Mystery & Thriller
Dev Season 1 Episode 8 Recap and Ending Explained
We recap the Hulu series Devs Season 1 Episode 8, which contain significant spoilers and explains the Ending. The present conditions of the Silicon Valley...
The Nest Season 1 Episode 5 Recap – a moving conclusion to a stellar miniseries
This recap of The Nest Season 1 Episode 5 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
The Nest Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – the baby belonging to no-one
This recap of The Nest Season 1 Episode 4 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
The Nest Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – the truth comes out
This recap of The Nest Season 1 Episode 3 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
The Nest Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – so that’s what she’s hiding
This recap of The Nest Season 1 Episode 2 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
Trauma Center review – trash cinema at its worst or finest, it doesn’t really matter
I’m not sure what has happened to Bruce Willis’s film career, but if it weren’t on life support before, it would have to be now....
Swallow review – a film with an uncommon raw power
I recently wrote a review of Netflix’s Lost Girls where I referenced a line used by Aaron Sorkin in The West Wing: “The things we...
The Nest Season 1 Episode 1 Recap – a compelling new surrogacy thriller
This recap of The Nest Season 1 Episode 1 contains spoilers. The Nest is the latest in a burgeoning trend of BBC dramas set in...
The Decline review – a nasty, but unmemorable survivalist thriller
Patrice Laliberté’s French-Canadian survivalist thriller The Decline, new on Netflix today, is about isolated people viciously turning on each other, which means it’s just about...
The Mire Season 1 Review – will self-isolation lead people into the depths of this bleak Polish crime-thriller?
You have to imagine that a show like The Mire, a dour, handsomely-produced six-part Polish crime thiller, would do decently well on Netflix whenever it was...
The Occupant review – a dark psychological thriller from Spain
David and Àlex Pastor’s throwback noir The Occupant, now available on Netflix, is a good example of a classic genre – the stalker-thriller, in this...
She season 1 review – a road to empowerment in Indian Netflix thriller
Indian Netflix Series She season 1 will be released on Netflix on March 20th, 2020 – Add it to your list now. Indian content on...
The Coldest Game review- a pawn in the side of the espionage genre
It’s a good thing they don’t play chess by candlelight otherwise Bill Pullman spontaneously combusts like a small batch of kindling. I cannot think of...
The Stranger Season 1 Review – suburban secrets and lies in this Harlan Coben adaptation
This review of The Stranger (Netflix) is entirely spoiler-free. The last adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel on Netflix was, to the best of my...
You Cannot Hide Season 1 Review – a twisty, binge-worthy thriller
New on Netflix today, the pacey 10-episode thriller series You Cannot Hide might be the purest binge-watch candidate of the weekend. All the requisite elements are there...
‘The Host (2020)’ Review – A Sneakily Watchable Knockoff That Quickly Loses The Plot
I suspect I enjoyed Andy Newbery’s Hitchcockian thriller The Host a bit more than many will, in part because I’m partial to moody Euro-trash and apparently also...
‘Cobra’ Season 1 Review – A Nitpicker’s Nightmare, But Undeniably Binge-Able Television
There are some shows that you shouldn’t think too much about, and thriller Cobra is probably one of them. The acronym of the title stands for...
‘A Fall From Grace’ Review – A Hysterically Bad Thriller From Tyler Perry
Through sheer coincidence, I found myself watching Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace less than 24 hours after watching Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy, which is a bit...
The Gift (Atiye) Review: The Writing Is On The Wall
True to form, Netflix aren’t shy about releasing a tricky international series when their English-language heavy hitters (the second seasons of both Lost in Space and You) are...
You Season 2 Episode 7 Recap
We recap the Netflix Series You Season 2 Episode 7, “Ex-istential Crisis,” which contains significant spoilers. Episode 7, “Ex-istential Crisis,” is a strange chapter because...