Kaiya Shunyata
Movie Reviews

Season 2 of “X-Men ‘97” Is The Team, And The Superhero Genre, At Its Best

The boom of superhero television shows that began to dominate the genre at the beginning of the 2020s has thankfully receded. It’s not

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Apple TV’s “Sugar” Reaches for the Stars in Grounded, Moving Second Season

Even if you haven’t watched season one of Apple TV’s “Sugar,” you probably already know about its wacky end-of-season plot twist. Debuting in

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Ambitious Fourth Season of AMC’s “Dark Winds” is a Mesmerizing and Moving Gem 

By the end of the surreal third season of AMC’s “Dark Winds,” it felt as if the foundation of the series had seen

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How Come They Don’t Fly Away?: James Ransone (1979-2025) | Tributes

I first remember seeing James Ransone on my screen when I was eleven, while watching Larry Clark’s “Ken Park” on a tiny television

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Starz Returns to Form With Brutal and Brilliant Spin-Off “Spartacus: House of Ashur” | TV/Streaming

It’s been twelve long years since Starz’ “Spartacus” ended on a brutal and glorious high note, and after two years since it was

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“Gen V” Rivals “The Boys” in a Sharper and Sleeker Season Two  | TV/Streaming

In the final episode of the first season of Prime’s  “Gen V,” our young heroes were left defeated and imprisoned, seemingly left to

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Do You Hear Your Trees? They’re Crying: Graham Greene (1952—2025) | Tributes

One of my earliest memories of watching something on-screen was seeing reruns of the Canadian children’s television series “The Adventures of Dudley the

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Apple TV+’s Meditative and Epic “Chief of War” Demands To Be Seen | TV/Streaming

Like many good stories, Apple TV+’s new historical drama “Chief of War” begins with an ancient prophecy: “A Star with a Feathered Cape

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Netflix’s “The Sandman” Finally Shoots For The Stars With Volume 1 of Final Season  | TV/Streaming

Season 1 of Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” ended with Dream (Tom Sturridge) finally apprehending The Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) and reasserting

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Prime’s Magnetic “Étoile” Is Guaranteed To Be Your Spring TV Obsession | TV/Streaming

Like the medical dramas of the 2000s, the following decade was swamped by shows about dance. One of the most prevalent was Amy

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