Drama
‘We Were Liars’ Ending Explained – A Bonkers Twist Is Too Little Too Late
E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars is famous in large part for a significant last-minute twist which completely recontextualises the entire story, and fans of the...
‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Apple TV+’s Gilded Age Drama Is Growing Up Fast
The tone of The Buccaneers is immediately different when Season 2 begins, and you can tell it’s going to stay that way.
‘We Were Liars’ Review – Prime Video Adaptation Proves YA Claptrap Isn’t Going Anywhere (Or Getting Any Better)
You know how racists claim not to be able to tell people of colour apart because they all look the same? That’s kind of how...
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – It Was All A (Bad) Dream
One of the most pernicious zombie media tropes is seasoned survivors suddenly becoming brain-dead to allow some drama to happen.
Until Dawn (2025) Review – A Fun and Creative Adaptation That Avoids The Usual Pitfalls
The best way to adapt a video game in live-action – animation is a different kettle of fish, as proved by Castlevania, Arcane, and most...
‘Echo Valley’ Review – Well-Acted Rural Thriller Takes Too Many Turns In the Wrong Direction
Echo Valley is one of those movies that start out as one thing and become something else. But it’s also a rarer type of movie...
I Found the Remake of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Endearing and wonderfully Thematic
I often wonder–though the answer is obvious–why live-action remakes of animated movies are made. From an artistic perspective, you could argue that the merit is...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 6 Recap – And This Is Where It All Comes Together
I’ve been cattily picking at Murderbot ever since it debuted, but in Episode 6, I felt like it was finally learning its lesson.
‘Cheers to Life’ Review – A Feel-Good Slice-Of-Life Drama A Little Too Carefree For Its Own Good
The risk with making a laid-back chill-out movie is that there’s such a thing as a movie being too chilled out for its own good,...
‘Our Times’ Ending Explained – Let Me Explain Why This Isn’t Half As Romantic As It Thinks It Is
In a classic case of having one’s cake and eating it – never understood that expression; what else would you do with a cake? –...
‘Our Times’ Review – True Love Is Your Husband Being Surplus to Requirements
Blimey, this is going to annoy people, isn’t it? The underlying thesis of Our Times, a Netflix rom-com about two married physicists who accidentally travel...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Ending Explained – A Predictably Happy and Satisfying Conclusion
We were right. We usually are, of course, and a happy ending was more predictable than usual as far as Tastefully Yours is concerned, but...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 9 Recap – We’re On the Way to A Pretty Predictable Finale
Let’s be frank – we’ve pretty much known since the beginning that Tastefully Yours is going to have a predictable, happy ending.
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – This Show Has Become A Parody Of Itself
You know what The Walking Dead: Dead City needed to rejuvenate a flagging Season 2? Spoiler alert: It wasn't a one-eyed CGI bear.
‘The Salt Path’ – Film Adaptation Is a Beautiful Story on Resilient Marriage
It’s rare these days that we are delivered a film that brings a resounding green light on the sanctity of marriage. Often, we are presented...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 5 Recap – A Misguided Focus On Comedy Undermines the Drama
Thus far, Murderbot has done a pretty good job of balancing its comedy with its drama. But it’s always a fine line.
‘K.O.’ Review – Gaudy French Actioner Provides Decent Fighting But Nothing Else
If you cast an MMA fighter in the lead role of a movie, it’s a fairly obvious statement about what that movie is intended to...
‘Criminal Code’ Season 2 Ending Explained – The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
Cut off one head, and two more take its place. This is the central idea of the Hydra from Greek mythology – and the extreme...
‘Criminal Code’ Season 2 Review – Another Forensically Detailed Outing With A Bit Of An Identity Crisis
Do you remember Criminal Code? It was a surprising international hit for Netflix when it first debuted in 2023, delivering eight episodes of rigorously intensive...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 8 Recap – The Drama Is Really Starting to Cook
The great measure of how much we like the characters in the shows we watch is how we respond to them being legitimately heartbroken, and that’s the territory that Tastefully Yours finally ventures into in Episode 8.