WHAT TO WATCH
Task episode 4 review: betrayals, bad plans, and the art of watching everything collapse in slow motion
TL;DR: Task Episode 4 (“All Roads”) is HBO’s crime drama at its sharpest and most suffocating. Betrayals mount, Cliff meets a tragic fate, and every alliance feels one step from collapse. A…
All of You review: a soulmate test, a messy love story, and one great performance
TL;DR: Apple’s All of You is a modest sci-fi romance about soulmate testing, anchored by Imogen Poots’ stellar performance but dragged down by Brett Goldstein’s underpowered turn and an over-polished Apple aesthetic.…
Him review: a football horror story that fumbles every scare
TL;DR: Him wants to be football’s Get Out, but settles for being a sloppy scrimmage. A few haunting visuals and a solid Wayans performance can’t save it from wasting its premise. Not scary…
Disney+’s The Man in My Basement review: Willem Dafoe turns a house into a haunted mind
TL;DR: Willem Dafoe rents a basement and reality itself starts to rot. A haunting psychodrama about race, power, and ownership that refuses to give easy answers. There’s a particular kind…
Peacemaker season 2, episode 6 review: the Lex Luthor cameo that sets up Man of Tomorrow
TL;DR: Lex Luthor just crashed Peacemaker’s party, and in doing so, James Gunn has basically told us that the road to Man of Tomorrow runs straight through Chris Smith’s blood-soaked…
Netflix’s Wayward review: cult vibes, creepy schools, and a story that goes nowhere
TL;DR: Wayward has a killer premise and an even deadlier Toni Collette, but repetition, sluggish pacing, and undercooked writing drag it down. Watch it for Collette if you must, but don’t…
Alice in Borderland season 3 review: Joker rules, chaos reigns, nobody wins
TL;DR: Alice in Borderland Season 3 is chaotic, uneven, and unsatisfying. Fun in bursts, but the weakest season yet. When Netflix first dropped Alice in Borderland back in 2020, I remember…
House of Guinness review: Peaky Blinders’ creator delivers an Irish Succession
TL;DR: House of Guinness is Steven Knight’s Irish answer to Succession, with Peaky Blinders flair. Messy at times, but compelling throughout, it’s one of Netflix’s better historical dramas in recent years.…
Gen V Season 2 episode 4 review: Cipher’s mind games raise the stakes
TL;DR: Jordan gets ruined by Vought, Marie explodes a goat, Cate slithers back, Emma builds a rebellion, and Cipher shows his true powers. It’s chaos—and it works. Every time Gen V drops…
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf finale review: bromance, betrayal, and an explosive closure
TL;DR: Explosions, bromance, and one very sad divorce email: Dark Wolf ends strong, tees up Season 2, and proves that Taylor Kitsch is still Hollywood’s best sad-eyed action hero. There’s something deliciously…
Doc season 2 premiere review: a shot fired, a memory sparked, and a future teetering on the edge
TL;DR: Doc Season 2 kicks off with a tense hospital shooting, a devastating patient case, and Amy’s first recovered memory. Equal parts thriller and tearjerker, it proves the show hasn’t lost…
Marvel Zombies review: the MCU’s animated apocalypse has heart but little bite
TL;DR: Marvel Zombies has gore, heart, and flashes of brilliance, but its short length and shallow character work keep it from becoming the definitive MCU horror story. Marvel Zombies is…
High Potential season 2 episode 2 review: Morgan wins, but the show loses its best villain too soon
TL;DR: Morgan outsmarts the Game Maker and rescues Maya in an episode that’s clever and tense, but rushes through its best villain’s exit. There are two kinds of television villains: the…
Slow Horses season 5 premier review: MI5 rejects, re-assemble!
TL;DR: Slow Horses season five leans harder on Roddy Ho than ever, but thanks to killer writing and a superb cast, it remains one of the best shows on Apple…
Alien: Earth finale review: Neverland becomes a nightmare of growing up
TL;DR: The Alien: Earth Season 1 finale flips the script by letting the hybrids seize power, with Wendy at the helm of a messy, terrifying revolution. It’s Peter Pan meets Lord of the Flies with…
Brilliant Minds Season 2 premiere review: a thrilling, messy dive into madness
TL;DR: Brilliant Minds Season 2 kicks off with Oliver Wolf locked in a psychiatric facility, setting the stage for a darker, riskier season. The premiere mixes a fascinating Alien Hand…
One Battle After Another review: messy, hilarious, and a modern masterpiece
TL;DR: PTA made a three-hour action-comedy-drama-revolutionary fever dream with DiCaprio as a washed-up stoner dad, Penn as a terrifying authoritarian, and Chase Infiniti as the breakout star you’ll be talking…
Slow Horses season 4 recap: what to remember before season 5 premieres
TL;DR: Slow Horses Season 4 cranked up the chaos with Frank Harkness revealed as River’s father and ultimate villain, Marcus’s heartbreaking death, and a finale that left nearly every storyline…