Drama
‘The Empress’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – “The Arrival”
Where some things change, they really all stay the same. Elisabeth (played by Devrim Lingnau) has arrived at her new digs and has no idea what she...
‘The Empress’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – “One’s Place in the World”
The Empress starts with a sullen-looking woman in her wedding dress and a delicate white veil covering her face. She is walking down the aisle...
‘Pantheon’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “You Must Be Caspian”
Forget artificial intelligence, in Pantheon, Uploaded Intelligence is the way forwards. And the humans whose minds are uploaded to the cloud have become gods in...
‘Andor’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – “Aldhani”
If you asked me to make a list of all the cool things that happen in Andor’s fourth episode, I couldn’t, or at least it...
‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Review – Vietnam Drama Offers No Real Surprises
It’s hard not to get swept along by the narrative drive of Peter Farrelly’s The Greatest Beer Run Ever. There’s a road movie/physical emotional journey...
Blonde (2022) Ending Explained – Does Norma Find Love?
Andrew Dominick’s film Blonde is a polarizing experience. Many were expecting a sexy romp. And if you were in the critics screening I was in,...
‘The Empress’ Season 1 Review – A Magnificent Season of Television
Anyone looking for a replacement for The Crown, with an addictive twist of cutthroat politics and chess manoeuvring, may have found their fix with The...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5, Episode 4 Recap – What Happened In “Dear Offred”?
Serena Waterford and June Osborne’s long-distance battle quickly transforms into a much closer affair in episode 4 as the Gilead ambassador makes a new home...
‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “And I’m Sorry If I Dissed You”
The Christmas season is over—well, at least for the characters in Tell Me Lies. With plenty of relationship drama, they soon forget about the holiday and...
‘The Patient’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “Charlie”
I hadn’t noticed or properly considered this before, but Alan has taken being kidnapped by a serial killer quite well. It hasn’t been entirely smooth...
Reasonable Doubt (2022) Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – “Family Feud”
Reasonable Doubt season 1, episode 1 was a great start. I’m expecting this episode to follow that quality. Although, there have been some shows that have...
Reasonable Doubt (2022) Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – “Can’t Knock the Hustle”
The series starts with a woman tied to a chair begging for her life before she is shot. It then cuts to six months earlier,...
Reasonable Doubt Season 1 Review – You Either Win or You Learn
This might just prove to be one of the juiciest TV secrets in 2022. So far, Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt has been hidden under the radar. And...
House of the Dragon Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “The Princess and the Queen”
It’s been well documented that a time jump would be happening, and it feels like this would be the perfect episode to do so, especially...
American Gigolo Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – “Rapture”
American Gigolo has made no secret of the fact that Julian Kaye was groomed as a child – but it has risked making the lifestyle...
On the Come Up Review – Reverberates With an Authentic Voice
On the Come Up focuses its story on Bri (Jamila Gray), an aspiring rapper who lives in the shadow of her dead father. He was...
A Jazzman’s Blues Review – A Heartbreaking Tale About Two Lovers
A Jazzman’s Blues is Tyler Perry’s passion project. It premiered at TIFF and is currently streaming on Netflix. Perry takes us back to 1987 when a...
Athena Ending Explained – What Happened With Idir?
Athena is a film telling a story set in France about the death of a young boy that sparks conflict in the city. His three...
10 Similar Movies like ‘On the Come Up’ You Must Watch
On the Come Up combines rags-to-riches or nobody-to-somebody tales that are classic storytelling narratives. Except this film is an adaptation of Angie Thomas’s novel, The...
‘The Girls at the Back’ Ending Explained – Who Has Cancer?
The Girls at the Back upends the usual girls’ trip formula by not being a comedy, and also darkening the premise with the looming threat...