Fantasy
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2 Review – An Impeccably-Constructed Battle Royale
The Japanese battle royale series Alice in Borderland was a tremendous hit for Netflix back in 2020, taking the Haro Aso manga series and turning...
‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Is Rowan’s Power?
There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to Mayfair Witches. It’s another Anne Rice AMC adaptation following the success of Interview with...
‘Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?’ Season 4, Episode 12 Recap – An Exciting Arc
Season 4, part 1 of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? was easily one of the best of the series,...
‘Bungo Stray Dogs’ Season 4, Episode 1 Recap – “The Lone Swordsman and the Famous Detective”
Season 3 of Bungo Stray Dogs almost saw the elimination of the leaders of the Port Mafia and Armed Detective Agency. Now that the first...
‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season 2 Review – Gorgeous Animation In Search of Identity
The Bad Batch is a strange show in the Star Wars continuity. It’s animated, like The Clone Wars and Rebels (and Resistance, though we’re mostly...
‘Willow’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – What Does Elora See In Her Vision?
Hot on the heels of what was probably the best episode of the season, “Beyond the Shattered Sea” splurges all that newfound goodwill on a...
‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 2, Episodes 7-9 Recap – How Is The Blood Parasite Removed From Seo Yul?
With Seo Yul (Hwang Min-hyun) recovered, Jin Mu (Jo Jae-yoon) desperate to retain the Crown Prince’s loyalty, and Jang Uk (Lee Jae-wook) determined to protect...
‘Willow’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Who Betrayed Madmartigan?
If my memory serves me, Airk has only appeared in Willow once since he was kidnapped way back in the premiere, and it was in a brief...
‘Chainsaw Man’ Season 1 Ending and Post-Credits Scenes Explained
It’s hard to believe that this is the end of the season, but no one can deny that Chainsaw Man exceeded expectations with every episode....
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Ending Explained – Who are The Escapologist and The Acrobat?
The film adaptation of the Olivier award-winning Matilda the Musical tells the charming story of a precocious young girl who uses her special abilities to...
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Review – A Perfect Feel-Good Musical for a Cold Winter Night
Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book about a clever young girl with supernatural abilities was first adapted for the big screen in 1996, and later on,...
‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Ending Explained – How Is Metatron Defeated?
Despite being released before Christmas for fans in the UK thanks to BBC iPlayer refusing to play by the rules, U.S. audiences have had to...
‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – What Happened To So-i?
Thanks to a jaw-dropping ending and generally well-built structure, this episode of Alchemy of Souls was delivered on all fronts. Now, there are plenty of...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Who Is the First Witcher?
For a show named after a sect of mutant monster hunters, The Witcher: Blood Origin has been pretty light on monsters thus far. Luckily, “Of Warriors,...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Ending Explained – What Causes the Conjunction of the Spheres?
It all comes back toXin’treain the finale of The Witcher: Blood Origin, which is probably fitting since so much political and magical power is concentrated...
‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Why Does Jang Uk Visit Jinyowon?
Although nothing overly noteworthy directly happens here, Alchemy of Souls Season 2, Episode 5 still does enough to advance the plot interestingly. Jang Uk (Lee Jae-wook) ...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – What Do the Monoliths Do?
The second episode of The Witcher: Blood Origin begins by introducing another member of “The Seven” — though technically two. You might have recalled, in the...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – What Is Ithlinne’s Prophecy?
“Of Ballads, Brawlers and Bloodied Blades” begins by introducing the show’s framing device and its most explicit connection to the two seasons of The Witcher also...
‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Season 1 Review – Average Fantasy on Fast-Forward
Ask anyone what they love about the Witcher universe – a fantasy world inspired by Polish folklore, created in the literary works of Andrzej Sapkowski...
‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – How Is the King of Spades Defeated?
We’ve reached the big – and long! – penultimate episode of Alice in Borderland Season 2, and it’s a doozy. Beginning with a largely forgotten-about...