Tag: 2019

Vivarium (2019) – Review

Liminal horror may be all the rage these days, but the conscious use of surrealist creeps isn’t exactly new. Many films of the decades have

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Code 8 (2019) – Review

Oh hey, anyone else remember Push, that gritty Chris Evans superhero movie? No? OK then, don’t mind me…I only bring it up because I’m sort

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 8: Redemption (2019) – Review

Redemption brings the first season of The Mandalorian to a confident and emotionally satisfying close. After the tension and cliffhanger ending of Chapter 7, the

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Jarhead: Law Of Return (2019) – Review

I’ve always tried to review movies for this site in something of a bubble as I believe every film should be taken on their own

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 7: The Reckoning (2019) – Review

The Reckoning feels like the moment The Mandalorian has been building toward all season. After a run of more self-contained, episodic adventures, this chapter pivots

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 6: The Prisoner (2019) – Review

With Chapter 6, The Mandalorian continues to explore its episodic, almost anthology-like structure. Coming off the more nostalgic but uneven Chapter 5, this episode feels

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 5: The Gunslinger (2019) – Review

After four episodes that steadily built character, tone, and emotional investment, The Mandalorian had begun to find its rhythm. The show had proven it could

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 4: Sanctuary (2019) – Review

After the explosive, game-changing events of Chapter 3, expectations for the series changed. The series had just raised the stakes dramatically, turning its central character

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 2: The Child (2019) – Review

Chapter 2 arrived with a very different kind of pressure than the premiere episode of The Mandalorian. After the shock ending of Chapter 1, the

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The Mandalorian – Season 1, Chapter 1: The Mandalorian (2019) – Review

When The Mandalorian debuted its first episode, it arrived under a weight of expectation that few television shows have ever faced, especially as the franchise’s

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 13: The Whirlwind (2019) – Review

Well, we finally made it. After a season that once again proved just how complicated it is to bring Marvel’s crime slaying vigilante to the

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 12: Collision Course (2019) – Review

The end is in sight, the guns are almost empty and I’m fairly certain that the makeup department is running dangerously low on purple makeup

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 11: The Abyss (2019) – Review

I don’t know about you, but I just feel that we’re all just making time now. As The Punisher stumbles towards it’s finale, we find

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 10: The Hearts Of Men (2019) – Review

In an almost literal reversal of fortune, it seems that both seasons of Netflix’s The Punisher have the same problem, only flipped into a mirror

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 9: Flustercluck (2019) – Review

It’s always fairly frustrating when a show you’re invested in settles on good when it could be great. As a Marvel fan and someone who’s

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Cold Pursuit (2019) – Review

Sometimes, misrepresentation can harm a film just as surely as blunt force trauma to the face. If the trailers and posters suggests a certain kind

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 8: My Brother’s Keeper (2019) – Review

One thing that always seems to halt a backslide in quality for a Netflix/Marvel show is a good, old fashioned confrontation sequence. If you find

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 7: One Bad Day (2019) – Review

While the previous entry into Netflix’s Punisher cannon seemed to hint that a wobble back into the first season’s issues seemed imminent, we find that

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 6: Nakazat (2019) – Review

I suppose it was too much to ask for that The Punisher’s second season would avoid the curse of Netflix/Marvel and not succumb to an

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The Punisher – Season 2, Episode 5: One-Eyed Jacks (2019) – Review

It truly seems that the creative brains behind the Punisher’s second season really has learned a few lessons and gotten the balance required to do

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