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The Ending Of ‘Kleo’ Season 2 Angles For Another Outing With Several Late Revelations

July 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Kleo Season 2 has less of an ending than the first season did. That initial outing, despite leaving a few threads dangling, worked as a...

Review: ‘Kleo’ Season 2 Is A More Personal Follow-Up

July 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Kleo snuck onto Netflix on the back of successes like Salt and Atomic Blonde; female-driven espionage thrillers with a quirky sensibility and a stylized aesthetic....

Recap: ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4 Gets Off To A Dramatic Start

July 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It has been more than two years since we last saw Snowpiercer, and the show has been through a lot since then, including an untimely...

Recap: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 6 Is Light On Spectacle But Rich In Character

July 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 6 of House of the Dragon Season 2, “Smallfolk”, lacks spectacle but is stuffed with significant little character moments, which to be fair is...

Recap: ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 5 Takes A Surprisingly Dramatic Turn

July 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Cobra Kai is known for being much more of a comedy than a drama, but Episode 5 of Season 6, “Best of the Best”, bucks that...

Recap: Peace Is Temporary In ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Episode 1

July 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

“Cobra Kai never dies,” as we’re repeatedly told, and you need to look no further than the Season 6 premiere for proof. Episode 1 is...

The Ending Of ‘The Acolyte’ Ties Up A Lot Of Loose Ends

July 17 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of The Acolyte is kind of atypical as far as Star Wars stories go since ultimately, the bad guys win. What’s new here...

Recap: Men Are Terrible In ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 5

July 15 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t have an episode like “The Red Dragon and the Gold” without some consequences, and that goes for the characters and the audience both....

Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 7 Finally Reveals The Truth About What Happened On Brendok

July 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve been kinder to The Acolyte than most critics have, but Episode 7, “Choice”, made me feel a bit silly for coming to its defense....

Recap: The Dance of the Dragons Begins In ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 4

July 8 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The excitement about House of the Dragon was never due to the quality of the novel it’s based on, Fire & Blood, a slightly dusty...

‘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...

Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 6 Loses All Momentum

July 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s difficult to know what to make of The Acolyte Episode 6, “Teach / Corrupt”, since very little happens in it but it’s full of...

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...

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...

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 Boys’ Season 4, Episode 5 Explained: Butcher Has Different Ideas For The Virus

June 27 2024, by Daniel Hart

Episode 5 of The Boys Season 4 centers on the annual V52 Expo, which is Vought’s conference announcing the slate of media that will be...

Review: ‘Supacell’ Proves There’s Life In The Superhero Genre Yet

June 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Thanks to the MCU’s rapid and drastic decline in quality and appeal, it’s easy to believe that superhero stories have had their day. But not...

Recap: ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 5 Is The Best Yet — And It’s Not Even Close

June 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

One thing I’m not is a hater, so I’m happy to admit that Episode 5 of The Acolyte, fittingly titled “Night” after Episode 4, “Day”,...

Recap: ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Continues To Pull No Punches in Episode 2

June 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

You know House of the Dragon is a grim show because in the Season 2 premiere a child got his head cut off. But you...

Shock and Awe: Here Are 10 Provocative Shows Like ‘The Boys’

June 22 2024, by Louie Fecou

The Boys became a hit series for Prime Video by taking the tropes of comic book superheroes and subverting them into a shocking often ultra-violent...