The Big Picture Season 2 of House of the Dragon exceeds expectations with relentless pacing and complex character development. The dragon war in Season 2 is visually stunning, emphasizing the deep fractures within House Targaryen. Adaptations can work wonders, with…
Read moreSummary The Watchers ' twist ending ruins the entire film's flow and logic. The story, despite its intriguing elements, is inconsistent and disappointing. The solid performances of the ensemble cast cannot save the film from its flaws. Following in her…
Read more“I was having a man’s life in a woman’s body,” Diane von Furstenberg, famous Belgian fashion designer and businesswoman, says more than once in the new Hulu documentary. It’s a weird sentiment to say in a doc about female trailblazing…
Read moreThe Big Picture Ishana Night Shyamalan's The Watchers fails as an adaptation, stripping away vital elements from the book while adding nothing new. The film lacks depth in its writing, making characters shallow caricatures of what were complicated people in…
Read moreArena Wars is a unique fusion of a prison fighting ring film, sci-fi, and dark comedy. The creative minds of Brandon Slagle, Sonny Mahal, and Michael Mahal have crafted a story that tries to weave these genres together. Does this…
Read moreThe Big Picture Sweet Tooth is a hybrid of concepts that shouldn't work but surprisingly does, focusing on humans resisting change. Characters like Bear and an excess of new faces in Season 3 distract from Gus' core journey. The final…
Read moreNOW ON DISNEY+! “This isn’t about good or bad. This is about power and who is allowed to use it.” OK, I’m out. I became a massive Star Wars fan in 1977. Ten-year-old, I bought this galaxy far, far away,…
Read moreMarlon Wayans delivers his latest stand-up show on Amazon Prime in the wake of his mother’s passing and delivers one of the most heartfelt, vulnerable and funniest stand-ups of his career. Here’s our Marlon Wayans Good Grief review. I’ll always…
Read moreThere is a toxic/codependent relationship between the abuser and the abused, as highlighted in Tomás Ferreira’s short film, In a House, At Night. It’s Halloween, and Alice (Moa Myerson) and her daughter, Lynn (Honor Davis-Pye), are turning in for the…
Read moreThe Big Picture Backed by the Bros offers a solid vibe of Shark Tank meets Gordon Ramsay with its high-stakes drama and expert renovation advice. The ambitious HGTV series demonstrates Drew and Jonathan Scott's matured expertise and dynamic chemistry as…
Read moreHuman beings have a way to turn pain into something good. In Andrew Fitzgerald’s thriller, An Angry Boy, a young teen turns his pain into a severe beat down on evil. Mild-mannered Owen (Scott Calenberger) goes to school by day…
Read moreWe were invited down this week to visit the brand new mini-golf attraction The Hole in Wand which has recently opened in Chester City Centre but how would it fare against its York and Blackpool sister attractions? Inspired by the…
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