Drama
The Ending of ‘The Whirlwind’ Makes A Mockery of Morality
The Whirlwind is a bit preachy throughout, but its ending expects you to swallow a lot. In it, former Prime Minister turned Acting President of...
Review: ‘The Whirlwind’ Commits The Worst Sin Any Show Can – It’s Boring
With ridiculous leadership squabbles currently underway in both the U.S. and the U.K., two of Netflix’s most sizeable and vocal markets, the time seems right...
Review: ‘Family Affair’ Is A Perfect Date Night Movie
When you have names like Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King leading your film, it’s not much of a hard sell, especially on a...
‘Drawing Closer’ Is a Romantic, Sweet and Gently Approached Adaptation
The thing about romance movies that center on the inevitable death is that they are blatantly made to upset you. And you have to be...
REVIEW: ‘The Bear’ Season 3 Still Shines While In The Spotlight
All eyes are on The Bear. It deserves the limelight: not only has it achieved perfect television at times, but it’s slowly earned its respect....
‘The Boys’ Season 4, Episode 5 Explained: Butcher Has Different Ideas For The Virus
Episode 5 of The Boys Season 4 centers on the annual V52 Expo, which is Vought’s conference announcing the slate of media that will be...
Review: ‘Supacell’ Proves There’s Life In The Superhero Genre Yet
Thanks to the MCU’s rapid and drastic decline in quality and appeal, it’s easy to believe that superhero stories have had their day. But not...
‘My Lady Jane’ Is Not Quite ‘Bridgerton’, But Not Quite ‘The Great’ Either
I always find it funny when streaming companies compete with each other on niche genres; Hulu has The Great, Netflix has Bridgerton, and Prime Video...
Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 5 Is The Best Yet — And It’s Not Even Close
One thing I’m not is a hater, so I’m happy to admit that Episode 5 of The Acolyte, fittingly titled “Night” after Episode 4, “Day”,...
A So-So Ending Can’t Salvage A Disappointing Adaptation Of ‘Dark Matter’
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the ending of Dark Matter is neither as exciting as it should be nor as clever as it...
Recap: Rusty Reaches His Lowest Ebb In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 4
Every episode of Presumed Innocent thus far has depicted Rusty Sabich as a deeply selfish and arrogant man at best and a hopping madman at...
Recap: Rusty Is His Own Worst Enemy In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 3
Rusty Sabich is his own worst enemy. This has been obvious since the beginning of Presumed Innocent, which made him look terrible in Episode 1...
Recap: Things Go From Bad To Worse For Rusty In ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 2
The Presumed Innocent premiere made a real point of depicting Jake Gyllenhaal as a detestable psycho, and Episode 2, “People vs. Rozat Sabich”, gets right...
Recap: ‘Presumed Innocent’ Episode 1 Inverts The Thriller Genre
Legal thrillers are usually built around guilt, in one way or another, but it tends to be the accused whose true nature is mysterious. The...
‘Doctor Climax’ Is Based On Real Q&A Columns From The 1970s
Doctor Climax isn’t a true story, but it’s close. Partially inspired by real-life newspaper correspondence, which isn’t entirely surprising when you consider its setting of...
‘Gangs of Galicia’ Season 2 Would Have To Take Some Chances
Like most original Netflix shows, Gangs of Galicia clearly angles for Season 2 with an open-ended conclusion that leaves a few things unresolved. But the show...
‘Gangs of Galicia’ And The True Story That Inspired The Netflix Series
Many crime dramas use real events as the basis for their fictional narrative, and Gangs of Galicia is no different. Based loosely on a police operation to...
Recap: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Continues To Pull No Punches in Episode 2
You know House of the Dragon is a grim show because in the Season 2 premiere a child got his head cut off. But you...
Recap: New Alliances Are Formed In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 4
Police forces the world over are famously intolerant of attacks on their own, so it isn’t much of a surprise that Episode 4 of Mayor...
‘Trying’ Season 4 Review: “I Love This Series, Even With Its Flawed View On Adoption”
No word of a lie, when I started writing this review, I wrote: “If someone told me that Esther Smith and Rafe Spall were together...