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‘Little Brother’ Is A Pleasant Surprise, and John Cena Is the Perfect Star For It
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – There Might Be Too Many Characters In This
How ‘The Bear’ Season 5’s Michelin Star Twist Fooled the Audience
Movie Reviews
‘Little Brother’ Is A Pleasant Surprise, and John Cena Is the Perfect Star For It
I Wanted to Like ‘Supergirl’ (And I Kind of Did, Sort Of)
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Isn’t Just A Terrible Movie — It’s An Actively Dangerous Call to Arms
I Absolutely Adored David Fortune’s ‘Color Book’
TV Show Reviews
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 Review – A More Assured Follow-Up
‘The American Experiment’ Is Far from Complete, And That’s the Point
‘I Will Find You’ Season 1 Review – Another Inexplicably Watchable Coben Thriller
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1 Review – Apple TV’s Delightful Horror-Comedy Will Be Difficult to Top
Latest TV Recaps
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – There Might Be Too Many Characters In This
4 Summary Beautifully shot and powerfully acted, House of the Dragon continues to do the broad strokes well here, but the sheer volume of competing characters and...
‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Premiere Recap – Getting Back to Work
4 Summary Agent Kim Reactivated immediately and confidently lays out a familiar premise in its first two episodes, promising a lot of catharsis as the...
‘Sugar’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – There Is More Than One Way to Belong
3.5 Summary Sugar continues to investigate not just a missing person but also the nature of belonging and loneliness in what is turning out to be...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – A Stiflingly Tense, Riveting Hour
4.5 Summary Star City really comes into its own in “Awl in a Sack”, delivering effectively claustrophobic tension on the way to a surprising major cliffhanger....
TV Explainers
How ‘The Bear’ Season 5’s Michelin Star Twist Fooled the Audience
How ‘House of the Dragon’ Tweaked Rhaenyra’s Coronation — And Why It Worked
Is Fatima Gone for Good? Survival In ‘From’ Comes At A Cost
Bones and Bottles: Is ‘From’ All Just A Big Game Between Gods?
Movie Explainers
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Ending Explained – Why the Climax Is an Explicit Call to Arms
Supergirl Isn’t Really Happy In the End
‘Voicemails for Isabelle’ Ending Explained – Finding Love and Closure
What the Ending of ‘Toy Story 5’ Means for Our Kids
Latest Stories
Armie Hammer’s Role In ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Post-Cancellation Comebacks
While the selling point of Citizen Vigilante, at least for its target demographic, is undoubtedly all the Muslim murdering, it’s undoubtedly a fascinating case study in...
Is Netflix’s ‘The American Experiment’ Actually “Woke,” or Just Aggressively Centrist?
Netflix’s five-part documentary series, The American Experiment, was timely released on the platform for the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. It was made to detail the origins...
‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Is Off To A Racing Start Among K-Drama Fans: “Very Exciting, Very Fun”
There is arguably no audience more passionate than die-hard K-Drama fans, which means that first impressions are unusually important when it comes to new releases....
‘The Bear’ Season 5, Episode 7 Is the Series’ Best – Here’s Why
Admittedly, I was ready to rip into The Bear at the start of Season 5, but Episode 7 flipped my opinion on the final chapter...