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‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Ending Explained – How Multiple Cases and Killers Connect

August 28 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s quite a lot bundled up in the ending of The Thursday Murder Club. Not one whodunit but technically two, there aren’t just a couple...

‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Review – Netflix’s All-Star Adaptation Works Well

August 28 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Every now and again, a story – it could be a book, a TV show, a movie, whatever – is popular enough to redefine a...

‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’ Review – Familiar, But Sobering and Powerful

August 27 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Apparently, documentaries about Hurricane Katrina are like buses – you wait ages for one to come along, and then you get two pretty much at...

‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – Your Starter Has Arrived

August 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty is, and I don’t say this lightly, possibly the most quintessentially “K-Drama” K-Drama that ever did K-Drama.

‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 8 Recap – This Is Becoming A Little Predictable

August 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Is someone working on Beyond the Bar reading these recaps? It feels like it sometimes.

‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 7 Recap – Hyo-min and Seok-hoon Are Better As Friends

August 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Maybe it’s just me, but I think Beyond the Bar works better without a romantic component between the leads.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 10 Recap – As Good As This Show Has Been Yet

August 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Since the very beginning, The Winning Try has been a superb show, but here in Episode 10, it reaches its zenith. Several developing subplots intertwine for a key cliffhanger, but that comes after several beautiful character moments.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 9 Recap – More Superb Character Drama Abounds

August 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The Winning Try's sudden pivot into more serious and compelling drama continues apace in Episode 9, a brilliant hour dense with interlocking subplots and heightening stakes.

‘Fall for Me’ Ending Explained – A “Romantic” Happily Ever After For Everyone Except the Audience

August 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Fall for Me is a tale of two sisters, both idiots, who find themselves ensnared in a sexy scheme to defraud them of an expansive...

‘Fall for Me’ Review – Netflix’s Tame Erotic Thriller Is Like Watching Paint Dry

August 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The experience of watching Fall for Me is a lot like watching paint dry, with the semi-important caveat of someone getting their nipples out every...

‘Rivers of Fate’ Ending Explained – As Happy A Climax As A Show Like This Gets

August 21 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s hard for a show like Rivers of Fate, which largely traffics in outright misery, to have anything even resembling a happy ending. But these...

‘Rivers of Fate’ Review – An Unflinchingly Awful, Draining Crime Drama

August 20 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Rivers of Fate seems sprung to life as a dare, almost as if directors Fernando and Quico Meirelles were trying to win a bet about...

‘Devo’ Review – A Breezy Celebration Of Counter-Cultural Weirdness

August 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I wasn’t remotely familiar with the new wave band Devo before sitting down to watch Chris Smith’s Netflix documentary about the Akron, Ohio collective’s ‘80s...

‘America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys’ Review – ‘The Last Dance’ 2.0

August 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

As far as subject-approved, rather curtained docuseries go, America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys is closer to something like WWE: Unreal than anything else....

‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 6 Recap – The Question Of Consent Proves Tricky

August 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Consent is never a simple subject, and it’s the rare show that can do it justice without dipping into uncomfortable territory.

‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 5 Recap – Hyo-min Stands On Her Own Two Feet

August 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, or so the saying goes, but the principle applies to K-Drama protagonists in a lot of ways. Beyond the Bar Episode 5 is built on it.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 8 Recap – Several Serious Turns Keep Things Interesting

August 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I'll level with you, readers -- I wasn't expecting half of what happens in The Winning Try Episode 7.

‘The Winning Try’ Episode 7 Recap – Lovely Storytelling Weaves Multiple Threads Together

August 15 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve said this before, here and on various social media platforms, but it’s worth repeating — The Winning Try is much more than a sports drama. You...