Death by Lightning’ Ending: How Resistance to Change Killed James Garfield
On July 2, 1881, U.S. President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, DC, having been...
‘Death by Lightning’ Review – An Imperfect Political Drama With Electrifying Performances
Today is either the absolute best or the absolute worst time to release a very mainstream miniseries about political violence, so credit is due to...
‘Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things’ Review – The Most Likable Comedian in the World
Leanne Morgan is so southern that it can sometimes feel like a joke in itself, like someone doing a very exaggerated impression that, if it...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 8 Recap – Another Welcome Change of Scenery
I feel like I have been a little hard on Typhoon Family. It’s only because I care!
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 7 Recap – Is Charisma Really Enough?
I find myself thinking again about contradictions. Typhoon Family has its fair share.
‘Bad Influencer’ Ending Explained – Crime Never Pays
Bad Influencer managed to get itself into a position where the stakes for the finale are very clear. BK and Pinky need to make 130 fake...
‘Bad Influencer’ Episode 6 Recap – All the Way to the Top
"Keep your eyes open, and your legs closed". That doesn't sound like terrible advice, does it? It's what Bra Alex says to BK at the start of "Twin Flame", which picks up from right where the previous outing left off.