This cyber war thriller leans on real world events and it's worrying

Russia’s ending is captivating, both in its rare depiction of the operation in which Vadim was involved, and in its depiction of the social and political environment in which they exist. However authentic the representation may be, it’s hard not to worry.

Meanwhile, Khalique-Brown emerges as a huge talent, remaining more than up to par with stints as the script throws the kitchen sink at her characters – from punishing family dramas to full-fledged love lives and even abseiling spots. Good stuff.

Money Theft: Korea – The Common Economic Area
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Jeon Jong-seo (left) plays a young North Korean woman who moves south to seize the glittering opportunities promised by the economic reintegration of the two Koreas, only to find exploitation and brutality.Credit:Jung Jaegu/Netflix

Netflix is ​​still the winner with an endless stream of thought-provoking, cleverly plotted, and action-packed Korean genre series. And, like a phenomenal successful person Squid GamesThese new crime capers are fueled by a clear class consciousness and empathy for those left behind by South Korea’s economic miracle.

Based on the Spanish hit series Money Theft (Netflix) and is set in the near future, starring Jeon Jong-seo as Song Jung-ho, a young North Korean woman who moves south for some of the glittering opportunities promised by the economic reintegration of the two Koreas. What he finds in exchange is exploitation and brutality, and after carving his own bloody path, he’s recruited by the Professor (Yoo Ji-tae), who puts together a colorful, if slightly unstable, team for a very special heist.

This will involve a raid on a big, shiny new currency, and while it’s no spoiler to say that things don’t go according to plan, at times it seems the shrewd Professor does have a plan for almost every conceivable possibility. With well-drawn character-driven drama gradually unfolding, it quickly becomes addictive.

Chloe
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Erin Doherty in Alice Seabright’s tense psychological thriller Chloe.Credit:York Tillyer

CrownErin Doherty creates a compelling and ambiguous character far removed from Princess Anne in this unconventional six-part psychological thriller. Doherty is Becky Green, a woman living a difficult and discontented life whose long-lost schoolmate, Chloe, turns out to be dead after an unexpected attempt to call her. A vaguely motivated Becky proves to be a natural at falsehood, growing closer to her politician husband Chloe (Billy Howle) in search of the truth. Series creator Alice Seabright deftly adjusts the balance of power and suspicion as tensions rise.

What We Do in the Shadows
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Kayvan Novak (left) as Nandor the Relentless and Harvey Guillen as Guillermo in season 4 of Jemaine Clement’s crazy vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows.Credit:Russ Martin

We might not have thought that Jemaine Clement’s brilliant vampire comedy could get any weirder. Then the new season arrives with the appearance of the quirky and childish late energy vampire Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) running around all over the place. The awesome little creature adds a whole new element of fun absurdity, but some things stay the same, as the unbelievably unwavering Laszlo (Matt Berry) takes things in their stride with plenty of expletives and an out-of-control libido. Self-absorption still reigns supreme and the results are still miraculous.

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Discloser
Shiver, AMC+

There’s a great VHS-era aesthetic and quirkiness to this boring new comedy horror film. It’s ’80s Chicago, and show strippers peek Angie (Caitlin Aase) dressed like she raided the closet from Desperately Searching for Susan. He exchanges displeasure with the uptight Sally (Shaina Schrooten), who lurks along with a judgmental evangelical zeal. When the biblical apocalypse arrives, they find themselves trapped in a dirty peek show booth, struggling to survive the horrors that appear in hell, and perhaps learning to respect one another. Very pleasant.

Beavis and Butt-head do the Universe
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Mike Judge’s finest creations return in vintage form in this one-off new film. The year is 1998, and a series of unexpected events involving the shuttle and a rift in the space-time continuum results in our sex-obsessed teen hero being transported to 2022. Author Lewis Morton (future, wow) keeps the humor as childish as ever, and the satire of American society is just as compelling — at least on college campuses with academic bookstores devoted mostly to sports team merchandise. Good.

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