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‘100 Days of Deception’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Harrowing, Brilliant TV
Any worries that I might have been hyperbolic in my effusive praise of 100 Days of Deception are safely put to bed by Episode 2, an even...
‘100 Days of Deception’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – This One Is Going to be Good
Sometimes you can just tell a show is going to be good, and I’m pleased to report, ladies and gentlemen, that 100 Days of Deception...
‘Below’ Season 1 Ending Explained – The Ice Shelf Cometh
Despite being billed as a limited series – an increasingly pointless label – Below treats its ending as an excuse to tee up another visit...
‘Below’ Is An Enjoyable Creature Feature Anchored By A Mature Lead Performance
Benefitting from the unlikely layup provided by Apple TV’s wonderful Widow’s Bay, Netflix’s Below fills a damp hole in the suddenly popular coastal horror market...
‘Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying’ – All Style, No Substance
When did Mojo Brookzz get catchphrases? That must have happened behind my back, but I suppose it was inevitable. Nowadays, comedians earn virality for one...
We Need to Talk About the Ending of Tyler Perry’s ‘Doing Life’
There are few more contrived endings than the one in Tyler Perry’s Doing Life, a tear-jerking romance that purports to be about real issues and...
Tyler Perry’s Tearjerker ‘Doing Life’ Is Predictably, Disappointingly Rubbish
All Tyler Perry movies suck, as a general rule, but there aren’t very many I find myself genuinely rooting for. Doing Life is one of...
‘Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke’ Is A Saudi Dramedy Perhaps A Bit Too Slapstick For Its Own Good
You probably don’t need me to tell you that the title of Netflix’s Saudi comedy movie, Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke, isn’t an accident. The allusions...
‘Unabomber’ Risks Making A Hero (Or At Least A Victim) Out Of Ted Kaczynski
It’s worth remembering that Ted Kaczynski was a domestic terrorist who killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide mail bombing campaign. Most...
‘My Sad Dead’ Ending Explained – A Quiet Lesson About Acceptance
The quiet inevitability of My Sad Dead characterises an ending that eschews the usual twists, turns, and big dramatic payoffs in favour of something sadder...
Pablo Larrain’s ‘My Sad Dead’ Is Impressively Strange and Quietly Brilliant
Being able to talk to the dead probably qualifies as a superpower of some kind, an ability beyond the realms of possibility that opens a...
Nimesh Patel’s ‘Buy the Dip’ Falls Flat by Tiptoeing Around Its Politics
I wanted to like Nimesh Patel’s Netflix special, Buy the Dip. It’s my first time experiencing the comedian. I like his calm delivery and his...
There’s Much More Going On In ‘Best of the Best’ Than You Might Realise
On the surface, Best of the Best is a throwback teen dance movie à la Step Up, and it’s an exceedingly good version of that...
‘Best of the Best’ Is Netflix’s South Asian ‘Step Up’, And It’s A Delight
I didn’t realise how much I missed the Step Up series until I watched Best of the Best. Despite the title being redolent of the...
I Can Tell Why Netflix Didn’t Bother Marketing ‘Stranger Things: Tales from ’85’ Season 2
For a brand as massive as Stranger Things, you’d think that the second season of its animated spin-off, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, would have...
Jo Koy Delivers the Year’s Best Stand-Up in ‘Blue in the Face’, Joking About His Love for Dogs and His Brave Stepfather
Jo Koy is a very emotive comedian. He wears his heart on his sleeve, and you can tell he cares about every joke he’s about...
‘Crew Girl’ Season 2 Theories: Unresolved Love Triangle, More Sabotage, and What’s Next for Josh
The ending of Crew Girl Season 1 offers a relatively straightforward conclusion, but it also opens the door to a more exciting second season, with...
‘Go Team!’ Is A So-So Spanish Comedy That I’ve Forgotten Already
While I was watching Go Team!, a Spanish Netflix comedy from the storied production team behind Elite and Olympo, I thought it was pretty good. I was laughing when...