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‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Apple TV+’s Gilded Age Drama Is Growing Up Fast
The tone of The Buccaneers is immediately different when Season 2 begins, and you can tell it’s going to stay that way. Apple TV+’s gilded...
‘Stick’ Episode 5 Recap – And Finally, Things Are Really Starting To Come Together
I get it now. Stick has been an incredibly mixed bag so far, with a derivative vibe, two-dimensional characters, and diminishing charms that were really highlighted in...
‘Justin Willman: Magic Lover’ Review – A Fun Fusion Of Magic and Comedy
Comedy and magic are so tightly intertwined that it’s a wonder we don’t get more live shows like Justin Willman: Magic Lover. In an hour-long...
‘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...
‘Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem’ Review – The Man Who Walked So Donald Trump Could Run
The comparison is so obvious, I might as well just lead with it. Everything about the chaotic mayoral tenure of Rob Ford, who is the...
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – It Was All A (Bad) Dream
One of the most pernicious zombie media tropes is seasoned survivors suddenly becoming brain-dead to allow some drama to happen.
‘Echo Valley’ Review – Well-Acted Rural Thriller Takes Too Many Turns In the Wrong Direction
Echo Valley is one of those movies that start out as one thing and become something else. But it’s also a rarer type of movie...
‘Murderbot’ Episode 6 Recap – And This Is Where It All Comes Together
I’ve been cattily picking at Murderbot ever since it debuted, but in Episode 6, I felt like it was finally learning its lesson.
‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Review – Spoiler Alert, It Was the Rich Guy’s Fault
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster isn’t a whodunit, but it can nonetheless be summed up by saying, simply, that the rich guy did it. Then again,...
Deep Cover (2025) Review – Orlando Bloom Steals the Show In A Hilarious, Crowd-Pleasing Action-Comedy
You can’t trust a great cast these days. Fountain of Youth had a pretty good one, and it was rubbish, which is always the expectation...
‘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,...
‘Stick’ Episode 4 Recap – Owen Wilson’s Charm Doesn’t Seem Enough to Sustain This Series
I caught myself thinking during Episode 4 that Stick has made a pretty fundamental miscalculation.
‘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...
‘The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets’ Review – The Weirdest Episode of ‘Cribs’ You’ve Ever Seen
The weirdest episode of Cribs you’ve ever seen, The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets has a pretty clear selling point. The three-part Peacock docuseries,...
‘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.
‘Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy’ Review – A Horrifying Account Of Flagrant Malpractice
Netflix love a themed series. In the absence of Untold – which concluded its fifth “season” with Shooting Guards, The Liver King, and The Fall...