Westworld: Your Quick Guide to Catching Up Before Season 3 Starts
So… did those violent delights have violent ends? If you remember anything from the second season of HBO’s Westworld you know the answer to that question is a resounding YES. But, for those of us who...
View ArticleHBO's The Plot Against America Premiere: Grade It
A xenophobic populist gets elected to the American presidency, inciting fear and upending the political system. Sound familiar? No, we are not talking about the 2016 election (or 2020, for that...
View ArticleRamy Premiere Recap: Path Finder
Fresh off a trip to Egypt — and a Golden Globe win for leading man Ramy Youssef — Ramy‘s protagonist returns in the Season 2 premiere pretty much where he left off at the end of Season 1: religiously...
View ArticleNetflix's Cursed: Grade the Premiere!
“Whosoever wields the Sword of Power shall be the one true king.” But what if the Sword chooses a queen? That is the premise of Netflix’s new fantasy series Cursed, based on the book of the same name...
View ArticleCursed Season 1 Finale Recap: The Lady in the Lake — Plus, Grade It
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Cursed‘s Season 1 finale. Cursed‘s Nimue is running out of options. The Pendragons and Red Paladins have surrounded her city, while the Ice King’s raiders wait...
View ArticleThe Mandalorian Quickcap: Let's Revisit What Happened in Season 1
This is the way… to quickly revisit everything that happened in Season 1 of The Mandalorian. It’s been close to a year since Disney+ returned us to that galaxy far, far away and introduced the Child...
View ArticleThe Flight Attendant: Grade the (Early and Free!) Premiere
The Flight Attendant served up an early (and free-on-YouTube!) landing ahead of its official Thanksgiving Day premiere on HBO Max. Does the dramedic thriller offer a first-class diversion? Based on the...
View ArticleWho, What and WandaVision: A Recap of the Heroes' Big-Screen Backstory
Marvel has dipped its big green toe into the world of live-action television at least a few times. Some outings were successful. (R.I.P., Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) Others, not so much. (Anyone down for...
View ArticleFalcon and Winter Soldier: A Recap of Their Big-Screen MCU Backstory
After taking some impressive swings with the genre-bending WandaVision, Marvel Studios will return to a bit more familiar territory with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (premiering Friday, March 19...
View ArticleThe Irregulars Premiere: Grade Netflix's Sherlock Holmes-Adjacent Drama
What? You thought Sherlock Holmes solved all those cases himself? The Irregulars, which dropped its eight-episode first season on Netflix Friday, takes viewers behind the closed doors of 221B Baker...
View ArticleHawkeye: A Quick Recap of the Master Archer's MCU Backstory
And then there was one. With Black Widow‘s release, Clint Barton/Hawkeye (played by Jeremy Renner) is the only founding member of the Avengers yet to get a solo project (if you count Edward Norton’s...
View ArticleVikings: Valhalla Recap: A New Streaming Home Brings a New Era — Grade the...
The history of Vikings is long and complicated. Originally living peacefully in their ancestral home, a changing landscape forced them to adapt, and spin off into new territories. Now, I am not...
View ArticleVikings: Valhalla Finale Recap: Who Survived the Bloody Attack on Kattegat? —...
The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Vikings: Valhalla. Time was running out for the queens of Vikings: Valhalla, as the Netflix drama’s eight-episode freshman run drew to a...
View ArticleFlight Attendant Recap: Double Trouble — Grade the Season 2 Premiere
While Season 1 of The Flight Attendant followed the same route as the novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian, Season 2 of the HBO Max dramedy ventures into new territory. Gone are the cold and...
View ArticleBatman: The Animated Series: The 15 Best Episodes Ever, Ranked!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na, Batmaaan!… Day? That’s right! The third Saturday of every September is Batman Day, an annual celebration of the World’s Greatest Detective, the Dark...
View ArticleHBO’s The Plot Against America Premiere: Grade It
A xenophobic populist gets elected to the American presidency, inciting fear and upending the political system. Sound familiar? No, we are not talking about the 2016 election (or 2020, for that...
View ArticleRamy Premiere Recap: Path Finder
Fresh off a trip to Egypt — and a Golden Globe win for leading man Ramy Youssef — Ramy‘s protagonist returns in the Season 2 premiere pretty much where he left off at the end of Season 1: religiously...
View ArticleNetflix’s Cursed: Grade the Premiere!
“Whosoever wields the Sword of Power shall be the one true king.” But what if the Sword chooses a queen? That is the premise of Netflix’s new fantasy series Cursed, based on the book of the same name...
View ArticleCursed Season 1 Finale Recap: The Lady in the Lake — Plus, Grade It
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Cursed‘s Season 1 finale. Cursed‘s Nimue is running out of options. The Pendragons and Red Paladins have surrounded her city, while the Ice King’s raiders wait...
View ArticleMy Adventures With Superman Recap: The New Normal — Grade the Adult Swim...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s My Adventures With Superman! This week, Big Blue returned in his first animated series in over 20 years, with The Boys’ Jack Quaid voicing the Man of Steel in a...
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