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In Uglies, McG’s Netflix adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 book of the same name, Joey King wants to be pretty. At one point, the Hollywood...

The ending of Officer Black Belt sums up the theme that has been running throughout the entire movie – the burgeoning sense of duty and...

There’s a problem with Officer Black Belt, a well-intentioned Netflix movie about an athletic idealist punching and kicking recidivism out of South Korean criminals –...

The brilliant first season of The Old Man was a slowly unfurling collection of secrets and mysteries, with occasional bursts of brutal violence. Not having...

The previous episode of Snowpiercer Season 4 ended amid a frustrating cliffhanger, so it’s appreciated that Episode 9, “Dominant Traits”, wastes no time by picking up from...

Action movies have been knocking off First Blood ever since it debuted in 1982, but Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rare example of a...

Snowpiercer has never had a shortage of villains. In Season 4 the Big Bad honors have vacillated between Milius and Wilford, but Episode 7, “A Moth...

Time travel stories are designed to go on forever, which might explain why the Terminator franchise is still around since it hasn’t been good since 1993. This...

It takes an effort to remember this now, but the Terminator franchise used to be pretty serious. There are two legitimate classics in that canon...

I wouldn’t say that “Bell the Cat” is entirely Mr. Wilford-centric, but it’s close enough. Episode 6 splits its focus more than any prior installment...

The Tyrant was billed as a limited series, so it’s unlikely that Hulu/Disney+ will be renewing it for Season 2. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean the...

I know what you are thinking. I’m a critic, so I’m going to predictably pan The Union as a trashy popcorn movie as part of...

Things are starting to heat up in Snowpiercer Season 4, though perhaps that isn’t exactly the right word given at the end of Episode 5 a major...

The Tyrant is aggressively complex for a show with a relatively simple story, and the ending of its brief four-episode first season contains almost all...

Netflix’s dominance in the K-Drama streaming market may never be challenged, and despite Hulu and Disney+ (through its international Star banner) having a good go...

I don’t know about anyone else, but I expected it might take an episode or two for Big Alice to catch up to Snowpiercer. Lo...

There isn’t much to The Instigators. It’s a surface-level crime caper with a forgettable plot, few big moments, and largely one-note characters. And yet I...

Mission: Cross is like a South Korean Mr. and Mrs. Smith, without high-octane sexual tension and playfulness. It leans toward an exhausting, miserable marriage, where...

Shahmaran is about an endless cycle and a prophecy that is supposed to do away with it — theoretically, it could go on forever. But should...

The ending of Shahmaran Season 2 embodies an endless cycle of human greed and ignorance, which is always a fitting theme. After Season 1’s climax...