Drama
Review: ‘Billionaire Island’ Isn’t Quite ‘Succession’ With Salmon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
‘The Perfect Couple’ Has A Predictable Ending, But That’s Okay
If there’s a complaint to be leveled at Netflix’s otherwise very good whodunit The Perfect Couple, it’s that the ending is a little predictable. I,...
Review: ‘The Perfect Couple’ Is A Proper Whodunit That Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously
It wouldn’t take much effort to count up the obvious influences running through the veins of The Perfect Couple, Netflix’s six-part all-star whodunit. Both Knives...
Recap: ‘Industry’ Season 3, Episode 4 Is A Disasterclass In Stress
I’d like to make it clear that I despise Rishi Ramdani and everything he stands for to a degree that causes me to physically bristle,...