Drama

Review: ‘Chastity High’ Has A Silly Premise But Valuable Themes

August 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Every nation needs its own trashy high-school drama about salacious teenagers getting up to no good, and Chastity High, streaming on Netflix, is Japan throwing...

‘Kaos’ Ending Explained – The Battle Lines Are Drawn And Season 2 Is Inevitable

August 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Look, Kaos is a big-budget Netflix series with a very good cast, so the chances of the ending actually being an ending and not an...

Recap: ‘Kaos’ Reveals What’s Going On With the Underworld In Episode 6

August 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 6 is the obligatory Big Reveal™ episode of Kaos, in which we learn what’s really going on in the Underworld with the Frame and...

Recap: ‘Kaos’ Deploys A Unique Gimmick In Episode 5

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 5 of Kaos introduces a unique framing device, with the story being divided into three distinct but interlinked parts titled “Part I: Furies”, “Part...

Recap: Kaos Raises The Stakes In Episode 4

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Kaos gets back to business as usual in Episode 4, pinging back and forth between different perspectives after the third chapter devoted most of its...

Recap: ‘Kaos’ Hones In On A New Perspective In Episode 3

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Despite continuing to introduce more and more characters and plot elements, Episode 3 is easily the most focused outing of Kaos thus far. It’s largely...

Recap: ‘Kaos’ Episode 2 Has A Real Mean Streak

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Kaos turns up the heat in Episode 2. It’s nastier, both literally and in its implications. It coheres more than the premiere did, with clear...

Recap: ‘Kaos’ Episode 1 Is A Stylish, Snappy Introduction

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve always imagined Greek mythology as a catty family drama, and if nothing else, Episode 1 of Kaos leans into that very idea. The premiere...

Recap: ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Season 2, Episode 3 Feels A Little Sterile

August 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s a bit concerning that so early in Season 2, Reasonable Doubt already seems to be going through the motions. There is little movement in the...

Recap: ‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 4 Gets Bogged Down in the Past

August 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It really does seem like you can’t tell any story without a few flashbacks these days. I’m skeptical of the general premise, but I’m not...

Review: ‘Love Next Door’ Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts

August 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door has no right to be as affecting and compelling as it is. As far as romantic K-Dramas go, this is as tropey...

Review: ‘Terror Tuesday: Extreme’ Is An Uneven Horror Anthology

August 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’m getting sick of saying this, but anthologies are always uneven. For horror anthologies like Terror Tuesday: Extreme, this might be even more true. Horror...

Review: ‘Romance in the House’ Lacks Identity

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In most films and TV shows, a family reunion is a cause for some jubilation, but not quite in Romance in the House. The plot...

The Premise Of ‘The Accident’ Isn’t As Silly As It Seems

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I confess to being reassured that several people in the Ready Steady Cut Reddit community found the premise of Netflix’s The Accident to be as silly and unintentionally hilarious...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Continues To Delight In Episode 4

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

This is good, isn’t it? I know I’ve said it before, but Episode 4 of Love Next Door only crystallizes my point that recapping this...

Recap: ‘Romance in the House’ Hits The Halfway Point In Episode 6

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In Episode 6, you can kind of feel Romance in the House gearing up towards a happy ending. That’s expected, obviously, but one wishes it...

Recap: Harper’s Back To Her Old Tricks In ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 3

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Like Succession, there’s a particular sense of excitement about an Industry episode that takes the cast abroad. There’s something about being freed from Pierpoint’s London...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 3 Isn’t Special — But The Show Itself Might Be

August 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is an interesting show because there’s really very little that’s noteworthy about it, and yet it somehow feels quite momentous in its...

Recap: Episode 5 Is Another Decent But Unspectacular Chapter Of ‘Romance in the House’

August 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 5 brings Romance in the House very close to its midpoint, and it feels like the plot is still beginning to pick up. I’m...

Recap: Catherine Lives Up To Her Name In ‘The Serpent Queen’ Season 2, Episode 7

August 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s fair to say that Episode 7 of The Serpent Queen Season 2, “A House Divided”, is not a pleasant one for Catherine de’ Medici....