Drama
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 6 Recap – What happens to Mrs. Oh and Jun-il?
Sweet Home Season 2 is a big show. It has big ideas. And there’s literally a lot of it, with eight episodes running comfortably over...
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 5 Recap – What’s going on with Jun-il?
I said about Episode 4 of Sweet Home Season 2 that it was the first episode to really feel like part of a new season....
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 4 Recap – Why does Chief Ji hate Eun-yu?
Episode 4 of Sweet Home Season 2 is, in many ways, the first episode to really feel like it’s part of a new season. The...
May December Review – A subtle yet highly disturbing study of abuse and its aftermath
Todd Haynes’s most recent film, May December, has caused quite a stir among critics since premiering at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. The film has...
The Shepherd Review – A superb short film worthy of awards
Could The Shepherd be one of those films we argue about whether it is a Christmas film or not? For me, it can be. Being set on...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 Episode 9 Recap – What is the Emporer Dragon’s weakness?
Things are looking bad since Gaelin took a turn for the worst in Episode 8 of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3. Although...
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 3 Recap – What happens to the Prime Minister?
All roads must converge, and in Episode 3 of Sweet Home Season 2, they converge on Bamseom. There’s all sorts going on over there, from...
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 2 Recap – What is Hyun-su’s ability?
Despite retaining the same breakneck, all-action pace of the season premiere, Episode 2 of Sweet Home Season 2 nonetheless feels a little more coherent. There’s...
Sweet Home Season 2 Review – A more ambitious and flawed follow-up
It has been three years since we last saw Sweet Home, the Netflix adaptation of the popular Naver webtoon of the same name. And a...
Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 1 Recap – Who are the real monsters?
“Humankind is a virus, and the monsters are the vaccine.” This is a theory posited in the cold open of Sweet Home Season 2, Episode 1, the...
For All Mankind Season 4 Episode 4 Recap – What caused the failure of the asteroid mission?
Things are starting to get rather political in Season 4 of For All Mankind. The Apple TV+ series focuses on the growing tensions between the...
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – What does Lee discover about the ice Titan?
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters starts to lose a little of its steam in Episode 4, “Parallels and Interiors.” Season 1 made an action-packed debut, with...
Hard Days Review – An exciting and fast-paced thriller
It seems every other new release is either a remake or a sequel (or a prequel), and the Japanese thriller Hard Days is no different....
Virgin River Season 5 Part 2 Ending Explained – Are Lizzie and Denny having a girl or a boy?
Virgin River Season 5 Part 2 concludes with Episode 12, “Father Christmas.” In the season finale, Mel meets with her biological father for the first...
Virgin River Season 5 Episode 11 Recap – Who is Mel’s biological father?
It’s felt like an eternity since Virgin River concluded the first part of its fifth season with all those surprising twist endings, but it’s been...
Virgin River Season 5 Part 2 Review – The perfect Holiday treat
Virgin River fans are in for a real treat this Christmas with the release of two eagerly-anticipated, back-to-back Holiday special installments, as the show concludes...
Obliterated Season 1 Review – An action packed good time
An action dramedy set in the high-stakes world of Las Vegas is bound to set the world on fire. The trio behind the Cobra Kai...
Black Cake Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – A strong, moving penultimate episode
Forgive me a small observation, but something occurred to me in the first few seconds of Black Cake Episode 7, and it’s niggling. I haven’t...
Fargo Season 5 Episode 3 Recap – Dot steps up her home security for Halloween
The first two episodes of Fargo Season 5 were, naturally, about setup. They introduced the characters and their connections to each other, claimed to be based on...
Slow Horses Season 3 Episode 2 Recap – Who is behind the kidnapping?
After Catherine’s shock kidnapping in Episode 1, the Slough House gang is desperate to get their faithful colleague back safe and sound. Episode 2, titled...