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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...
‘Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85’ Is Officially Canon, But You Shouldn’t Worry About It
You didn’t think we had left Hawkins, Indiana, entirely, did you? These days, the idea of letting a franchise die is utterly unconscionable, not when...
‘Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85’ Returns the Franchise to Its Roots
Can you be nostalgic for nostalgia? This question was at the forefront of my mind while soaking in the ten episodes of Netflix’s animated spin-off...
‘Marshals’ Episode 8 Recap – Things Aren’t Going Especially Well
If you were worried that all the romantic subplots in the previous episode of Marshals were getting a little too soap opera, worry not. Episode...
‘Marshals’ Episode 7 Recap – Is This Getting Romantic?
One could probably argue that there’s an inherent romance in the western genre, something about the sunsets and landscapes and open air. But a show...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 6 Recap – The Action You’ve Been Looking For
If you were a bit dismayed about the relative lack of action in the previous instalment of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, Episode 6, “Night of the Hunted”, has you more than covered. It's almost like it’s making amends, which is weird since the lower-key drama was solid and necessary, but the impressive lightsaber action that bookends the episode is difficult to argue with, especially now we’re so much more invested in the characters.
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 5 Recap – The Empire Has Arrived
Based on the title alone, it isn’t difficult to guess what Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is about. But one of the more surprising revelations of the Disney+ series has been that Maul, as great as Sam Witwer’s take on the character might be, is probably the least interesting thing about it.
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – Choose Your Fighter
If the previous episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 was all about the character-driven emotional payoff, Episode 8, “Separate Ways”, is all about...
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Lessons from the Future
The best episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 thus far does (almost) everything you want from a show like this. A woo-woo sci-fi...
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2, Episode 10 Recap – You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Now this is more like it! The Hunting Party slipped into Season 2’s familiar holding pattern last week, with a decent enough case that just didn’t feel...
‘Balls Up’ Proves Paul Walter Hauser Improves Anything
A while ago, I reviewed the movie Train Dreams on Netflix – don’t worry, this is going somewhere – and said that it was basically...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 4 Recap – Better Late Than Never
Lightsaber fights are like buses. You wait ages for one, and then several come at once. As it turns out, Devon’s little stand-off with Maul...
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Episode 3 Recap – An Unconventional Job Interview
Well, it took until Episode 3, but Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord finally included a lightsaber duel. And it was fine! Not a patch...