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‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Review – A Loving, Touching Tribute to A TV Icon
The story of Matthew Perry, as related in the fittingly titled three-part Netflix docuseries The One About Matthew Perry, follows a familiar trajectory. The tragedy...
‘Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic’ Review – A Sharp Special With Real Poise
Zainab Johnson has a gun. This is an important place to start, since for someone whose identity – and thus their comedy – is intrinsically...
‘100 Days of Deception’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Spying Ain’t Easy
What’s the point? This is what Ga-kyung is wondering during Episode 5 of 100 Days of Deception, and you have to see her point. Spying...
Netflix’s ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Is a Big Waste of Time
You could only trust Netflix to recreate the prison experiment from 1971 that was abandoned after six days due to escalating abuse and psychological distress....
CD Projekt Red Have An Opportunity In ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Season 3
In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II, CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger have laid out a pretty clean mission statement for how they want to proceed with...
‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II’ Ending Explained – Capri, Connections, and Who Lives and Dies
In the finale of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II, all roads converge as expected. Season 2’s decision to expand its focus and explore multiple interlocking perspectives and...
‘Theo Von: I’m Doing Fine’ Review – Please, Theo, Stick to Podcasts
I’m personally of the opinion that Theo Von is among the funniest people to ever live, at least off-the-cuff. But I’m also of the opinion...
‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II’ Review – Possibly the Year’s Biggest Disappointment
The first season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was the rarest of things, a video game adaptation that was genuinely great. It also had the added bonus...
The Soaring Ratings Of ‘100 Days of Deception’ Prove Storytelling Trumps Everything
100 Days of Deception is on the rise. With its latest episode, it achieved a new ratings high, continuing to gain momentum on tvN and Netflix...
‘100 Days of Deception’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Lost In Translation
It’s only Episode 4, but 100 Days of Deception is really starting to heat up now. I’m not sure I saw this coming so soon after the...
‘100 Days of Deception’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Into the Lion’s Den
We’re on Episode 3, and finally 100 Days of Deception has got to the meat and potatoes of its premise, which is Ga-kyung agreeing to...
How ‘The Trap’ Adapts Its Source Novel To Better (And Worse) Effect
As is true of a lot of obscure Netflix thrillers, The Trap is adapted from a novel, in this case the same-titled 2015 bestselling debut...
Breaking Down Every Twist, Turn, and Episode In Netflix’s ‘The Trap’
Netflix’s The Trap is an incredibly twisty German thriller – perhaps, in fact, too twisty for its own good. Every episode is a rat’s nest...
‘The Trap’ Ending Explained – What REALLY Happened to Anna? I Think We Know…
The Trap is, at its core, a murder mystery. It might posture as a psychological chamber piece, but its knotty plot and nested flashbacks are the...
Netflix’s ‘The Trap’ Is Too Twisty For Its Own Good
Netflix’s German psychological thriller The Trap belongs to an old chamber piece tradition, the kind of story that relies on one location and a limited...
Michael Che Sleepwalks Through Another Special In ‘Shot in Minnesota’
If Michael Che were any more laid-back, he’d be horizontal, which can be a good and a bad thing in comedy. Good, because it means...
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Is A Stirring Reminder That the Fight for Freedom Remains Ongoing
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S., Netflix’s Free Leonard Peltier delivers an exhaustive, single-minded case in favour of its title subject, who is to...
Let’s Unpack the Real, Sordid History Behind ‘100 Days of Deception’
Another week, another romantic period K-Drama streaming on Netflix (and tvN, if you’re in Korea). But it’s worth noting that 100 Days of Deception, at...