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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.06

May 15, 2022May 8, 2022 Grant Watson

“Gods and Monsters” Against all odds, Moon Knight’s finale managed to pull together all of its flailing disparate story threads into some form of conclusion. I honestly had my doubts, given just how wildly anarchic the preceding five episodes have … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.06

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.05

May 6, 2022April 29, 2022 Grant Watson

“Asylum” In Moon Knight’s fifth and penultimate episode, Marc and Steven’s adventures through a mental institution-shaped underworld provide a canny excuse for a whole lot of back story. It is emotionally fulfilling stuff, and the really impressive achievement is just … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.05

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.04

April 29, 2022April 22, 2022 Grant Watson

“The Tomb” After finding Moon Knight’s third episode something of a disappointment, I am relieved to find the fourth showing the series back on track and working in an immensely satisfying fashion. We are largely back at protagonist Steven Grant’s … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.04

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.03

April 24, 2022April 29, 2022 Grant Watson

“The Friendly Type” I am sensing a wobble in “The Friendly Type”, the third episode of Marvel’s current streaming serial Moon Knight. The first two episodes did an excellent job of breaking out from Marvel’s standard formula with a story … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.03

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.02

April 16, 2022April 10, 2022 Grant Watson

“Summon the Suit” The first episode of Moon Knight really felt like a major jump away from the comic book antics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a welcome jump at that. The second episode still remains entirely separate from … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.02

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.01

April 6, 2022 Grant Watson

“The Goldfish Problem” Marvel Studios return once again with an all-new six-part miniseries, exclusive to Disney+, and bringing the comparatively obscure superhero Moon Knight to their Marvel Cinematic Universe. There really are some challenges with sustaining a long-term shared universe … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.01

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REVIEW: Dune (2021)

March 7, 2022 Grant Watson

In the long history of novels being adapted into films, it seems a certainly that people have always spoken of ‘unfilmable’ books. Of course they are usually only considered unfilmable until an enterprising production team actually films them, as was … Continue reading REVIEW: Dune (2021)

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REVIEW: Ex Machina (2014)

May 13, 2020 Grant Watson

Programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) wins an office competition to spend one week at the home of his company’s CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). After being dropped off at Bateman’s remote mountain estate, Caleb discovers he has been tasked with … Continue reading REVIEW: Ex Machina (2014)

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REVIEW: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 25, 2019September 28, 2020 Grant Watson

A message is transmitted through space: Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), ruler of the once-defeated Empire, has somehow survived certain death and now threatens the galaxy again. While the First Order’s Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) races to hunt Palpatine … Continue reading REVIEW: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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