Fantasy

‘Minnal Murali’ Review – A New Superhero is Born

December 27 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

In the age of cinema, where superhero films are rampaging through the box office, Malayali filmmaker Basil Joseph comes with a fresh take and originality...

Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Ending Explained – Nobita Gains The Maturity In Life

December 27 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s anime Stand by Me Doraemon 2 is an emotional film about growing up. A simple story with these strong human emotions, the makers added the usual...

‘Stand by Me Doraemon 2’ Review – An Emotional Coming-Of-Age Anime

December 27 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

When I was a kid, I used to switch between the TV channels to watch appropriate anime shows. At that time, Doraemon was always my...

The Wheel of Time season 1, episode 8 recap – the finale and ending explained

December 24 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Amazon’s The Wheel of Time season 1, Episode 8, “The Eye of the World,” — the finale and ending explained — contains...

The Witcher Season 2 – Does Ciri have Elder Blood?

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Ciri’s lineage is intimately tied to her powers and importance in The Witcher Season 2, and a significant component is the idea that she is possessed...

The Witcher Season 2 – What was the Conjunction of the Spheres?

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Throughout The Witcher Season 2, one of the central dramatic questions is why, exactly, Ciri is of such great importance to so many people. And while we...

The Witcher Season 2 – Who is Falka? Is she related to Ciri?

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

In the third episode of The Witcher Season 2, “What Is Lost”, Stregobor tries to justify his crusade against Yennefer and her quarter-elf heritage by telling the...

The Witcher season 2, episode 8 recap – the finale/ending explained

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 8, “Family”, contains spoilers, including a discussion of the Witcher Season 2 ending. We’ve made it, folks, to...

The Witcher season 2, episode 7 recap – “Voleth Meir”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 7, “Voleth Meir”, contains spoilers. Following on from the end of the previous episode, Ciri is gone....

The Witcher season 2, episode 6 recap – “Dear Friend…”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 6, “Dear Friend…”, contains spoilers. I forgot to mention this in my recap of the previous episode,...

The Witcher season 2, episode 5 recap – “Turn Your Back”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 5, “Turn Your Back”, contains spoilers. “Turn Your Back” pulls the age-old trick of showing prior events...

The Wheel of Time season 1, episode 7 recap – “The Dark Along the Ways”

December 17 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Amazon’s The Wheel of Time season 1, Episode 7, “The Dark Along the Ways,” contains spoilers. Read the episode of the previous...

The Witcher season 2, episode 4 recap – “Redanian Intelligence”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 4, “Redanian Intelligence”, contains spoilers. As is becoming a trend, “Redanian Intelligence” runs for the most part...

The Witcher season 2, episode 3 recap – “What Is Lost”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 3, “What Is Lost”, contains spoilers. The problem with ancient keeps, central heating notwithstanding, is that they...

The Witcher Season 2 – What is Kaer Morhen, and why do the Witchers go there?

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

In the world of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher stories, the eponymous monster hunters are mutants who make a hardscrabble living by vanquishing monsters. It’s a rough...

The Witcher season 2, episode 2 recap – “Kaer Morhen”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 2, “Kaer Morhen”, contains spoilers. “Kaer Morhen” is divided, broadly, into two parallel plot strands, and it...

The Witcher season 2, episode 1 recap – “A Grain of Truth”

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Witcher season 2, episode 1, “A Grain of Truth”, contains spoilers. Of course, it opens with a monster killing a bunch...

The Witcher Season 2 – Who is Nivellen? Why is he cursed?

December 17 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Much of The Witcher’s first season was cribbed from The Last Wish, the first collection of short stories by Andrzej Sapkowski. And while The Witcher...

Story Recap: What happened in The Witcher Season 1 in (roughly) chronological order

December 16 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This story recap will obviously contain massive spoilers for what happened in The Witcher Season 1. As I said in my spoiler-free review of The...

The Witcher Season 2 review – a more confident, emotional follow-up

December 16 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of The Witcher Season 2 is spoiler-free. The Witcher’s success wasn’t a surprise. Despite the historic tendency of video game adaptations to be...