False Step (2019)
A lackluster cautionary tale about people who consistently made bad choices that’s low on suspense and thrills.
A lackluster cautionary tale about people who consistently made bad choices that’s low on suspense and thrills.
Exposition overload make this hypothetical utopia feel more like purgatory.
Emma Lee’s compiled Instagram comics on modern love won’t – much like modern love itself – be for everyone.
A mediocre, largely forgettable attempt at Southern Gothic nihilism that’s more filler than thriller.
A dull, humorless spy thriller about killing Hitler that’s low on actual spying and thrills.
Well-written and enjoyable, yet fails to elevate its individual components into something larger.
Comes off as hollow, superficial, and more aggressive than necessary.
Hill’s four-part anthology rarely hits the mark, and is often overwrought, confusing and disturbing.
Attempts to show the friendship between two little girls amid racism in 1960s Seattle fall short in this re-released debut novella.
The sixth Stevens and Windermere thriller isn’t the series’ worst, but it’s still far from the best.