Mystery & Thriller

You judge Scott Adkins movies on a curve. There’s no point worrying about plot or dialogue or even acting, at least not the showy awards-baiting...

I’ve been cattily picking at Murderbot ever since it debuted, but in Episode 6, I felt like it was finally learning its lesson.

There’s always a risk when you expand a universe–a fact that has sparked social media debate over the limits of the MCU–but Ballerina was the...

You know what The Walking Dead: Dead City needed to rejuvenate a flagging Season 2? Spoiler alert: It wasn't a one-eyed CGI bear.

What to do with the Predators? This has been a question of some concern for years now, ever since the all-time-great Arnold Schwarzenegger original provided...

Thus far, Murderbot has done a pretty good job of balancing its comedy with its drama. But it’s always a fine line.

Cut off one head, and two more take its place. This is the central idea of the Hydra from Greek mythology – and the extreme...

Do you remember Criminal Code? It was a surprising international hit for Netflix when it first debuted in 2023, delivering eight episodes of rigorously intensive...

With Episode 5, Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City reaches a clear turning point.

Murderbot still has the usual problems in Episode 4, namely being too rushed and clipped for its own good, but “Escape Velocity Protocol” brings everything together well despite those quibbles.

The ending of Dept. Q is all about payoff, which is perhaps just as well given how long it took us to get here. The mystery of...

The comparison to Slow Horses is unavoidable and unfortunately does Netflix’s Dept. Q no favours. An adaptation from Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) of the...

There’s a kernel of a good idea in Season 2 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, but the chances of the show committing to it are so slim as to be virtually non-existent.

The Last of Us already peaked in Season 2. It was in the penultimate episode where some minor storytelling changes improbably improved the original version.

Hey, remember the Fear Street trilogy? What a surprising success that was for Netflix. At least partially a consequence of an unprecedented global health crisis...

I’ve identified a key issue in Murderbot. To be fair, I mentioned it in my recap of the two-part premiere, and nothing has changed; it’s just twice as noticeable because Episode 3 is obviously half as long.

I’m one of those insufferable fans of The Last of Us Part II who thinks it’s a work of towering genius, and I’ve done nothing throughout these recaps but moan about all the ways in which Season 2 of the HBO adaptation has made changes to it.

Good news, those few remaining viewers who consume The Walking Dead: Dead City out of choice instead of professional obligation -- Episode 3 isn't quite as stupid as the previous installment was.

Murderbot is a comedy, first and foremost, and one of its key jokes is how little murder is in it, given the title.

Blackjack! Murder! Revenge! All the elements you’d expect from Bet’s ending are present and correct in Episode 10, “Winner Takes All”, as well as the...