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While reviews of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis are a little mixed as to how successful the director’s signature frenetic style was for a biopic about the King of Rock’n Roll, critics and audiences seem to unanimously agree that star Austin Butler has captured the spirit of Elvis Presley. In fact, Butler has so taken on the

Warning: contains some plot details for The Lazarus Project Writer Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Ritual) came up with the idea for new Sky series The Lazarus Project in 2016 after reading an article about a Russian submariner narrowly averting the start of a nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. 2016 was also the

The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review contains spoilers. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 8 One of the downsides of our current era of Peak Prestige TV is the assumption that, in order to be good, something must also be deadly serious. This seems to be doubly true if we’re talking about a genre

This post contains spoilers for MS. MARVEL episode 3, SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, and CAPTAIN MARVEL. Thus far, Ms. Marvel showrunner Bisha K. Ali has given simple explanations for the change in the title character’s powerset. Where the Kamala Khan of the comics gained the ability to alter the shape and size of her

This Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi article contains spoilers. Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 6 closes another chapter in the wise Jedi Master’s life, but is this really the last we’ll see of Ewan McGregor in the Star Wars universe? The final scenes of the show certainly suggest that this is the end of the road. Obi-Wan has

This article contains spoilers for The Flash The Flash Season 8 Episode 19 Few things are certain in the world of The Flash and several are downright inexplicable (you try coherently describing how the Forces of Nature are meant to function as both people and physical places, is what I’m saying). But one thing is

This Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi article contains spoilers. There was always only one way Obi-Wan Kenobi could end: with the Jedi Master riding off into the sunset with his plot armor, Darth Vader defeated, and Luke and Leia back home safe. We know what comes next, too. In nine years, two droids will crash land

This article contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z is almost entirely about people flying around and shooting energy out of their hands at each other. But fans around the world know that DBZ is so much more than just the intense fights. The iconic characters are instantly recognizable both by their outfits

This Evil review contains spoilers. Evil Season 3 Episode 2 Evil season 3 episode 2 “The Demon of Memes,” opens in the midst of inaction, and the inertia grows into a sequence of mystery which keeps the beats of comedy. Father David (Mike Colter) is getting used to his new daily practices fast. He hears

Warning: contains spoilers for Endeavour season 7. In the closing moments of Endeavour’s seventh season, Morse lost the woman he loved. Violetta (Stephanie Leonidas) died in his arms after sacrificing her life by jumping in front of the bullet her husband Ludo meant for Morse. If it weren’t for Fred Thursday, Morse might well have

This article spoilers up to The Boys season 3 episode 5 and minor spoilers for all of Supernatural. Jensen Ackles played Dean Winchester for 15 years on Supernatural – and he’ll be doing so again, in voice-over, for CW’s The Winchesters this autumn. Of course, Ackles is a professional actor and entirely capable of playing

This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 5. It’s no secret that things are quite bad in the world of The Boys season 3. Uber-corporation Vought International has a stranglehold on pop culture, churning out trite superhero content based on their actual superheroes that exacerbate America’s already problematic appreciation for authoritarian figures.

This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3. As we’re fond of pointing out around here, no other show on television understands superhero culture and the effect of its prevalence on our world than The Boys. In The Boys season 3, the show’s satirical take on the Western entertainment landscape remains incisive and insightful.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Lazarus Project finale. Even if season one of The Lazarus Project ended with all the characters safe, happy and playing gin rummy while the world enjoyed a sunny, peril-free existence, a second season renewal for this sci-fi thriller would still have been essential because The Lazarus Project is great viewing.

This review of The Orville: New Horizons contains spoilers. The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 3 “To many humans, a mystery is irresistible. It must be solved.” Wise words from arguably the wisest of Captains in modern television history, Jean-Luc Picard. A quotation that encapsulates not only human behavior, but one of the Roddenberry

After five long years, the second season of the exceptionally mysterious and deceptively grotesque anime Made in Abyss is just around the corner! While the first season debuted on Prime Video, you’ll need to sign up with the anime streamer HIDIVE to catch the new episodes in English once they begin airing in Japan on

Warning: contains spoilers for all eight seasons of Game of Thrones “When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die,” as Cersei Lannister famously told the naïve Eddard Stark. But there’s more to wrapping up a fictional character’s arc successfully that just whether they win or lose the Game – sometimes, it’s

This review contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel Episode 2 Unlike Moon Knight, I didn’t really know anything about the character of Ms. Marvel going into this new Disney+ show, so getting to know Kamala Khan, and unravelling of the mystery behind her powers, has been fascinating to me. I’ve been discovering a little