Drama

REVIEW: ‘The Bear’ Season 3 Still Shines While In The Spotlight

June 27 2024, by Daniel Hart

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

June 27 2024, by Daniel Hart

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

June 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 26 2024, by Daniel Hart

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

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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’

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 24 2024, by Louie Fecou

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

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 23 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

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”

June 23 2024, by Daniel Hart

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...

Shock and Awe: Here Are 10 Provocative Shows Like ‘The Boys’

June 22 2024, by Louie Fecou

The Boys became a hit series for Prime Video by taking the tropes of comic book superheroes and subverting them into a shocking often ultra-violent...

‘Gangs of Galicia’ Is A Sub-Par Crime Thriller With A Silly Ending

June 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can have too much of a good thing, and Gangs of Galicia proves it. The drug-fuelled international crime thriller is a beloved streaming mainstay,...

‘Gangs of Galicia’ Lives Up To Its Title With Its On-Location Production

June 22 2024, by Louie Fecou

Gangs of Galicia tells the story of Ana, a lawyer new to the small town of Cambados, who manages to upset the status quo and...

The Boys Season 4, Episode 4 Explained: Homelander Wants His Audience To Feel Sorry For Him

June 20 2024, by Daniel Hart

As I enjoyed The Boys Season 4, Episode 4, I realized that Homelander breaks the fourth wall—not by looking at the camera and talking to...