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Westworld: Season 2, Episode 6 “Phase Space”
After a string of episodes following one main host’s journey, Westworld brought the whole band together again tonight. Kinda. But not really. Everyone is still on their own loops, and that led to a lot...
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Westworld Season 2, Episode 7: “Les Écorchés”
On this week’s episode of Westworld, The Man Behind The Curtain returns and explains not very much. Does that shock you? For an episode largely about getting all of the characters up to speed, this was...
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How Does the Remake of Picnic at Hanging Rock Hold Up Against the 1975 Cult...
We live in an age of remakes and reboots, which might say lot about Hollywood’s apparent lack of imagination, but I have to admire the uniqueness—and gall—of remaking Peter Weir’s 1975 Aussie thriller...
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Westworld Season 2, Episode 8 “Kiksuya”
I’ve been very hard on Westworld this season and I don’t regret it. The major storyline is needlessly convoluted in service to conspiracy theory-loving fans on social media. But when the show decides...
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Westworld Season 2, Episode 9 “Vanishing Point”
Welp. Nothing gold can stay. That goes double for Westworld, which followed up last week’s excellence with another slog through Manly Man-Pains and clunky exposition. And maybe some needlessly cruel...
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Westworld Season 2 Finale, “The Passenger”
Bloody hell. Some will live, some will die—some will not do either for very long. But all will make their choice in this lovely, confounding, misanthropic extra-sized season finale of Westworld. Major...
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Home is Where the Horror is in Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World
Who doesn’t want to spend a summer vacation in a cabin, far removed from the outside world? Forget a mere vacation; how about every day free from breaking bad news, social media scream-fests, and...
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Mandy Is a New Cult Classic for the Ages
There must be something terribly similar happening in the current climate, to see so much ironic 1980s nostalgia in genre movies lately. Set very pointedly during the Reagan era, Italian-Canadian...
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A Busy Person’s Primer for Game of Thrones Season 8
Eight. Years. Can you believe it? Am I talking about Game of Thrones’ epic run or just how long it feels like we’ve been enduring this final hiatus? I need “it’s-not-TV-it’s-HBO” prestige television...
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First Impressions from Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere
The Old Gods and the New gifted me with a last-minute ticket to the world premiere of the first episode of Game of Thrones’ final season. I put on my fanciest Dothraki gown and headed over to Radio...
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A Busy Person’s Primer for Game of Thrones Season 8
Eight. Years. Can you believe it? Am I talking about Game of Thrones’ epic run or just how long it feels like we’ve been enduring this final hiatus? I need “it’s-not-TV-it’s-HBO” prestige television...
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Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 1 Review: “Winterfell”
The beginning of the end is here. And if you somehow missed that this was the final season, you must have been living in a cell under the Red Keep because I don’t think I’ve ever seen such intense...
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Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2 Review: “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
Arise, arise, riders of Théoden Tyrion! We’re not quite at the big battle for Winterfell, but we are one very full hour away from it beginning. How would you spend your last night in Westeros? Some...
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Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3: “The Long Night” / Battle of Winterfell...
This is a very tense weekend for fans of people named Stark. And the Avengers aren’t even the only ones playing out an endgame this weekend: What a weekend for ginormous battle sequences. We know...
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Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 4 Discussion/Review: “The Last of the Starks”
…You mean we still have more Game of Thrones left after the Battle of Winterfell?! Oh right, the most hated couple in all of Westeros are still alive. Just look at those smug faces, with their fancy...
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Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5 Discussion Thread: “The Bells”
Do you have your tissues handy? This is it, people! The penultimate episode; the true end is in sight. Who will sit on the Iron Throne…and do you even care anymore? It’s easy to feel like you know...
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Game of Thrones Series Finale Discussion/Review: “The Iron Throne”
How ready are we for the last episode of Game of Thrones ever? I’m still processing my feelings about last week’s episode, so I’m a bit conflicted. Like, I’m wearing my Lady Olenna T-shirt and I made...
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And Now Her Watch Is Ended: Writing 8 Years of Game of Thrones Reviews
Millions of fans watch Game of Thrones like it’s their job, but when you review television, it is in fact your job. All the recent articles looking back on the early days of Thrones might have you...
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Wounds Brings Nathan Ballingrud’s Horror to the Screen
A horror movie based on a book not written by Stephen King?! What a novel idea. When a movie is based on material from an author I admire, and one who isn’t at the top of The New York Times Best Seller...
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Westworld’s Season 3 Premiere Trades Western for Future Noir
So, uh, a lot has happened in the nearly two years since Westworld season 2 ended, eh? I mean, considering the last two weeks already felt like a year long, you could maybe be forgiven for forgetting...
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Westworld Season 3 Finale: “Crisis Theory”
Westworld closes out its third season far from the confines of the park and facing a deeply uncertain future. While the show is confirmed for a fourth season, the surviving characters must grapple with...
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Where the Steward Is King: Faramir Is Never Second Best
For the last week, I’ve been thinking about this piece from The Cut, which poses the question, “Are You an Aragorn Girl or a Legolas Girl?” Which led me to some questions of my own: What kind of girl...
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The Last of Us Part II: The Best of Us
After a journey nearly as arduous as anything its characters faced in the apocalypse, Naughty Dog’s sequel to 2013’s stellar, heart-rending horror thriller The Last of Us launched to a different, more...
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Hulu’s Monsterland Is an Atlas of Horror
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for housebound horror fans. Every major streaming service is debuting original horror entertainment this Halloween season, but Hulu has a few literary-inspired...
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6 Books to Read While You Wait for Yellowjackets to Return
Showtime had a surprising and bloody hit this winter—and it wasn’t the new season of Dexter. Clever, original, and creepy as hell, Yellowjackets is the latest obsession of thriller fans and paranormal...
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House of the Dragon Full-Spoiler Discussion: “The Heirs of the Dragon”
Less wildfire and more sputtering candle, HBO has returned to the painfully lavish world of Westeros. Over the last year we’ve witnessed one of the weirder, most defensive, lead-ups to a new series in...
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House of the Dragon Doesn’t Need Game of Thrones Anymore
It’s been a long, sometimes clumsy lead-up to The Dance of the Dragons. But when a dragon stirs and clears its throat, you’re going to listen, because in that momentous pause is the promise of fire. As...
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Room to Play: The Real Surprise of HBO’s The Last of Us
We know why it’s so hard to adapt videogames to a screen. It’s not just the change in medium. Ranking geek fandoms by their most vitriolic factions, gamers are pretty much at the top of the list, no...
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6 Books to Read While You Wait for Season Two of Yellowjackets
Showtime had a surprising and bloody hit last winter—and it wasn’t the new season of Dexter. Clever, original, and creepy as hell, Yellowjackets is the latest obsession of thriller fans and paranormal...
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Love Bludgeons All: The Ending of The Last of Us Still Stings
He let her down again. There’s trouble ahead for Joel and Ellie as HBO’s mega-hit The Last of Us ends its first season, but it doesn’t come from the infected. Just like its namesake video game, the...
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