Drama

Review: ‘Sector 36’ Is An Unserious Dramatization Of Truly Heinous Crimes

September 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Sector 36 is an odd film based on a heinous string of real crimes in Nithari, a residential enclave in New Delhi, in 2005-2006. “Odd”...

Recap: ‘The Old Man’ Swaps Mystery For Family Drama In Its Season 2 Premiere

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The brilliant first season of The Old Man was a slowly unfurling collection of secrets and mysteries, with occasional bursts of brutal violence. Not having...

Betrayal Is Rife In The Ending Of ‘Billionaire Island’

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Billionaire Island is, on the surface, a story about salmon, but its ending reveals it to be something else – a story about betrayal and...

Review: ‘Billionaire Island’ Isn’t Quite ‘Succession’ With Salmon

September 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

When you think of islands and billionaires, you probably think of Jeffrey Epstein, so it’s probably a bit of a relief that Billionaire Island, Anne...

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 9 Drops A Late Bombshell

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The previous episode of Snowpiercer Season 4 ended amid a frustrating cliffhanger, so it’s appreciated that Episode 9, “Dominant Traits”, wastes no time by picking up from...

Recap: Stephen Continues To Torment Lucy In ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, Episode 3

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The reason Tell Me Lies works – the main one, anyway, there are a few – is that it understands the power of spite. This...

Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 6 Gives The Supporting Cast Their Spotlight

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Yancy spends most of Bad Monkey Episode 6 languishing in jail for reasons we’ll get to in a minute, which is not as disappointing a development as...

Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Is Less Lively In Episode 2, But Connections Are Revealed

September 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Slow Horses Season 4 continues a string of rather obvious titling practices with Episode 2, “A Stranger Comes to Town”, which is about, among other...

Recap: ‘Tell Me Lies’ Is As Toxic As Ever In Its Season 2 Premiere

September 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Most people have one or two toxic traits, but the cast of Tell Me Lies doesn’t seem to have anything else. Season 2 of the...

Recap: ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Gets Off To An Explosive Start — In More Ways Than One

September 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

River Cartwright is dead. Not really, of course, but the premiere of Slow Horses Season 4 would you like you to believe so, at least...

Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 5 Gets The Pieces In Position

September 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It would be an incredibly bold move for a crime drama to kill off its lead detective halfway through the season, so it’s perhaps just...

Recap: ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 5 Is An Enlightening Trip

September 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Henry Muck might be insistent that he’s not a pervert in Episode 5 of Industry’s rather wonderful third season, but I, for one, beg to...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 8 Suggests A Happy Ending Isn’t A Guarantee

September 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s something in the air around Episode 8 of Love Next Door, and it smells a lot like pending heartache. Based on how people have...

Recap: ‘Romance in the House’ Episode 10 Finally Reveals The Circumstances of the Fire

September 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In Episode 10, Romance in the House finally digs deeper into Moo-jin’s past while continuing to deliver solid moments in the core relationships. Just two...

Recap: ‘Romance in the House’ Episode 9 Delivers Some Strong Drama

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I had a thought while watching Episode 9 of Romance in the House – this is more like it. In the previous episode, Mi-rae and...

Recap: Seung-hyo Finally Says His Piece In ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 7

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

We’re into the back half of Love Next Door now, and I’m starting to get worried. Not about the show, of course – Episode 7...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Has Its Issues, But They Don’t Matter In Episodes 5 & 6

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There are criticisms that apply to Love Next Door that are as true of Episodes 5 & 6 as they have been of the previous...

Recap: In Episodes 7 & 8, ‘Romance in the House’ Finally Gets Romantic

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Romance in the House enters its second half with Episodes 7 and 8, thankfully focusing on the right areas – the parental relationship between Mi-rae...

Review: ‘Rebel Ridge’ Reinvents Rambo For Netflix

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Action movies have been knocking off First Blood ever since it debuted in 1982, but Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rare example of a...

‘The Perfect Couple’ In Brief: Every Episode, Suspect, Victim, and Murder

September 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A swanky wedding, a tiny island, and a murder — this is how Netflix’s The Perfect Couple begins, and it unfurls in the tense and white-knuckle...