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Strong performances carry a simple yet unsettling premise The Good Nurse is a semi-autobiographical crime thriller available on Netflix, based on Charles Graeber’s 2013 book of the same name. The crime drama tells the tale of healthcare ignorance, insanity, and murders. The plot revolves around Amy, a sympathetic but overworked nurse who does not lead an easy life. In addition to being a single mother and having a fatal heart ailment, her night hours at the hospital push her to the brink on both an emotional and physical level....

Tonal Whiplash The Greatest Beer Run Ever may just be one of the most tonally conflicted movies of the year. Swinging wildly between slapstick, banterous comedy and harrowing war drama, Apple’s new film tries to walk that tightrope between both states but ends up falling flat on its face. Based on a true story, The Greatest Beer Run Ever follows the journey of Chickie Donohue, a slacker from New York who becomes fed up with the constant doom and gloom of the war....

Aunt Lydia The Handmaid’s Tale returns this week for another slice of dystopian drama, continuing its glacial pacing but offering a real treat with an episode focused on Aunt Lydia. With June and the other Handmaids taking a backseat for large chunks of its run time, The Handmaid’s Tale offers more character building and a glimpse into the life of this religious lady pre-Gilead. We begin with all the handmaids shunning Ofmatthew after betraying June....

Nightshade Episode 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 begins with June and the other women forced to move. Guards are mobilizing outside after greeting Mrs Keyes. June tells Janine to find Alma, while she spies on the guards. Mrs Keyes plays her part well, acting like nothing is out the ordinary. For now, they buy themselves some time – but how much is another matter. June believes their time is up, and talks to the other girls about what their next move should be....

Fairytale Episode 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 starts with June receiving an urgent call in the middle of the night. It’s Lily. A guardian is coming across with crucial information. So Moira and Luke join her and they head out together. It turns out the border patrols have tightened up and the friendly is stuck in No Man’s Land. With no other choice, Luke decides to go himself to find out about Hannah....

Following the story of one of the most incredible bank robberies in British history, ‘The Hatton Garden Job’ is a story that follows the men behind the heist and how they managed to pull off their heist. It should be a tense, dramatic tale but somehow the film lacks pace and any drama throughout, instead relying on its characters to try and elevate the film beyond the mediocrity it eventually ends up falling into....

Episode Guide Elf The Nightmare Before Christmas From It’s A Wonderful Life and Jingle All The Way through to Love Actually and Polar Express, there’s so many memorable Christmas films that have stood the test of time. Through the swathe of classics to choose from, Holiday Movies that Made Us is a disappointingly brief glimpse into the filming process for 2 beloved titles – Elf and The Nightmare Before Christmas....

Episode Guide Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Have you ever started a project and realized it’s become far more ambitious than you realized? With money and time spent, the sunk cost fallacy is too great to back out, so you soldier on no matter what. If you’ve ever felt this way in the past, The Houseboat is the perfect trip down memory lane. With a sharp wit and four pacey episodes, The Houseboat takes the best parts of home renovation shows and combines that with the banter of Top Gear....

The Story So Far Mat finds his life turned upside down when he accidentally kills a kid during a nightclub brawl. After serving four years in prison, he’s given a second chance at life, meeting a bright young woman called Olivia. When she goes missing, Mat is forced into confronting the very real truth – that Olivia may not have been wholly truthful over who she is and what she’s doing....

The Ecstasy Of Life Episode 8 of The Irregulars begins with the Linen Man and Sherlock standing in front of the Rip. Sherlock has made a deal with the proverbial devil, who promises to hold up his side of the bargain. Meanwhile, Billy leads the cavalry charge as all the kids grab weapons and head out. As they do, black smoke rises up, choking the atmosphere. Random fires set London ablaze while blue lightning crackles and illuminates the sky....

When refined, whitestone becomes residuum glass, a powerful arcane amplifier. In the flashback, Professor Anders requests funding from the de Rolos to help triple their residuum production. Percy’s father declines, and Anders stews in bitter hatred toward the entire family. In the present day, Vox Machina escapes with Archie to the safehouse. They pressure Percy to explain what came over him. He divulges the origins of his pepper-box pistol. After the Briarwoods slaughtered his family, he fled....

Episode Guide Graveyard for the Gods Quest For Knowledge Village of Lost Children Puppet Master Finding Paradise Gladiators Masterchef The Real Tripitaka The Spider Web Shadow Boxing Cheesy, low budget but undeniably charming, The New Legends Of Monkey punches, kicks and cloud-surfs its way back onto screens with 10 more episodes of fantastical action. And action is certainly the name of the game here. While the first season tackled Monkey gathering the troops and retrieving the Scroll of Immortality, this time around there’s higher stakes as the demons rally to defeat Monkey King with more vengeance than ever before....

Sitting in the plane going to a place they don’t know, Angela and Harper finally confront each other. She cracks a joke and the lid is open. Harper feels cheated and says that she no longer feels like family. Angela tries to reassure him that she is the same person. Her conflicted mind has not been able to do justice to Harper and Dan, her “fathers’. They’re still unsure of what the other will do, but so are we!...

The Secret Singer Episode 2 of The Penthouse picks up right where we left off from before, as a proud Yoon-Hee tells Seo-Jin she’s a thief. As the singer brushes aside her threat as simple joke, Yoon-Hee shows off the scar on her neck and scoffs at her foe. Especially at the thought of her teaching Ro-Na how to play the piano. Instead, she decides to let Ro-Na learn in her own way and promises to be back for her trophy....

The Shopping Centre Coup Episode 8 of The Penthouse begins with Ro-Na saved by the new PE Teacher, who berates all the kids and sends Ro-Na off to the infirmary. While she’s being tended to, he forces the rest of the kids to do laps… unless they want more penalty points of course. He’s brutal, forcing all his students to keep running until Seok-Kyeong passes out on the floor. On the back of this, Ho-Dong receives a list of students to take extra care of, including all the Hera Palace kids....

I’m gonna swing from the chandelier Episode 11 of Penthouse Season 3 begins with Dan-Tae behind bars and face to face with his daughter, Seok-Kyung. She taunts him, as Dan-Tae brings up the past and everything he’s “sacrificed” for her. Seok-Kyung has had enough and walks away, saying goodbye for good as a desperate Dan-Tae drops to his knees and pleads with her for help. Seok-Kyung scoffs, calling him pathetic and leaving....

The Four Main Planets I love space. If there’s one topic in science that I find myself constantly captivated and engrossed by, it’s this. Narrated by the enigmatic Professor Brian Cox, The Planets takes us on an in-depth journey into our solar system. With a mixture of facts, figures and discussion around key elements of each planet, The Planets is a fascinating watch, one told with a poetic tongue and a great use of CGI imagery and archival footage....

Butt Plug Episode 5 of The Premise dives into a philosophical fable between the power of redemption and the drive for revenge. And the title of this episode? Butt Plug. Right, let’s dive in. The main crux of drama here stems from a montage. Within these flashbacks, a whole group of kids begin bullying a poor immigrant boy called Daniel, sporting worn-out shoes and forced to go through hell. The ringleader through all of this is a kid called Eli Spector....

To War Rather Than To Bed Episode 2 of The Serpent Queen follows the same flashback technique as its predecessor. The old Queen Catherine makes Rahima her maid and continues the story about her years in the Valois court. She also conditions Rahima to take revenge from those who have wronged her. The Serpent Queen has her eye on everything in the court, contrary to belief. Young Catherine is on tenterhooks as her uncle, the Pope, has died without completing the dowry and she cannot produce an heir either....

The Family Tree Episode 5 of The Shrink Next Door begins in 1990 with Ike and Marty playing basketball out in the streets. Ike receives a call though, confirming his father has passed away. After the funeral, Marty encourages Ike to head over to the summer house for the weekend as a way of cooling off and unwinding. Marty offers himself up to the pair, who now have two toddlers, and even suggests they stay in the master bedroom....