There several points in last night's episode, 'The Bells', where Jon Snow is shocked and appalled at the absolute brutality unfolding around him in King's Landing. These shots are juxtaposed with swee…
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 2 Delivers a Mixed Experience that is Both Frustrating and Exciting
It’s frustrating reviewing a series like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. On one hand, it’s clearly dedicated to tell a feminist story, where witches have to contend with patriarchy in various form…
Game of Thrones: ‘The Last of the Starks’ Moves the Needle Dangerously Close to the End
The Long Night is over, and the Battle of King's Landing looms ahead. In 'the Last of the Starks', things start off with mourning, our characters saying goodbye to the people they lost in the war agai…
The Battle of Winterfell Subverted Expectations. Here’s Why That Might Not be a Good Thing.
What does Game of Thrones, Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Last Jedi have in common? All of them are important chapters of their respectful franchises, and all of them have important deaths (and …
Game of Thrones: ‘A Long Night’ Delivers a Tense (and Anticlimactic) Battle at Winterfell
'The Long Night' was dark and full of terrors. Jon and Dany's forces took on the might of the Night King in a terse, terrifying battle. They survived, barely, by the skin of their teeth, thanks to a t…
Game of Thrones: ‘A Knight of Seven Kingdoms’ Presents the Calm Before the Storm
"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" was, for the most part, a narrative exercise in cooking ups scenes that play out the 'calm before the storm' scenario in as many dressings as possible. If this were a …
What Game of Thrones’ End Means for the Future of Storytelling
I still remember my Game of Thrones baptism as clear as day. Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the Late King Robert Baratheon, gazed in horror at the crowd spread out before him. All hope of salvation had ju…
Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere Sets the Stage for Great (and Terrible) Things
If you didn't like Season 7's fast paced story, then you are in luck. Game of Thrones' Season 8 Premiere slows down things considerably, giving viewers time to catch up to all the characters. It's gre…
Delhi Crime is a Charged, Feminist Take on a True Story, Raising Important Questions about Society
It’s hard to objectively judge a show that blends fact and fiction, especially when the facts stem from a case as harrowing as the 2012 Delhi rape case. It would be disingenuous of us to suggest that …
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Started Strong, but is the Second Season Going to be Better?
The new take on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, based on a recent comic book, does away with the hokey 90s tone and doubles down on darkness, gruesomeness and witch lore. The ten-episode first season is an…
