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‘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...

‘Miss Night and Day’ Has The Happy Ending Everyone Wanted

August 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A happy ending was always an inevitability for Miss Night and Day, but it was still important for the show to stick the landing. Episode...

Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episode 15 Wraps Up The Murder Plot

August 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 15 is the penultimate outing of Miss Night and Day, and you can tell. The stakes were already pretty high at the end of...

There’s Much More To Sal’s Death In ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Than It First Appears

August 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is primarily about the death of Andie Bell, a wayward teenager with a particular knack for getting everyone around her...

The South African Scenery and Customs Of ‘Lobola Man’ Set It Apart As A Rom-Com

August 2 2024, by Louie Fecou

Set and filmed in South Africa, Lobola Man is a distinctly regional take on the romantic comedy genre that revolves around an African tradition many won’t be...