Mystery

School Spirits (2023) Season 1 Review/Spoilers

Overall, the first season of School Spirits is a fine watch, but needs more intrigue and fun to live up to its title and make a memorable impact.

School Spirits: Season 1, Episode 8 “Madison’s Body” (Season Finale) – Review/Spoilers

Questions get answered, answers get questions, and everyone gets to be a detective in the shocking School Spirits finale!

School Spirits: Season 1, Episode 7 “Séance Anything” Review/Spoilers

School Spirits is finally balancing its laughs, tears, and mystery in a season highlight.

School Spirits: Season 1, Episode 6 – “Grave the Last Dance” Review/Spoilers

Jealous teens, dead ends, and music montages make up an underwhelming School Spirits.

The Ghost Within (2023) – Movie Review

Margot Richardson can’t escape nightmarish visions of her facially deformed sister murdered by her father long ago. She desperately struggles to find meaning by returning to her abandoned childhood home.

Poker Face (2023) – Season 1 Review

Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face is a character-driven mystery and my favorite show of 2023 so far.

School Spirits: Season 1/Episode 4 Recap “Ghoul Intentions”

Secrets come out and teams come together in a revealing School Spirits episode.

Under His Influence (2023) – Review/ Summary

In this “Did he or didn’t he” film, a social media influencer falls for a young man who may have killed his teacher, but the evidence is slim against him.

Disquiet (2023) – Review/ Summary

“Disquiet” gives “Angels of Death” vibes, as we watch a man try to escape a hospital with monsters who all want to kill him and some who may be friends or foes.

Knock At The Cabin (2023) – Review/ Summary

“Knock At The Cabin” is another M. Night Shyamalan film where the trailer may have sold you, but the movie lacks payoff.

Missing (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Missing,” a pseudo-sequel to 2018’s “Searching,” is the kind of mystery/ thriller that gets your heart pumping and glued to the screen like a kid watching Cocomelon.

Door Mouse (2023) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Door Mouse” has cult classic workings that will make it a favorite amongst a niche group, but it may struggle to make a blip in a sea of video-on-demand releases.

Mindcage (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

In this supernatural crime thriller, Martin Lawrence may not take a career turn like his peers, but he does find himself in one of his best productions in years.

Wednesday: Season 1 – Summary/ Review

While Jenna Ortega makes a superb Wednesday, unfortunately, they put her in a world reminiscent of the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” with boy drama and a mediocre mystery.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” may have a disappointing mystery, but its zany and comedic characters compensate for that.

Reasonable Doubt: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Can’t Knock The Hustle” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

While legal dramas seem to come every season and are rather just the same, because “Reasonable Doubt” isn’t afraid to lean into its lead’s culture – it is strikingly different.

Don’t Worry Darling (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Don’t Worry Darling” solidifies Olivia Wilde’s name as someone who can be trusted when they’re noted as the director.

The Resort: Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)

“The Resort” may not have the best payoff for its central mystery, but the relationships between the characters might save it for you.

The Razing (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

While many films romanticize having long-lasting friendships, “The Razing” reminds you of the trouble that comes from people knowing the worst about you.

Barbarian (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Barbarian” has quality jump scares and freaky moments, but it leaves so many questions.

Little Women: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

What may appear to be a story about two working-class sisters trying to give their little sister the life they didn’t have evolves into something more dramatic.

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” satirical take on Gen Z/late Millennials will leave you giggling and potentially forgiving its ending.

The Resort: Season 1/ Episode 1 “The Disappointment of Time” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Two couples, separated by 15 years, find themselves at the potential end of their relationship. However, a murder mystery might be able to save one of them.

Nope (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Unlike his past movies, Jordan Peele’s “Nope” doesn’t seek to be too deep or inspire a litany of online think pieces. It’s just a decent alien movie.

Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) — Ending Spoilers

A summary of how Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) ended and whether a prequel or sequel is possible.

Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

“Where The Crawdads Sing” is an engrossing drama that doesn’t go for big grandeur moments but a series of satisfying ones throughout its two hours.

Summer Time Rendering: Season 1/ Episode 1 “So Long, Summer Days” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

“Summer Time Rendering” presents a movie-level type of story which mixes the supernatural, a murder mystery, and apparently some groundhog day elements.

Men (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Unnerving and graphic, but with an ending that lacks a punch, Men leans more towards art house than being a commercial horror.

Hatching (2022) – Review/ Summary

Best described as coming-of-age body horror, Hatching is just as much about the monster as an independent thing as its connection to the lead.

Choose or Die (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

Choose or Die is the kind of pseudo-horror that has a better story buried beneath what it gives you.

Tomodachi Game: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Huh? Yuichi-kun Suspects His Friends?” [Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Tomodachi Game is likely to be the show you will clamor for the next episode of and wish it was available to be binge-watched.

The Devil You Know (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

For nearly two hours, you are left with not only the mystery of who did what, but who will pay for the crime?

The Outfit (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)

As it presents a wonderful mob who did it story, The Outfit puts all its weight behind Mark Rylance, who absolutely kills it!

Shining Vale: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Chapter One – Welcome to Casa De Phelps” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

After a tryst in their home in Brooklyn, an infamous writer moves, with her family, to Connecticut, where hallucinations make it seem things have become far worse for her.