Romance
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episode 5 Recap – Things Take A Slightly More Serious Turn
Bon Appetit, Your Majesty has been pretty knockabout so far, but the margins have always contained a much more serious show.
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Will Finally Realises He’s An Idiot
I can’t think of anything worse than spending ages locked in a car with Will from Platonic, which is a bit of an obstacle since...
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episodes 3 & 4 Recap – These Runtimes Are Much Too Long
How long is too long? I ask because Bon Appetit, Your Majesty runs for nearly 90 minutes every episode, and it feels like the story is moving slowly to accommodate that in Episodes 3 & 4.
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – The Leads Remain The Weakest Element
Here's a bold prediction about Platonic Season 2 -- I reckon Will is going to lose his job, and Sylvia's event planning business isn't going to take off.
‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’ Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – Your Starter Has Arrived
Bon Appetit, Your Majesty is, and I don’t say this lightly, possibly the most quintessentially “K-Drama” K-Drama that ever did K-Drama.
‘Fall for Me’ Ending Explained – A “Romantic” Happily Ever After For Everyone Except the Audience
Fall for Me is a tale of two sisters, both idiots, who find themselves ensnared in a sexy scheme to defraud them of an expansive...
‘Fall for Me’ Review – Netflix’s Tame Erotic Thriller Is Like Watching Paint Dry
The experience of watching Fall for Me is a lot like watching paint dry, with the semi-important caveat of someone getting their nipples out every...
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – An Eye For An Eye Leaves The Father-In-Law Blind
I think Season 2 is making me hate Platonic a little bit. It's a weird thing to say because it remains a well-made show with a handful of very funny lines, and Rose Byrne is especially great in Episode 4, "Fore!", but I'm so, so sick of Will.
‘Fixed’ Review – Netflix’s R-Rated Dog Comedy Has No New Tricks
Dogs have always been a movie-making cheat code, the easiest shortcut to making an audience laugh or cry – or both! – as necessary. The...
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Second-Hand Embarassment Is Real
I get that Platonic is largely a show about college friends slowly realizing they’re not in college anymore, but by Season 2, you’d think it would have...
Follow (2025) Is Not Sexy Enough to Withstand the Illogical Plot
Gonzalo Tobal’s Follow (2025), also known by its native language film title, Juegos de Seducción, presents a premise that initially intrigues with its potential. However,...
‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ Offers No Answers About How These Things Keep Getting Made
The Madea franchise remains one of the most confounding mysteries in all of cinema. Madea’s Destination Wedding is the thirteenth – count ‘em! – entry,...
‘We Were Liars’ Ending Explained – A Bonkers Twist Is Too Little Too Late
E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars is famous in large part for a significant last-minute twist which completely recontextualises the entire story, and fans of the...
‘We Were Liars’ Review – Prime Video Adaptation Proves YA Claptrap Isn’t Going Anywhere (Or Getting Any Better)
You know how racists claim not to be able to tell people of colour apart because they all look the same? That’s kind of how...
‘Cheers to Life’ Review – A Feel-Good Slice-Of-Life Drama A Little Too Carefree For Its Own Good
The risk with making a laid-back chill-out movie is that there’s such a thing as a movie being too chilled out for its own good,...
‘Our Times’ Ending Explained – Let Me Explain Why This Isn’t Half As Romantic As It Thinks It Is
In a classic case of having one’s cake and eating it – never understood that expression; what else would you do with a cake? –...
‘Our Times’ Review – True Love Is Your Husband Being Surplus to Requirements
Blimey, this is going to annoy people, isn’t it? The underlying thesis of Our Times, a Netflix rom-com about two married physicists who accidentally travel...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Ending Explained – A Predictably Happy and Satisfying Conclusion
We were right. We usually are, of course, and a happy ending was more predictable than usual as far as Tastefully Yours is concerned, but...
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 9 Recap – We’re On the Way to A Pretty Predictable Finale
Let’s be frank – we’ve pretty much known since the beginning that Tastefully Yours is going to have a predictable, happy ending.
‘Tastefully Yours’ Episode 8 Recap – The Drama Is Really Starting to Cook
The great measure of how much we like the characters in the shows we watch is how we respond to them being legitimately heartbroken, and that’s the territory that Tastefully Yours finally ventures into in Episode 8.