Drama

Outer Range Makes No Sense, Which Is Probably Why It Has Been Cancelled

May 17 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After two seasons, Outer Range has been canceled at Prime Video, nixing any possible plans for Season 3. After the ending of Season 2, there was...

Outer Range Season 2 Wasn’t Filmed In Wyoming At All

May 17 2024, by Louie Fecou

Outer Range interestingly mixes genres, combining the tropes of traditional Western serials with high-concept science fiction. But one of the pivotal aspects of the show...

5 Quirky Crime Shows like ‘Bodkin’ With Unique Settings

May 17 2024, by Louie Fecou

Netflix’s quirky Irish crime caper Bodkin has a podcast mystery at its heart, an ensemble cast of off-the-wall characters, thrills, chills, dark comedy surprises, and...

Bridgerton Season 3, Episode 4 Explained – Penelope Has a Serious Suitor (or Two)

May 16 2024, by Daniel Hart

Well, it’s not surprising that the halfway point of Bridgerton Season 3 ended on a banger. This is quite normal for this series. The same...

Bridgerton Season 3, Episode 3 Explained – Colin Is Confused About His Feelings

May 16 2024, by Daniel Hart

What I love about Bridgerton is how quickly things can escalate. In a world where the characters suppress their feelings, once something burns inside them,...

Bridgerton Season 3, Episode 2 Explained – A Surprise First Kiss

May 16 2024, by Daniel Hart

Gentle reader, the premise is set: and similarly to Season 1, with the duke and duchess playing a strange game, Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton...

Bridgerton Season 3, Episode 1 Explained – Penelope Decides She Wants a Husband…With Colin’s Help

May 16 2024, by Daniel Hart

Dear gentle reader, it’s Penelope Featherington’s time. After Eloise Bridgerton finds out that Pen is indeed Lady Whistledown, who would have expected the secret journalist...

Outer Range Season 2 Barely Ends At All

May 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

For such a deliberately complex series, the ending of Outer Range Season 2 is simple enough. In fact, Episode 7 could be described – uncharitably,...

Review: Outer Range Season 2 Is Boring Nonsense

May 16 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Outer Range has one of the best elevator pitches in the business. What if Yellowstone, but it’s a bit like Lost? Genius! And while Season...

‘Dark Matter’ Episode 3 Slows To A Crawl

May 15 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Dark Matter was better when it was bonkers. I think that’s fair to say after Episode 3, “The Box”, which settles down to a glacial pace...

Dark Matter’s Premiere Is Too Familiar For Its Own Good

May 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

These days, the word “multiverse” is pretty inexorably tied to Marvel, since we’re all simpletons. But Dark Matter on Apple TV+ hopes to fix that...

The General Has A Plan in The Sympathizer Episode 5

May 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Captain’s adventures in moviemaking in Episode 4 of The Sympathizer were, in a word, unsuccessful. But the deviation into outright parody was a somewhat...

The Captain Makes A Movie In The Sympathizer Episode 4

May 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I imagine when The Captain left Vietnam, he didn’t imagine he’d find himself on a movie set. And yet that’s where he ends up in...

The Sympathizer Episode 3 Makes A Mess Of Murder

May 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s no secret that Robert Downey Jr. has been a key selling point of The Sympathizer, and for those who tuned in specifically for his...

‘Bodkin’ Season 2 Needs A New Mystery, But Not New Characters

May 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t solve a mystery twice, which is the primary obstacle standing in the way of Bodkin Season 2. The first season’s ending seemed to tie up...

Episode 4 of ‘The Atypical Family’ Is One Of The Best In The Series

May 13 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

If nobody knew quite what to make of The Atypical Family throughout its first three episodes, I imagine Episode 4 is where undecided viewers will...

The Atypical Family Episode 3 Still Felt Like Something Was Missing

May 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody I’ve spoken to about The Atypical Family knows whether or not they like it. I doubt Episode 3 will help them decide either way....

Mother of the Bride Enjoyed Beautiful Shooting Locations

May 10 2024, by Louie Fecou

If Mother of the Bride has something going for it — and based on our review there are very few things about it worth recommending — it’s...

‘Mother of the Bride’ Review: Lackluster Rom-Com or Money Laundering Scheme?

May 10 2024, by Daniel Hart

Mother of the Bride could have at least tried to make an effort. I know Netflix needed a branded movie title for America’s Mother’s Day, but...

The Ending Of ‘Bodkin’ Brings Things Full Circle

May 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Bodkin ties multiple plot threads together in a mystery spanning back two and a half decades, so there’s a lot to unpack...