Dear X arrives with an energy that feels almost disruptive—loud, stylish, and strangely intimate, as if the show knows exactly how far it can push the audience before pulling them back in again. Directed by Lee Eung-bok, the mind behind Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, the drama follows Baek Ah-jin, a top actress diagnosed … Read more
The Chaos lands with a bang — literally — and for a while it feels like a show that knows how to punch your senses. Shot against the merciless beauty of the Alaskan tundra, it opens with a gruesome plane crash that leaves a small town reeling and a U.S. Marshal, Frank Rennick (Jason Clarke), … Read more
Pluribus landed with a ton of hype, which makes sense given the pedigree. It comes from Vince Gilligan, the brain behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The show imagines a world flipped upside down by alien RNA that turns humanity into a hive-mind of happy conformists, leaving just a few “immune” loners to fight … Read more
We waited nearly three years for this, and Stranger Things has finally dropped its final season. But if you were expecting more bike rides and nostalgia, think again. The show has morphed from a Spielberg-style adventure into a full-blown apocalyptic war zone. The Duffer Brothers have basically torn Hawkins apart—the sky is bleeding, the ground … Read more
Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman takes on a story so bizarre that most people would assume it came from a tabloid rather than a police report. Jeffrey Manchester—an Army vet who held up McDonald’s restaurants and later escaped prison—famously hid inside a Toys “R” Us for months. With Channing Tatum stepping into the role, the film tries … Read more
“Five Days at Memorial” is easily one of the heaviest, most emotionally draining things I’ve watched all year. This eight-part limited series, based on Sheri Fink’s book, doesn’t just retell the story of Hurricane Katrina; it drops you right into the nightmare that happened inside New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center. It is a masterclass in … Read more
Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World arrives carrying more expectations than most superhero films in recent years. Passing the shield from Steve Rogers to Sam Wilson should’ve been a major cinematic moment, the kind fans replay for years. Instead, the handover lands awkwardly—like a relay runner slipping on wet turf. Julius Onah clearly wants the … Read more
Korean original The Mastermind (조작 게임), adapted from the 2017 film Fabricated City, arrives with the confidence of a series that knows exactly what it wants to say—yet isn’t always sure how loudly to say it. It blends propulsive cat-and-mouse tension with a surprisingly pointed look at how modern systems twist truth, but it occasionally … Read more
The Residence lands with the confidence of a big-budget murder mystery, yet ends up feeling like a feast where too many chefs couldn’t agree on the menu. Set during an Australian state dinner hosted at the White House, the story kicks off when chief usher A.B. Winter (Giancarlo Esposito) is found dead in a gaming … Read more
Directed by the widely respected David Granger, War Once More sets out to revisit World War I through the weary eyes of James Alden, a journalist played with intensity by Leonardo DiCaprio. With a massive budget and a production team obsessed with historical detail, the film certainly looks every bit the grand epic it claims … Read more