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Recap: The Dance of the Dragons Begins In ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 4
The excitement about House of the Dragon was never due to the quality of the novel it’s based on, Fire & Blood, a slightly dusty...
New Jersey Cosplays As Florida In Prime Video’s ‘Space Cadet’
Space Cadet isn’t a clever movie, but it was at least clever with its production. Set in Florida, the Legally Blonde-inspired comedy was filmed across New Jersey,...
Review: ‘Desperate Lies’ Completely Mishandles Its Premise
Every now and again Netflix will indulge in a soapy telenovela with a preposterous number of episodes, and Desperate Lies fits the bill. A grim,...
The Ending of ‘Space Cadet’ Makes You A Little Warm To This Stupid Astronaut Movie
The ending of Space Cadet would have reached a ludicrous level if Rex had managed to fool NASA and become a fully qualified astronaut despite...
The Ending of ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Keeps Billy and His Story Alive
The ending of Billy the Kid Season 2 revolves around a peace agreement, which is a pretty hilarious concept when you consider how many people...
Review: ‘Family Affair’ Is A Perfect Date Night Movie
When you have names like Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King leading your film, it’s not much of a hard sell, especially on a...
‘Drawing Closer’ Is a Romantic, Sweet and Gently Approached Adaptation
The thing about romance movies that center on the inevitable death is that they are blatantly made to upset you. And you have to be...
‘My Lady Jane’ Is Not Quite ‘Bridgerton’, But Not Quite ‘The Great’ Either
I always find it funny when streaming companies compete with each other on niche genres; Hulu has The Great, Netflix has Bridgerton, and Prime Video...
Recap: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Continues To Pull No Punches in Episode 2
You know House of the Dragon is a grim show because in the Season 2 premiere a child got his head cut off. But you...
Recap: The Plot Thickens In ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episodes 3 & 4
Episodes 3 and 4 of Miss Night and Day only prove what I said in my recap of the premiere. This isn’t the best show...
‘Trying’ Season 4 Review: “I Love This Series, Even With Its Flawed View On Adoption”
No word of a lie, when I started writing this review, I wrote: “If someone told me that Esther Smith and Rafe Spall were together...
Nikki Proves To Be The Best Mother In The World In ‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 6
Sometimes, when you ignore a problem, it grows into something bigger, and that’s precisely what happens in Trying Season 4, Episode 6, which ends with...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Promises A Bloodbath Is Coming
House of the Dragon Season 2 begins with some reassurances. It’s still good, for a start. Episode 1, “A Son for a Son”, is actually...
Review: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Is Another Guaranteed K-Drama Hit
Sometimes you just know a show is going to be a hit. This instinct rarely has anything to do with quality, either. Miss Night and...
Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Impresses In Its First Two Episodes
With Episodes 1 and 2, Miss Night and Day establishes itself as the kind of K-Drama that people catch by chance and fall in love...
Recap: Peace Goes Up In Flames In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 7
With Lincoln under military lockdown and a strict, permanent curfew imposed, Billy and the Regulators are confined to their HQ in the McSween house in...
Recap: Tensions Boil Over In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 6
The war for Lincoln County begins in earnest in Episode 6 of Billy the Kid Season 2, which is a flurry of gunfights and testy...
5 Crime Comedies like Netflix’s ‘Hit Man’ That Are Loosely Based On A True Story — Or Seem Like They Could Be
Netflix have a surprise hit on their hands, in more ways than one, with Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, a comedy crime thriller inspired by the...
The Ending of ‘Doctor Climax’ Is A Battle Between Conservatism and Progress
A shy dermatologist leading a sexual revolution struggles against flagrant conservative corruption in the ending of Doctor Climax, and the fact you’re watching a streaming...
The ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Ending is Happy and Triumphant For One Character
At the start of Episode 8 of Bridgerton Season 3, Lady Danbury ironically brings Queen Charlotte a theory while playing chess. She believes that Lady...