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The Last Of Us – Season 2, Episode 2: Through The Valley (2025) – Review
You have to envy anyone who hasn’t played both superlative The Last Of Us games or are still fairly resistant to spoilers, because with its
The Last Of Us – Season 2, Episode 1: Future Days (2025) – Review
When you actually think about it, the rapid, sudden, turnaround of the video game adaptation is something that needs to be studied. In a few
Gremlins: The Wild Batch – Season 2, Episode 6: Never Get Out Of The Truck (2025) – Review
While daylight, mass electrocution and Lynn Peltzer have often proved to be the biggest causes of downfall the Gremlins seem to possess, thanks to a
Creature Commandos – Season 1, Episode 6: Priyatel Skelet (2025) – Review
Aside from that overfamilar first episode and the last instalment that put bumbling, psychotic, self-unaware Eric Frankenstien in the flashback booth, Creature Commandos has been
Creature Commandos – Season 1, Episode 3: Cheers To The Tin Man (2024) – Review
Over his career, James Gunn has shown that he has an affinity for the outcasts, the dumped on and the monstrous, tragic figures that most
Creature Commandos – Season 1, Episode 1: The Collywobbles (2024) – Review
In the wake of the closure of the DCEU and the anticipated start of the DCU, numerous fans have been wondering what James Gunn and
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 6: The High-Handed Enemy (2024) – Review
It may not rain on Dune, but it’s certainly raining payoffs in Dune: Prophecy. To be fair, it’s taken the entire series to rearrange it’s
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 5: In Blood, Truth (2024) – Review
Since it started, Dune: Prophecy has had something of a priority problem. Other shows that’s attempted the same type of thing needs to try and
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 4: Twice Born (2024) – Review
Maybe it was all Denis Villeneuve’s fault. Maybe he’d set such a high standard when attempting to untangle Frank Herbert’s worm worshiping universe of Dune,
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 3: Sisterhood Above All (2024) – Review
Flashback episodes can be something of a thorny issue if not deployed absolutely perfectly into a show’s run. Time it right and you reveal previously
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 2: Two Wolves (2024) – Review
The worlds of Frank Herbert’s Dune are not to be taken lightly as many will tell you. You can’t simply drop into it blind like
Dune: Prophecy – Season 1, Episode 1: The Hidden Hand (2024) – Review
While the worlds of Frank Herbert’s Dune have been around in multiple forms for years, even a judicial use of the controlling Voice of the
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 8: A Great Or Little Thing (2024) – Review
It’s been a brutal and complex couple of months as we’ve followed Oswald Cobb as he’s killed, connived and plotted in order to finally grab
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 7: Top Hat (2024) – Review
As we get dangerously near to The Penguin’s finale, all the players are poised to play their part in order to see who finally gets
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 6: Gold Summit (2024) – Review
The Penguin and his various criminal cohorts have been fairly busy as of late as one of the most consistent shows out at the moment
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 5: Homecoming (2024) – Review
After the last episode saw Sofia Falcone girlboss her way to the top of the food chain after annihilating the remnants of her family with
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 4: Cent’Anni (2024) – Review
For the past three episodes of The Penguin, we’ve seen the disfigured title character try and wriggle his way onto the throne of power while
Gremlins: The Wild Batch – Season 2, Episode 5: There’s Always A Fortune In The Cookie Factory (2024) – Review
With a season that’s split into two halves that seem to be getting released a week apart, I guess that The Wild Batch’s fifth installment
Gremlins: The Wild Batch – Season 2, Episode 4: Always Bring A Toothpick (2024) – Review
The last episode of The Wild Batch managed to wow this grizzled old Gremlin fan by delivering something I’d never thought I’d see in all
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