‘Succession’ Season 4 Premiere Recap: Many Happy Returns
The Roy family is back for a fourth and final season, and everyone came out swinging. Let the humiliations begin. Season 4, Episode 1: ‘The Munsters’ Have you ever noticed that “Succession” is a show about deal-makers in which hardly…
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The Last of Us HBO: Joel Was Right… Mostly
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us HBO. If you’re not caught up yet, check out our spoiler-free Season 1 review. The Last of Us presents us with the story of a relationship, of two people in different circumstances…
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The Last of Us Review: HBO Promised a Zombie Thriller, But We Got Something Better
The Last of Us review: The word ‘zombie’ isn’t uttered even once in HBO’s sweeping yet intimate video game adaptation, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as survivors of an apocalyptic outbreak. Suitably bleak, expansive in scope, and gorgeously textured, HBO’s…
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The Last Of Us Episode 9 Recap: A Powerful Finale
The conclusion of HBO’s adaptation is just as morally challenging and hauntingly ambiguous as that of the game it’s based on Well, friends. We’ve come to the end of the road, at least for now. Episode nine of HBO’s The Last…
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You Season 4 Part 2 Ending Explained
The finale of You season 4 unveils the series’ most shocking twist yet. Here is how Joe’s story ends (for now). Well, that was certainly a ride. The second half of You Season 4 packed in more fiery twists than a hot…
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‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: There But for the Grace
David is a particularly terrifying threat in the HBO adaptation of Naughty Dog’s game With just one episode to go, we’re nearing the end of Joel and Ellie’s long journey together. This week’s entry, “When We Are in Need,” corresponds with…
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Daisy Jones & the Six review – not even Elvis’s grandkid can save this 70s rock’n’roll saga
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller Daisy Jones & the Six is a beautifully controlled depiction of the exuberant rise and chaotic fall of a 1970s band – fictional but very much reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac. It captured the glamour, the hedonism,…
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True Lies review – James Cameron’s action comedy crash-lands on TV
True Lies, as James Cameron continues his victory lap as re-throned king of the world with both Avatar: The Way of Water and Titanic making more and more millions at the box office, here comes a striking reminder that not everything he…
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Beyond Paradise review – Kris Marshall’s detective spinoff swaps sunshine for awful fart gags
Beyond Paradise, The best thing about Death in Paradise was always its tropical setting. Now it moves to Devon for a Doctor Martin-aping, unfunny sister show featuring one of its ex stars Sometimes all you need in TV is a…
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‘The Last of Us,’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Ties That Bind
This week in The Last of Us, Joel and Ellie encounter a safer and more social way of life, but it’s not clear whether they want any part of it. Season 1, Episode 6: ‘Kin’ In the old western movies,…
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