The long-running Italian cartoon about a group of best-friend fairies, Winx Club, is one of the few explicitly girl-focused shows to make the transition to a darker, edgier live-action. Fate: The Winx Saga by Netflix casts the same spell on the bright, visually vibrant cartoon that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Riverdale did on their family-friendly Archie Comics counterparts. It has a surprisingly nuanced plot that delves into the consequences of war across generations — but it comes at a cost, both for the characters and for that familiar sense of friendship and mutual support. In the first episode, we see Bloom (Abigail Cowen) moving into Alfea, a boarding school for fairies and specialists (male fairies) in the Otherworld. The first person she speaks with is a specialist named Sky (Danny Griffin), who discovers that Bloom is from the "realm" of California and that she had no idea she was a fairy three months ago. She meets her roommates, including Stella (Hannah...
My Name, a crime drama television series directed by Kim Jin-min, stars Ahn Bo-Hyun, Han So-Hee, Yull Jang, and Kim Sang-ho, alongside other cast members. Story Line: "Following her father’s murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction." My Name does not waste any time in sucking you into a well-paced and well-acted narrative. And, before I get into too much detail without context, here’s everything you need to know; the eight-episode series is packed with techno beats and the wonderful Han So-Hee -the protagonist, is a young woman who is a total badass. She’s a 17-year-old girl in episode 1, so you may expect a time jump . Even at the age of 17, she's taking on the bad guys, whether it's a school bully or an organized crime lord. The fact that she has nothing to lose provides a really sad and cruel backdrop. This story, like other South Korean stories, is primarily character-driven, w...