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As Marvel pivots back to the Avengers, Wonder Man goes its own way

Disney Plus’ latest superhero series is dropping at a time when the MCU feels like it’s moving back to square one.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Game of Thrones shows its playful side in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

HBO’s new spinoff prequel takes a humorous look at the grimy lives of Westeros’ smallfolk.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Stranger Things 5 begins with a frantic race to the finish line

The first chunk of the show’s fifth and final season moves a little too fast for its own good.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery

The new show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan isn’t afraid to take things slow.

Andrew Webster
Liam Hemsworth isn’t the problem with The Witcher’s fourth season

The Netflix fantasy epic continues its downward spiral with a bloated and mostly boring new chapter.

Andrew Webster
HBO’s Welcome to Derry series just ain’t it

The It prequel series is a half-hearted attempt at crossing Stephen King’s opus with Stranger Things.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Paper doesn’t hit its stride until it’s out of the office

Peacock’s new mockumentary series is a bingeable crash course in the basics of community journalism.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Alien: Earth is a brilliant and terrifying expansion of the franchise

FX’s new Alien spinoff series is bursting with ideas about what really makes an apex predator.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Squid Game’s uneven season 3 leaves the door wide open

Netflix’s biggest series reaches a conclusion, but it doesn’t really feel like the end.

Sara Merican
Ironheart believes the children are the future

Marvel’s latest Disney Plus series is another example of what it’s going to take to keep this franchise feeling fresh.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andor’s second season traces the long arc of Star Wars’ revolutionary history

Andor’s final chapter feels like a series of mini-movies about how wars for freedom are won in fits and starts.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Black Mirror season 7 tugs at your heartstrings while skewering tech

The Netflix anthology is back, but it’s a little warmer this time around.

Andrew Webster
The Last of Us season 2 is a brutal, bloody expansion of the game

HBO’s post-apocalyptic world is more than just Joel and Ellie, though the second season doesn’t tell the whole story.

Andrew Webster
Apple’s The Studio spins Hollywood chaos into comedic gold

Seth Rogen’s new comedy series is a scathing and celebratory takedown of the entertainment industry’s madness.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Daredevil: Born Again is a rough reboot with a promising future

Disney Plus’ new Daredevil series is an uneven reboot that’s fighting to leave its past behind.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Mythic Quest season 4 switches things up with a new work-life balance

Mythic Quest’s fourth season still dunks on the games industry, but it’s way more invested in everyone’s emotional growth.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout

Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 gets philosophical about what it means to be a monster who loves.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Squid Game season 2 is a brutal remix of Netflix’s biggest show

After years of brand tie-ins and ill-conceived spinoffs, the series is back — and it’s just as tense as ever.

Andrew Webster
Netflix’s Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld is a fresh remix of Buffy-style monster slaying

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld’s first season feels like a classic monster slaying story remixed for a new generation.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Skeleton Crew is a kid-friendly reminder of who Star Wars is for

Disney Plus’ latest Star Wars series is trying to speak directly to a new generation of young fans.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Dune: Prophecy is a slow and cerebral meditation on the power of patience

HBO’s new Dune prequel series sharpens the Bene Gesserit’s history into a pointed drama that calls for some patience.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Arcane’s second season is a revolutionary powderkeg

Arcane’s final season puts an even finer point on its story about revolutionary war.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Amazon’s Like a Dragon works better as a mob drama than a Yakuza adaptation

Like a Dragon proves that a quality adaptation doesn’t always have to be a faithful one.

Ash Parrish