Drama
‘Doom Patrol’ Season 4, Episode 1 Recap – What Caused the Apocalypse?
The dysfunctional superhero family is now the hot ticket in the crowded superhero genre. Just look at The Umbrella Academy, Guardians of the Galaxy, and...
‘Burning Patience’ Review – A Generic Love Story that Lacks Chemistry
What do we truly know about love? We know that it comes in all different forms, and we know that people have different ways of...
‘Connect’ Season 1 Review – Takashi Miike’s K-Drama Is All Kinds of Weird
You can fault Disney for a lot of things, but they’re not the type to miss any kind of pop-culture boom. So, it was only...
‘Willow’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – What Happened to Madmartigan?
When you revive an old cult franchise like Willow, it’s always going to be a balance between old and new. Years have elapsed both in...
‘Behind Every Star’ Season 1, Episode 10 Recap – How Does Daniel Henney Get Rejected?
It wasn’t a major improvement in Episode 9, but Behind Every Star Episode 10 does pack enough of a punch to have some memorable moments. The story...
‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – How Does Will Break the Knife?
His Dark Materials is one of those big, ambitious, complex stories that require a bit of detective work when you return to it after a...
‘Emancipation’ Review – Will Smith Gives a Harrowing Performance
Let’s get one thing out of the way real quick – Will Smith gives a harrowing performance as “Peter” in Emancipation, a brutal and uncompromising...
‘Behind Every Star’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – How Does Joo-ryoung Get Over Her Phobia?
Unfortunately, this was another somewhat underwhelming installment of Behind Every Star. While it certainly had flashes of entertainment, they seemed all too fleeting, and the...
‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Will Nick Quit Chippendales?
We had an explosive episode of Welcome to Chippendales, which saw Somen (Kumail Nanjiani) and Nick (Murray Bartlet) come to odds over several things surrounding...
‘Doom Patrol’ Season 4 Review – Polarizing Superhero Series Plagued By Toilet Humour
The teaser trailer for Season 4 of HBO Max’s Doom Patrol includes a dance number in which bopping butt monsters dressed up in old-timey costumes...
‘The White Lotus’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – What Happened Between Harper and Cameron?
I haven’t quite taken to Harper and Ethan in this season of The White Lotus. They’ve been interesting enough, I suppose, but their dynamic –...
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap – Where Is Everyone Going?
There is so much about “Watch ‘Em Ride Away” that should be ridiculous that it’s almost embarrassing how much I enjoyed it – and that’s...
‘Under the Queen’s Umbrella’ Season 1 Ending Explained – What Happened In the Finale?
Perhaps surprisingly, the finale of Under the Queen’s Umbrella ramped up the poignancy, choosing to focus on both the ending of the constant fighting in the kingdom...
‘Under the Queen’s Umbrella’ Season 1, Episode 15 Recap – What Happens To Physician Kwon?
In the penultimate instalment, Under the Queen’s Umbrella ramped up the stakes even further. Queen Dowager Cho (Kim Hae-sook) has returned to having the upper hand, Hwa-ryeong...
‘Tulsa King’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Does Dwight Kill Armand?
The last time we saw Dwight (Sylvester Stallone), he was being shot at by Armand (The Sopranos’ Max Casella) while wearing a ski mask. This...
‘Warriors of Future’ Review – A Recycled, Unoriginal Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
There are many sci-fi films that take audiences on a ride to the future, but some just feel repetitive. There are also sci-fi films that...
‘Hot Skull’ Season 1 Review – A Quality, Fresh Take on the Dystopian Thriller
Has it been long enough that media about global plagues doesn’t feel distasteful anymore? Mileage may vary, I suppose. But at the very least, the...
‘Darby and the Dead’ Review – A Predictable Teen Comedy with a Twist
Darby Harper is, in many ways, your average high school misfit. She disdains the popular cheerleaders, especially the Queen Bee, who used to be her...
‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ Review – Fun-to-Watch Adaptation of a Tale Old as Time
A Christmas Carol, the classic 19th-century novella by Charles Dickens, has seen more on-screen adaptations than we can count over the past century years. This...
‘Firefly Lane’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – What Is Kate Diagnosed With?
We always knew season 2 would pull at the heartstrings, but the ending of part 1 of season 2 is the most painful moment of...