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Episode Analysis Secret Invasion: Promises

Episode two of Secret Invasion has great character work while raising the question of how many mysteries there really are.

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Episode Analysis Secret Invasion: Resurrection

The first episode of Marvel's Secret Invasion sets up mysteries that hopefully the rest of the series will live up to.

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Why Dear Evan Hansen The Movie Deserves More Credit Than It Got

The movie of Dear Evan Hansen may not be the greatest in the world, but it's far from the worst - and that includes casting Ben Platt.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Look for the Light

The ninth episode of HBO's The Last of Us reveals what the story has really been about this whole time (and that's horrible).

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: When We Are In Need

Episode eight of HBO's The Last of Us shows how editing and directing can transform a story.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Left Behind

Episode seven of HBO's The Last of Us continues to reveal the themes and motivations of a story that is not about zombies.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Kin

The sixth episode of HBO's The Last of Us skillfully reveals more about what made the game's story so remarkable.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Endure and Survive

The fifth episode of HBO's The Last of Us brings an amazingly well done action sequence and reminds us why organizers make good leaders.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Please Hold to My Hand

The fourth episode of HBO's The Last of Us demonstrates how well the show continues to tell a story that is not about an apocalypse.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Long, Long Time

The third episode of HBO's The Last of Us crafts a beautiful love story out of a single word.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Infected

The second episode of HBO's The Last of Us shows Neil Druckmann's directing chops as well as the challenges of translating a video game into live action.

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Episode Analysis The Last of Us: When You're Lost in the Darkness

The first episode of HBO's The Last of Us proves beyond a shadow of a doubt why Craig Mazin was the right showrunner for the job.

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2022 Year End Review: Which Movies and TV Shows Aged Like Milk?

Which recent movies and TV shows have aged like milk (and which have only gotten better)?

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How AMC's Interview With the Vampire Can Teach Good vs Great Costume Design

What is it about the costumes of AMC's Interview With the Vampire and other shows and movies that makes the difference between awful and amazing?

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "The Thing Lay Still"

The highs (and lows) of the first season of Interview With the Vampire as well as a dive into the real history behind that Mardi Gras parade.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "Like Angels Put in Hell by God"

Episode six of Interview With the Vampire has good moments but struggles to understand its own genre.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart"

Episode five of Interview With the Vampire continues having problems translating Claudia for the TV screen.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood With All A Child's Demanding"

Episode four of Interview With the Vampire takes on the challenge of introducing Claudia with mixed results.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "Is My Very Nature That of the Devil"

Episode three of Interview With the Vampire brings strong story highlights and reveals the real life madam Louis is based on.

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Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Whose Show is This?

The final episode of She-Hulk sadly reveals the many ways the show failed to live up to its potential.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self"

AMC's Interview With the Vampire's second episode continues to bring quality storytelling along with an excuse to talk about how to get rid of a body.

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Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Ribbit and Rip It

She-Hulk's penultimate ep gives a great reintroduction to Matt Murdock even as the quality of the show itself continues to struggle.

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Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: In Throes of Increasing Wonder

Interview With the Vampire's first episode is strong on story but weak on history.

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Episode Analysis She-Hulk: The Retreat

She-Hulk's seventh episode is great until it goes off the rails with an ending that brings the entire series into question.

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Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Just Jen

She-Hulk's sixth episode shows more of its sitcom strengths but still has a way to go.