Reviews: All Her Fault, It Ends

"All Her Fault" is a 2025 miniseries about Marissa Irvine and her desperate search for her son Milo after he goes missing, sending shockwaves rippling through her family and friends in the process. The story goes through several unexpected twists and turns as more of the mystery is unravelled, and the incident's deeper ties to Marissa and her family are gradually revealed.

Sarah Snook's Marissa centers the series, and Snook's gripping performance is the definite highlight and emotional core of the story, anchoring the events with relatable emotions as she wrestles with her self-doubt amidst fears that she was to blame for Milo's disappearance, all while she searches everywhere for clues as to Milo's whereabouts. Emotions run high as more pieces of the puzzle are presented, but it never spills into melodrama, as every bit of dramatic tension has appropriate weight behind it. Every twist feels earned, and the story's focus on its female characters provides a stark look into the struggles that women from all walks of life are faced with. I highly recommend "All Her Fault", purely from the strength of Snook's performance alone!


"It Ends" is a 2025 film that defies easy categorization. It starts with a group of 4 young people who go out on a late night drive and instead turn onto a seemingly endless road. The film quickly establishes the way the 4 central characters contrast in their outlooks on life, using a seemingly innocuous conversation to highlight their differences and provide some context for their dynamic with each other. It does this so quickly and casually through discussions of an online quiz, and with the four having such natural chemistry, that the film really makes you care about the four people you'll be following. Once the cast gets onto the endless road, the film at first takes on a horror veneer, but then reveals itself as much more philosophically-minded, with a truly existential bent to its proceedings. The horror seems to takes a backseat as the characters wrestle with what they can do while stuck on the endless road, but the soul-crushing hopelessness caused by their predicament is truly palpable at all times even when nothing overtly horrifying is going on, that feeling of inescapable dread, emptiness, and helplessness is more horrifying and hits harder than any monster baring its fangs. It is not a conventional film by any means, but if you can get on its wavelength, I highly recommend "It Ends"!


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