Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not…
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Russian Doll Uses the Familiar Premise of Time Loops to Great Effect
Russian Doll is one of those delightful surprises that, once you have had some time to get used to, win you over in no time at all. Centering around a cynical New Yorker, Nadia, trying to get through …
Sex Education is a Raunchy Teen Comedy with Loads of Heart and Empathy
Jean Milburn is a peculiar woman. Like many mothers, she is specially interested in her son Otis’ affairs and rarely lets him venture outside her sphere of influence. Unlike others, however, she is pa…
Why You Shouldn’t Root for Joe Goldberg from ‘You’
If you are someone who has still not finished watching all the episodes of YOU on Netflix, don’t blame me for spoilers. If you are still undecided about starting the series, do check our review of the…
Netflix’s You Puts the Audience in the Head of a Stalker in an Addictive First Season
You've heard of a possessive boyfriend. You've heard of an obsessive boyfriend. You've heard of an overprotective boyfriend. You've even heard of some abusive ones. Tell me my friend, have you heard o…
House of Cards’ Final Season is a Convoluted Mess that Collapses without its Former Star
The final season of House of Cards brings to mind the opening scene of the show: Frank Underwood mercifully putting down his dog and explaining that there are two kinds of pain: useful and useless. Si…
The Haunting of Hill House is a Probing Study of Grief, Trauma and Family Ties
The Haunting of Hill House is less of an exercise in horror as it is a psychological study on a family’s psyche and strained relationships. Yes, there are ghosts and plenty of unsettling imagery, but …
Why Good Shows like WestWorld and Mr. Robot Go through Sophomore Slumps
Good shows like Westworld go wrong all the time. Often, they go wrong pretty early, just after a great first season. It happened with True Detective, then with Mr. Robot, and this year, it happened wi…
Maniac Deals with Grief, Hallucinations and Depressed Computers
Netflix’s Maniac, based on a Norwegian series of the same name and directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective Season One), stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. It’s ten episodes of trippy, soulful explorat…
Iron Fist Gets Better in Second Season, But is Still Not as Great as it Could Be
Danny Rand is the Iron Fist. If you don’t know it yet, he would have gladly told you so in his previous appearances in Iron Fist Season One and The Defenders. But now Danny Rand is a changed man: more…