Warning: The following contains major spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 2! Turn back now if you haven’t seen the new episode! If the House of the Dragon premiere deftly laid the foundations for an epic, bloody civil war, then the follow-up winds the tension to breaking point. In …
Read More »House of the Dragon episode 1 review: “An intriguingly intimate take on Westeros”
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon episode 1! Turn back now if you haven’t watched the premiere yet! How do you follow-up a pop culture juggernaut like Game of Thrones? The answer is simple: you go back to basics. That might sound strange, considering the lavish scale …
Read More »Resident Evil Netflix series review: “Does little to rise above what’s come before”
Adaptations of Resident Evil have a shaky history. Where Paul W.S. Anderson’s movie series fizzled out and last year’s big-screen reboot received a tepid response, a collection of CGI films – including a Netflix series – were handled better. Unfortunately, the streamer’s new live-action Resident Evil series does little to …
Read More »The Boys season 3, episode 8 review: “Not the fight we were promised”
Warning: this review contains major spoilers for The Boys season 3, episode 8. If you haven’t watched the season finale on Prime Video, stop reading now! The Boys has a pedigree for producing great finales. The first season ended with Becca revealing that she was raising Homelander’s son, while the …
Read More »The Boys season 3, episode 7 review: “Saved by an all-timer of a twist”
Warning: this review contains major spoilers for The Boys season 3, episode 7. If you haven’t watched the new episode on Prime Video, turn around now! How do you follow up something like Herogasm? Admittedly, The Boys isn’t quite sure itself, serving up a scattershot penultimate episode that dives deep …
Read More »Stranger Things season 4, Volume 2 review: “A near-perfect conclusion”
The first seven episodes of Stranger Things season 4 were all about expansion. Four separate storylines interplaying with one another, the main characters – now over a dozen of them – each dealing with the fallout of Starcourt Mall, and, all the while, a new danger brewing in Hawkins. That …
Read More »The Boys season 3, episode 6 review: “Herogasm marks the best episode of the season so far”
Warning: this review contains major spoilers for The Boys season 3, episode 6. If you haven’t watched the new episode on Prime Video, turn around now! It’s here. Ever since The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke announced the series would adapt one of the comic’s wildest scenes, Herogasm, everyone’s been wondering …
Read More »The Umbrella Academy season 3 review: “Frustratingly inconsistent, despite a promising start”
The Umbrella Academy has become synonymous with quirky characters and riotous action. No surprise, then, that the third season delivers the goods – just not very consistently. The latest batch of episodes is filled with fun moments, but a strong beginning and end do not compensate for a middle section …
Read More »The Boys season 3, episode 5 review: “Jensen Ackles is superb as Soldier Boy”
Warning: spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 5 follow. Click away now if you have not seen the latest episode of Amazon’s superhero show. Finally, Soldier Boy has arrived to save The Boys – and not a minute too soon. Vought’s first supe has been teased a lot this …
Read More »The Boys season 3 episodes 1-3 review: “The show’s boldest opening yet”
“There’s something wrong with Homelander,” Starlight says in The Boys season 3. “There’s something broken. He’s lost his fucking mind.” That, as anyone who watched the previous two seasons knows, is an understatement. And yet, in the new season, it soon becomes clear from the psychopathic leader of the Seven’s …
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