Crime

The Innocent review – another twisty-turny Harlan Coben adaptation

April 30 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of The Innocent is spoiler-free. The success of Safe on Netflix prompted the streaming giant to sign an exclusive five-year deal with author Harlan Coben, eager...

Line of Duty season 6, episode 6 recap – the calm before the final storm

April 27 2021, by Alix Turner

This recap of Line of Duty season 6, episode 6 contains spoilers. This penultimate episode of Line of Duty was quiet compared to most. It...

Line of Duty season 6, episode 5 recap – “breathe when she’s safe”

April 21 2021, by Alix Turner

This recap of Line of Duty season 6, episode 5 contains spoilers. Just two more episodes to go. Line of Duty season 6, episode 5...

Line of Duty season 6, episode 4 recap – shoot-outs and killings and cliffhangers, oh my!

April 13 2021, by Alix Turner

This recap of Line of Duty season 6, episode 4 contains spoilers. We’re now over the halfway point in the final series, and this episode...

Night in Paradise (2020) Ending Explained – Does Tae-gu Make It Out Alive?

April 9 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

All throughout Night In Paradise, there’s never any suggestion that there’s going to be a happy ending. Likewise, you never get the sense that there...

Night in Paradise (2020) Review – An Uncompromisingly Brutal Korean Crime Thriller

April 9 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Setting a gritty, bloodthirsty crime drama on the idyllic island of Jeju is the first of many idiosyncrasies in Park Hoon-jung’s Night in Paradise (also...

Snabba Cash season 1 review – an engrossing thriller with plenty on its mind

April 7 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Snabba Cash season 1 is spoiler-free. The writing of Jens Lapidus in the novel Snabba Cash, or Easy Money, and several subsequent...

Madame Claude (2021) Review – An Interminable True Story

April 3 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

The smartest decision of Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude, a telling of the rise and fall of Fernande Grudet, the owner of an influential brothel during...

Bitter Daisies season 2 review – a revenge thriller that gets better and better

April 2 2021, by Daniel Hart

This review of Netflix’s Bitter Daisies season 2 contains no spoilers. The second season was released on the streaming service on April 2, 2021. Read...

Bitter Daisies season 2, episode 6 recap – the ending explained

April 2 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s Bitter Daisies season 2, episode 6, “Being Harsh is a Kindness” — the ending explained — contains spoilers. Read the review...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 8 recap – the ending explained

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 8, “Chapter Eight: The Ecstasy of Life” — the ending explained — contains spoilers. With London...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 7 recap – The Ecstasy of Death

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 7, “Chapter Seven: The Ecstasy of Death”, contains spoilers. The final two episodes of this series...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 6 recap – Hieracium Snowdoniense

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 6, “Chapter Six: Hieracium Snowdoniense”, contains spoilers. At the start of episode 6, Leopold and Bea...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 5 recap – Students of the Unhallowed Arts

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 5, “Chapter Five: Students of the Unhallowed Arts”, contains spoilers. After a brief introduction to Sherlock...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 4 recap – “Both the Needle and the Knife”

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 4, “Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife”, contains spoilers. After the murder mystery in...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 3 recap – Ipsissimus

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 3, “Chapter Three: Ipsissimus”, contains spoilers. This universe keeps on expanding, but the importance of specific...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 2 recap – The Ghosts of 221B

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 2, “Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B”, contains spoilers. Well, episode 2 of The Irregulars season...

The Irregulars season 1, episode 1 recap – the opening chapter explained

March 26 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s The Irregulars season 1, episode 1, “Chapter One: An Unkindness in London”, contains spoilers. Another week, and another teen drama for...

Who Killed Sara? season 1, episode 10 recap – the ending explained

March 24 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s Who Killed Sara? season 1, episode 10, “Two Graves” — the ending explained, contains spoilers. In typical Netflix style, there’s always...

Who Killed Sara? season 1, episode 9 recap – what happened in “Watch the World Burn”?

March 24 2021, by Daniel Hart

This recap of Netflix’s Who Killed Sara? season 1, episode 9, “Watch the World Burn”, contains spoilers. Baby news ended the last chapter, but the...