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The following recap contains spoilers for Constellation S1E4, “The Left Hand of God” (written by Peter Harness and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) Constellation S1E4 begins with Magnus (James D’Arcy) and Alice (Rosie Coleman/Davina Coleman) trudging through the snow before they arrive to the same cabin where we’ve seen Jo (Noomi Rapace) and Alice in previous […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for the premiere of Constellation (Episodes 1 & 2 directed by Michelle MacLaren and written by Peter Harness, Episode 3 directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and written by Peter Harness) The premiere of Constellation on Apple TV+ consists of three episodes, and while I’m generally not a fan of that way […] More
The following review contains spoilers for Sexy Beast (2024) Episodes 1–3 (written and directed by Michael Caleo) I saw Sexy Beast (2000) when it came out, in an arthouse theater in Royal Oak, Michigan, while I was visiting a friend. I knew almost nothing about the film going in, but was immediately struck by how […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E10, “Green Queen” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Curse S1E10 begins with the Siegels making an appearance on Rachael Ray to promote their HGTV show, which is now called Green Queen. It’s clear that an indeterminate amount of time […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E9, “Young Hearts” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Curse S1E9 sees Martha (GiGi Erneta) from HGTV coming to visit the Fliplanthropy set, and the network has some notes, as Dougie (Benny Safdie) relays to Whitney (Emma Stone). Most importantly, they’re […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E8, “Down and Dirty” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) Word has gotten out that you can just straight up take things from Iosheka Jeans without facing any repercussions. The Curse S1E8 begins with a group of teenagers driving into Española […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E7, “Self-Exclusion” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Curse S1E7 opens with Nala (Hikmah Warsame) in gym class. Her nemesis/bully, Josie (Aspen Martinez), is climbing the rope, and Nala wills in a whisper for her to fall. She doesn’t. At […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for A Murder at the End of the World Chapter 7, “Retreat” (written by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij and directed by Zal Batmanglij) The point of the closing chapter of A Murder at the End of the World isn’t how it resolves the mystery. Maybe you guessed some kind […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E6, “The Fire Burns On” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) The Curse S1E6 opens with Whitney (Emma Stone) and Dougie (Benny Safdie) watching the first episode of Fliplanthropy, which focuses on Pascal (Alexander Gibson) and Janice (Aliyah Lee), the fake […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for A Murder at the End of the World Chapter 6, “Crime Seen” (written by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij and directed by Brit Marling) If you’ve been following along with me week to week and for some reason want to keep score on predictions, let’s call last week a […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for The Curse S1E5, “It’s A Good Day” (written by Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie and directed by Nathan Fielder) It’s time to film Fliplanthropy! As The Curse S1E5 begins, prospective buyers Lucinda (Nikki Dixon) and Dennis (Eric Peterson) are looking at one of the Siegels’ passive homes, and Dougie […] More
The following recap contains spoilers for A Murder at the End of the World Chapter 5, “Crypt” (written and directed by Brit Marling) A Murder at the End of the World Chapter 5 begins with a repetition of the scene that ended Chapter 4: Zoomer (Kellan Tetlow) sneezes, Darby (Emma Corrin) asks him what he […] More
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