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Recap: ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Season 3, Episode 2 Offers A ‘Game of Thrones’ “The Winds of Winter” Moment

July 11 2024, by Daniel Hart

The writers for Vikings: Valhalla Season 3 have not held back. They’ve seen the notes that this is the final season and decided to go...

Vikings: Valhalla Season 3, Episode 1 Explained: Siege at Syracuse, a Meeting with the Pope and a new Visitor at Jomsborg

July 11 2024, by Daniel Hart

Season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla, the final chapter of the series, enters with “Seven Years Later,” an apt title for Episode 1, signifying the time...

Hannah Berner Shows Plenty Of Potential For The Future In ‘We Ride At Dawn’

July 9 2024, by Daniel Hart

Before I dive in, I’m putting it on record that I like Hannah Berner. Fun fact: I was introduced to the writer/director and now stand-up...

‘Desperate Lies’ Is Not A True Story, But Heteropaternal Superfecundation Is Real

July 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

At a glance, the premise of Desperate Lies is ridiculous. A woman giving birth to twins with two different fathers? Nonsense, I hear you cry. But hold...

Review: ‘Desperate Lies’ Completely Mishandles Its Premise

July 5 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Every now and again Netflix will indulge in a soapy telenovela with a preposterous number of episodes, and Desperate Lies fits the bill. A grim,...

‘The Imaginary’ Explores the Conscious Boundary Between Childhood Innocence and the Transition to Adulthood

July 5 2024, by Daniel Hart

One thing I never had as a child was an imaginary friend, but I recall one night believing that Santa Claus was sneaking around the...

Review: ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Is The Perfect Summer Action-Comedy

July 3 2024, by Ricky Valero

Forty years after the debut of Axel Foley, Eddie Murphy returns to the iconic character in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, streaming on Netflix. The...

‘Doctor Climax’ Season 2 Could Happen — But It Probably Shouldn’t

July 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Doctor Climax hasn’t been renewed for Season 2, and this is probably a good thing. After all, you can only prompt a cultural sexual awakening once...

REVIEW: ‘SPRINT’ is helped by a good format and a known journey ahead

July 2 2024, by Daniel Hart

Brought to you by the same people who produced Full Swing, Drive to Survive, and Break Point comes SPRINT, a sports docuseries following athletes competing...

Netflix’s ‘Supacell’ Cannot Be Separated From South London

July 1 2024, by Louie Fecou

Supacell is intimately tied to South London, so it makes sense the show was filmed on location in the estates, stations, high streets, and hospitals of...

Recap: Romance Comes to the Forefront In ‘Miss Night and Day’ Episode 6

June 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Miss Night and Day has been many things thus far, but perhaps a romance least of all. To be fair, it’s pretty difficult for love...

Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Hints At A Shadowy Antagonist In Episode 5

June 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Things are getting interesting in Episode 5 of Miss Night and Day, with secret antagonists lurking in the margins and the most fundamental secret of...

‘Supacell’ Deserves A Second Season, And Its Post-Credits Scene Might Earn It One

June 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Like all superhero shows and movies, Supacell has a post-credits scene. While nothing is a guarantee these days, there’s enough going on after the first season’s ending...

Rapman Made A Clever Cultural Statement With The Powers In ‘Supacell’

June 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Rapman’s Supacell is basically Top Boy meets the X-Men, with all of the cultural commentary you might expect from that premise. Set and filmed in South London, the show is...

The Ending of ‘The Whirlwind’ Makes A Mockery of Morality

June 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Whirlwind is a bit preachy throughout, but its ending expects you to swallow a lot. In it, former Prime Minister turned Acting President of...

Review: ‘The Whirlwind’ Commits The Worst Sin Any Show Can – It’s Boring

June 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

With ridiculous leadership squabbles currently underway in both the U.S. and the U.K., two of Netflix’s most sizeable and vocal markets, the time seems right...

Review: ‘Family Affair’ Is A Perfect Date Night Movie

June 27 2024, by Ricky Valero

When you have names like Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King leading your film, it’s not much of a hard sell, especially on a...

‘Drawing Closer’ Ending Has A Surprising Twist From Haruna

June 27 2024, by Daniel Hart

It’s easy to walk into the ending of Drawing Closer with a false sense of security. After all, the end is spelled out at the start...