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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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

One thing The Hunting Party has always done well – and continues to do well in Season 2 – is having its cake and eating...

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...

“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 remains a rich bounty of fun lightsaber fights after recently getting in the mood, and Episode 7, “Call to...

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...

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 exists in “frozen time”, continuity-wise, so it’s no wonder that the ending sets up a second season. As we’ve already...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...