Crime

Strange Darling may very well be one of the best horror films of 2024 — despite having premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2023 — due...

The penultimate episode of Lady in the Lake is easily the most formally daring, devoting most of its runtime to elaborate dream sequences in which Maddie grapples...

Severed arms, grubby land deals, some light witchcraft, and, yes, a monkey, all feature in the two-part premiere of Apple TV+’s Bad Monkey. Episodes 1...

Bill Lawrence is responsible for some of Apple TV+’s finest comedic endeavors, including Ted Lasso and Shrinking, but Bad Monkey showcases another of his talents,...

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...

It was only a matter of time before Maddie’s attempts at being a reporter got her into serious trouble, and that finally happens in Lady...

It’s typical of Lady in the Lake to build to the most significant moment of the series thus far – the apparent death of Cleo...

The central tension of Lady in the Lake comes from the anticipation of something we already know happens – the intersection of Maddie and Cleo’s...

And… breathe. Blimey, that was something, wasn’t it? It seemed unlikely that Episode 10 – the aptly titled “Comeuppance” – would be able to tie...

You’ve probably heard by now that Prime Video’s Batman: Caped Crusader gender swaps long-time rogue, The Penguin, who is now a woman named Oswalda Cobblepot,...

It brings me great pleasure to announce that Batman: Caped Crusader is the best bit of Batman media in ages; at least since 2022’s The...

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...

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...

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...

Every season of Elite revolves around a murder, and Season 8 is no different. The victim in the final outing is Joel, whose death forms the mystery...

Whatever Mike is up to in the penultimate episode of Mayor of Kingstown Season 3, it’s going to blow up in someone’s face – and...

And, finally, it’s over. Episode 8, “End of Term”, isn’t just the end of Elite Season 8, but the ending of the entire series. And...

Elite is proof that you can have far too much of a good thing. For a couple of seasons, the Spanish Netflix series was proof...

Kleo Season 2 has less of an ending than the first season did. That initial outing, despite leaving a few threads dangling, worked as a...

Kleo snuck onto Netflix on the back of successes like Salt and Atomic Blonde; female-driven espionage thrillers with a quirky sensibility and a stylized aesthetic....