Mystery & Thriller

Monster (2024) is a Proud Indonesian Horror Movie with a Thrilling Ending

May 16 2024, by Daniel Hart

The biggest selling point of the Indonesian horror movie Monster is that it has no dialogue. Netflix warns viewers before starting the film, which I...

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...

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...

Netflix’s ‘Bodkin’ Could Only Have Been Filmed In Ireland

May 9 2024, by Louie Fecou

Netflix’s dark comedy thriller Bodkin is set in a fictional coastal town in West Cork, Ireland, and the Emerald Isle is integral to the show’s...

‘Bodkin’ Review: A Darkly Comic Take On Our True-Crime Obsession

May 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

These days having a true-crime podcast is the best career move you can make. If it’s popular, there’s a streaming series in your future. And...

Recap: What Happened in ‘Typewriter’ Season 1?

May 1 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Typewriter is a unique ghost story following three young friends who venture out to Goa to track down ghosts in an old villa. However, when a...

Trapped’ Season 2 Detailed Recap: Key Events and Turning Points

May 1 2024, by Alix Turner

Just like The Bridge, I became attached to the main characters of Trapped when I watched season one. Also, just like The Bridge, I had...

How Did ‘Shardlake’ Recreate 16th Century England? By Filming Elsewhere

May 1 2024, by Louie Fecou

Location is important to Shardlake, a murder mystery set in the 16th century during the dissolution of the monasteries. Based on a much-loved series of...

Complete Breakdown: What Happened in ‘Bodyguard’ Season 1?

May 1 2024, by Daniel Hart

Bodyguard took the UK by storm, bringing a story of a scarred war veteran tasked with protecting a controversial politician as her security. Season 1’s...

Who Was The Killer In ‘Them: The Scare’? Let’s Answer Some Key Questions

April 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Them: The Scare is Season 2 of Prime Video’s anthological horror hit Them, and it has left viewers with more questions than they started with. While originally...

‘Deliver Me’ feels like a true story due to the premise

April 30 2024, by Louie Fecou

Deliver Me is a gritty and uncompromising look at a topical and controversial story that has caught a lot of viewers off guard. The death...

5 TV Shows like ‘Them’

April 30 2024, by Louie Fecou

Horror fans are a great audience as they support the genre in all formats, whether it’s film, books, games or TV shows. As far as...

Netflix’s ‘Deliver Me’ Filmed On Location In Sweden To Preserve Authenticity

April 27 2024, by Louie Fecou

Authenticity is baked into every aspect of Deliver Me, including its setting. The Netflix series, which tells a harrowing crime story adapted from the novel by...