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Recap: ‘The Serpent Queen’ Shifts Focus In Season 2, Episode 5

August 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Generally speaking, I like The Serpent Queen quite a bit, but something occurred to me in Episode 5 of Season 2 that gave me pause...

Recap: Big Alice Catches Up to ‘Snowpiercer’ In Season 4, Episode 4

August 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I don’t know about anyone else, but I expected it might take an episode or two for Big Alice to catch up to Snowpiercer. Lo...

‘Mission: Cross’ Ending Explained: Do The Husband and Wife Bring Down Hee-ju?

August 9 2024, by Daniel Hart

The third act of Mission: Cross has a lot riding on it, but it’s worth the symbolic ending for the husband and wife. As the...

‘Mission: Cross’ – A Marriage on the Rocks Meets Spy Intrigue

August 9 2024, by Daniel Hart

Mission: Cross is like a South Korean Mr. and Mrs. Smith, without high-octane sexual tension and playfulness. It leans toward an exhausting, miserable marriage, where...

‘Shahmaran’ Season 3 Runs the Risk Of Telling The Same Story Again

August 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Shahmaran is about an endless cycle and a prophecy that is supposed to do away with it — theoretically, it could go on forever. But should...

The Ending of ‘Shahmaran’ Season 2 Is About Balance and Sacrifice

August 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of Shahmaran Season 2 embodies an endless cycle of human greed and ignorance, which is always a fitting theme. After Season 1’s climax...

‘Shahmaran’ Season 2 Continues To Mine Serious Drama Out Of A Silly Premise

August 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The first season of Shahmaran was surprisingly good, especially considering it had a premise that I actively laughed out loud at. Lest we forget, this...

How ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4 Ends, One Final Time

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

The ending of The Umbrella Academy Season 4 made sense. There has been apocalypse after apocalypse. Eventually, it would be best to stop them once...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 5 Explained: Lila and Five Find Love In Limbo

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

Sometimes, you can tell when it’s the final season. There’s something sad about the writing. The fourth season of The Umbrella Academy has an objective...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 4 Explained: What Is “The Cleanse”?

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

The Umbrella Academy Season 4, Episode 4 finally answers a few mysteries teased in the first half. However, I must admit some of the subplots...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap: Ben’s Connection To Jennifer

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

The Hargeeves siblings hardly had a great day out in New Grumpson, and in the process, they lost Jennifer too to the mysterious Jean and...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 2 Explained: Jean and Gene Are Five Steps Ahead In New Grumpson

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

The Umbrella Academy Season 4, Episode 2, is equally about the Hargreeves siblings getting accustomed to their powers being restored as the mission they have...

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4, Episode 1 Explained: Living Ordinary Lives

August 8 2024, by Daniel Hart

Season 4 introduces a new scenario for our alternative superheroes: They must live as ordinary, everyday people. Episode 1 sees the Hargreeves siblings, formerly The...

‘Lolo and the Kid’ has a sad and happy ending at the same time

August 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

The ending of Lolo and the Kid would not work without context. The older man is not the biological grandfather of the kid. It’s explained...

Why ‘Lolo and the Kid’ Will Leave You Torn and Touched

August 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

Lolo and the Kid is not a movie you’ll walk away from feeling particularly happy. It’s an experience where you’ll recognize the rawness of human...

Netflix’s ‘The Influencer’ Is Like Being Tortured At Length

August 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Times have changed, and if you didn’t think so already, The Influencer, a South Korean “social survival” series streaming on Netflix, will change your mind...

Recap: Layton Goes Off The Rails (Literally) In ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 3

August 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can take the man out of the train, but you can’t take the train out of the man – or something like that, anyway....

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4, Episode 2 Delivers Classic Thrills

August 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After the season premiere barely featured the titular Snowpiercer at all, Episode 2 of Season 4, “The Sting of Survival”, is set aboard it almost...