Drama
‘Magazine Dreams’ Review – Jonathan Majors Delivers a Knockout Performance
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival had arrived, and my most anticipated movie from the festival was Magazine Dreams, the Jonathan Majors led film that has...
‘The Snow Girl’ Season 1 Ending Explained – Why Was Amaya Taken?
The Spanish Netflix thriller The Snow Girl revolves primarily around the disappearance of a five-year-old girl named Amaya, and the dogged efforts of both the...
‘The Snow Girl’ Season 1 Review – Dour Subject Matter Hides a Solid Mystery
Netflix’s Spanish thriller The Snow Girl, based on the book La chica de nieve by Javier Castillo with some key changes, is a horrifying what-if scenario...
‘Your Honor’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Does Little Mo Make the Deal with Roger?
At the end of Season 2, Episode 2, it was revealed to Michael (Bryan Cranston) that he has a grandson named Rocco Adam Baxter. This...
‘Lockwood and Co.’ Season 1 Ending Explained – How Is the Mirror Destroyed?
Now we’re at the end of the first season of Lockwood & Co., it’s easy to look back and see just how good of a...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – Why Is George Mesmerized?
The title of this penultimate episode, “Mesmerized”, refers to a state of mind. It also tees up a plot twist, though admittedly one that should...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – What Is Penelope Up To?
As if the kids of Lockwood & Co. didn’t have enough to worry about, in the cliffhanger ending of Episode 5, a man died on...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Who Is Flo Bones?
In Episode 4 of Lockwood & Co., Anthony made a wager with Quill Kipps. “Death Is Coming” sees that somewhat immature competition between the boys heat...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – What Is Buried In the Grave?
Society, like a living thing, adapts. It changes to suit its circumstances. What was previously inconceivable becomes first doable and then, eventually, normal. In Lockwood...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Who Killed Annabel Ward?
To recap: the kids of Lockwood & Co. are trying to solve the murder of a dead Hollywood starlet named Annabel Ward, presumably committed by...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – What Is DEPRAC?
The selling point of Lockwood & Co. — the agency, not the show itself — is that it’s independent, run entirely by children, and not...
‘Servant’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap – Why Do the Nurses Perform a Seance?
Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Leanne (Nell Tiger Free) have been at odds with one another for well over a season now. Their rivalry is deep-seated...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Is The Problem?
Lockwood & Co. has as good an opening episode as I’ve seen in a while. It’s economical storytelling and worldbuilding that presents far-out concepts as though...
‘Truth Be Told’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – Who Is the Prime Suspect In Drea’s Case?
The search for Drea Spivey concluded in tragic fashion with her untimely death in the opening episode’s climactic scene. Podcast journalist Poppy Scoville (Octavia Spencer)...
‘Lockwood and Co’ Season 1 Review – Stylish, Atmospheric, and Very British Teen Fantasy
It’s difficult to get excited about another supernatural teen drama on Netflix these days. The streamer is full of them. And there’s no wonder, really,...
‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season 2, Episode 10 Recap – A Strong End to Part 1
Record of Ragnarok Season 2, Part 1 has been quite repetitive so far; after Hercules versus Jack the Ripper, audiences have been subjected to the...
‘Record of Ragnarok’ Season 2 Review – A Stagnating Story
Record of Ragnarok, a manga-adapted anime series with all the potential in the world, should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind in this community....
‘Teen Wolf: The Movie’ Review – A Convoluted Gluttonous Mess
You’ll never find a more closed-circuit film than Teen Wolf: The Movie, a film that is so set in its ways it’s virtually impossible to...
‘Wolf Pack’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Caused the Massive Wildfire?
The book series by Edo Van Belkom, Wolf Pack, is being adapted into a series for Paramount+ with the same name. The show follows a...
‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – What Is the Treasure of Skara Nal?
The Bad Batch goes all Indiana Jones this week, delivering another mostly standalone adventure – though admittedly with some worldbuilding implications – involving the whole...