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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 experiment that works more…
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Netflix’s Triple Frontier is an Impressive Throwback to B+ Action Movies
Triple Frontier is the kind of pleasant surprise you want to find on Netflix, especially given its history as a DVD rental company. It’s a story about a group of old friends from the military coming together to pull off…
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Dragon Prince Takes a Steady Approach in Season 2, Focusing on Characters and Lore
When the Dragon Prince debuted on Netflix last year, it was a pleasant surprise. Equal parts Avatar the Last Airbender and Game of Thrones, the first nine episodes laid a strong foundation and introduced the central cast and the core…
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Umbrella Academy is a Weird Show about Dysfunctional Superheroes that Shows a Lot of Promise
Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not for the most part. Sometimes, Family…
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Russian Doll Uses the Familiar Premise of Time Loops to Great Effect
Russian Doll is one of those delightful surprises that, once you have had some time to get used to, win you over in no time at all. Centering around a cynical New Yorker, Nadia, trying to get through a party…
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Sex Education is a Raunchy Teen Comedy with Loads of Heart and Empathy
Jean Milburn is a peculiar woman. Like many mothers, she is specially interested in her son Otis’ affairs and rarely lets him venture outside her sphere of influence. Unlike others, however, she is particularly interested in his sex life. “Sweetheart,…
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Conversations with a Killer: the Ted Bundy Tapes Provides a Chilling Window into the Mind of a Psychopath
It doesn’t take long for Ted Bundy to make you feel uneasy. Charming, handsome and intelligent, he speaks with an air of comfort and ease that almost makes you forget he is a serial killer. Can You Truly Know How…
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Why You Shouldn’t Root for Joe Goldberg from ‘You’
If you are someone who has still not finished watching all the episodes of YOU on Netflix, don’t blame me for spoilers. If you are still undecided about starting the series, do check our review of the series (written by…
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Netflix’s You Puts the Audience in the Head of a Stalker in an Addictive First Season
You've heard of a possessive boyfriend. You've heard of an obsessive boyfriend. You've heard of an overprotective boyfriend. You've even heard of some abusive ones. Tell me my friend, have you heard of a guy who falls in love in…
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Frank Castle Embraces his Inner Monster in the Punisher’s Second Season
The Punisher’s second season is a complicated beast. In many ways, it starts out better than the first season, but it fumbles the pacing three-fourths of the way and lands a somewhat solid ending. It’s one of the last two…
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