Romance
‘Champagne Problems’: A Sparkling Holiday Rom-Com That Pops the Cork on Pure Joy
Champagne Problems has the perfect pop, fizz, and sparkle to make it a contender for the best Christmas movie in 2025. Director and writer Mark...
‘Typhoon Family’ Ending Explained – A Happy, Albeit Perfunctory Conclusion
Typhoon Family was always going to struggle with its ending. It isn’t so much a case of it being “happy” or not. It isn’t even...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 15 Recap – It’s About Time This Show Ended
We’re finally on the penultimate episode of Typhoon Family, and about midway through, I realised I’ve checked out.
‘Jingle Bell Heist’: A Christmas Caper That Steals Your Time, Not Your Heart
It’s late November, the temperature has significantly dropped, cars are frosted and frozen in the driveway, and that can only mean one thing: Netflix is...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 14 Recap – A Late Break From Formula
You wouldn’t think that Episode 14 of a 16-episode run was necessarily the right place for a significant change of pace, but Typhoon Family has other ideas.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3 Contrives A Happy Ending Out Of Thin Air
As soon as it turned out that Billy the Kid survived the incident that killed him in real life, it was obvious where Season 3...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 13 Recap – This Is More Like It
As we approach the end of Typhoon Family, Episode 13 regathers a bit more energy and zing, which is probably just as well. It was...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 12 Recap – Has This Show Lost Its Way?
Sixteen episodes is too many, isn’t it? I don’t mean all of the time, but generally speaking, especially for a K-Drama running 65-75 minutes per outing.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – We’re Rewriting History
The penultimate ever episode of Billy the Kid feels pretty unmistakably like a side quest.
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 11 Recap – Government Contracts Aren’t Much Fun
The last thing Typhoon Family needed was to get drier, but here we are in Episode 11, “Tomorrow Comes Love”, with Tae-poong trying to secure a government contract.
‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas’ Review – Netflix’s Seasonal Torture Has Officially Begun
What would Christmas be without bland festive fare? Netflix is kicking off the 2025 holiday season with the usual dross, following the usual formula, which...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 10 Recap – Prison Is the Cure For Sexism
Sometimes it takes failure to show you what success really looks like.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – We’re Into Fantasy Territory Now
Billy the Kid is alive. I feel I should point this out since technically, Billy is supposed to be dead. Pat Garrett shot him twice,...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 9 Recap – We’ve Hit the Wall I Warned About
I can’t say I didn’t warn you, but Episode 9 of Typhoon Family hits the wall I expected it to. It isn’t a bad outing,...
‘Mango’ Review – Netflix’s Painfully Derivative Fruit-Themed Rom-Com Isn’t Sweet Enough
Call me naive, but I genuinely thought that Mango was going to be a deceptive title laced with some kind of hidden meaning. But no...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 8 Recap – Another Welcome Change of Scenery
I feel like I have been a little hard on Typhoon Family. It’s only because I care!
‘Typhoon Family’ Episode 7 Recap – Is Charisma Really Enough?
I find myself thinking again about contradictions. Typhoon Family has its fair share.
‘Joy to the World’ (2025) Review – Early Christmas Movie Brings Bad Luck
A Christmas movie releasing on the first day of November is really pushing it. It’s the film equivalent of those people who put their trees...
‘Typhoon Family’ Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – Tae-poong Gambles His Eyes
There’s a peculiar predicament that Typhoon Family finds itself in, I think as a consequence of being backdropped by a very real financial crisis.
‘Billy the Kid’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Billy’s Great Escape (And Possible Death)
One of the more intriguing parts of the legend of Billy the Kid -- part of the reason, I suspect, why stories about his life have always been so popular -- is that his death has a conspiratorial quality to it.