Action-Adventure
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Isn’t Just A Terrible Movie — It’s An Actively Dangerous Call to Arms
Uwe Boll is a filmmaker best-known for producing at least three movies – though arguably many more – that are among the very worst ever...
‘Toy Story 5’ Is a Salient, Uncomfortable Warning for Modern Parents
When it comes to Toy Story, people tend to sit in one of two camps: either the franchise should have finished after the third film,...
‘Sugar’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – You’ve Got To Keep Yourself Busy
Season 2 of Sugar is already a much different proposition from the first outing. Apple TV’s startlingly well-shot neo-noir initially masqueraded as a pretty straight-up crime thriller,...
‘Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express – the Movie’ Review – All Aboard For A Delightful Journey
I’m forever complaining about shows and movies being too long, but it’s rare I ever moan about anything being too short. It’s basically impossible to...
‘Spider-Noir’ Gives You Two Options, But Only One Of Them Is Right
The obvious selling point of Spider-Noir is, unavoidably, Nicolas Cage. In his first proper TV role, he plays Ben Reilly, aka “The Spider”, a private...
‘Marshals’ Ending Explained – The Finale Reveals the Real Bad Guy and Leaves Everyone For Dead
There are many advantages to a show being renewed way ahead of its Season 1 run ending, and you can see most of them on...
‘Marshals’ Episode 12 Recap – The Crew Are Facing Some Major Changes
In lieu of a proper overarching plot, especially with the nearest thing to a Big Bad having already been dispatched, and most of the lingering personal conflicts having already been ironed out, it’s important for Marshals to come up with some other ideas to build tension for its upcoming finale.
‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Review – Okay, That’s Much More Than One
It probably says a lot about Marvel’s general handling of the MCU these days that there hasn’t been a so-called “special presentation” since the idea...
‘Marshals’ Episode 11 Recap – It’s All Coming Out in the Cold
It was obvious that Kayce was going to have some difficulty explaining why he was planning to extrajudicially murder a prison escapee, but even I didn’t think that his justification for that, or indeed how it might relate to his relationship with Cal and their long-standing trauma over that fateful mission in Afghanistan, would create such a downbeat and emotionally resonant episode.
‘Marshals’ Episode 10 Recap – How’s Kayce Going to Explain This?
Following the apprehension of Randall Clegg, Marshals is down a Big Bad, which means it has to fill its time with something else. This is probably why Episode 10, “Playing with Fire”, gets so personal.
‘Marshals’ Episode 9 Recap – An Action-Heavy Rescue Mission
On the plus side, Episode 9 of Marshals is probably the most straightforwardly action-packed outing of the season, which doesn’t leave much room for any weaker subplots or wavering focus.
‘Apex’ Review – Charlize Theron Survives the Wilderness and a Cuckoo Taron Egerton
Whatever has motivated some of Taron Egerton’s recent career choices, I’ve got to say that I’m into it. He should probably never play a good...
How the Exotic Ending of “The Hunting Party” Season 2 Sets Up More to Come
The Hunting Party Season 2 comes to a close in Episode 13 by shifting the status quo pretty radically, honestly, in a way that I’m...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 12 Recap – We’re Getting Philosophical
One thing The Hunting Party has always done well – and continues to do well in Season 2 – is having its cake and eating...
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Ending Explained – The Power Of Motherhood
The finale of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 has just about everything you’d expect from a show in the MonsterVerse. There are giant kaiju punch-ups, kind...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 8 Recap – Repetition Is Creeping In
“The Creeping Fear” does a couple of things very well, which are worth mentioning out of the gate. One of them is a small handful...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 7 Recap – Another Brother, Oh Bother
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord remains a rich bounty of fun lightsaber fights after recently getting in the mood, and Episode 7, “Call to...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap – Puppets Are Creepy
I’m firmly of the opinion that there has never been a puppet that wasn’t horrific, and I confess to being a tiny bit sceptical of...
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – Skull Island Retreat
Despite Monarch: Legacy of Monsters really coasting on the idea of giant Titan fights, Season 2 has pretty effectively made the case that the best use of...
‘Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85’ Ending Explained – The Queen, Nikki, and Season 2 Setup
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 exists in “frozen time”, continuity-wise, so it’s no wonder that the ending sets up a second season. As we’ve already...