Dom Riley

Dom Riley

Joined: Mar 5, 2024

Domonic is a Contributor to Winter is Coming. A huge fan of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, he's been writing about them since 2020, contributing to sites including Whatculture and Collider. He became obsessed with movies after watching Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Paul Mescal plays Lucius in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures. © 2024 Paramount Pictures.

Review: Gladiator II is a solid yet unoriginal sequel

Isabela Merced as Kay in 20th Century Studios' ALIEN: ROMULUS. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Every movie in the Alien franchise, ranked (including Alien: Romulus)

Mae (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

The Acolyte fails because it lacks two key Star Wars staples: morality and hope

Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) in Lucasfilm's Star Wars THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Episode 8 of The Acolyte brings the season to an anti-climactic end

(L-R): Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman), Sol (Lee Jung-jae), Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Koril (Margarita Levieva) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Episode 7 of Star Wars: The Acolyte ruins the pacing with another long flashback

Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Episode 6 of The Acolyte treads water as it waits for the finale

Scene from Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Episode 5 of The Acolyte has an obvious villain reveal and lots of lightsaber action

Mae Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Episode 4 of Star Wars: The Acolyte fills time with a walk in the forest

Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 3 "Destiny." Kelnacca (Joonas Suotamo), Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss), Sol (Lee Jung-jae), Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman). Image credit: StarWars.com

Episode 3 of Star Wars: The Acolyte tries to give us a new perspective on the Force

(L-R): Mae (Amandla Stenberg) and Jedi Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

The Acolyte is a straight-forward detective story that fails to break much new ground

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Official Trailer #1 - (2004) HD

Why Prisoner of Azkaban was a soft reboot of the Harry Potter series

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The problems with making Lord of the Rings into a cinematic universe

Omega in a scene from "STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH", season 3 exclusively on Disney+. © 2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

5 animated Star Wars shows Disney could make after The Bad Batch

Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver. Sofia Boutella as Kora in Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver. Cr. Netflix © 2024.

The problems with turning Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon into a franchise

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved

Superhero movies are alive and well in Godzilla's MonsterVerse

(L-r) GODZILLA battles KONG in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “GODZILLA VS. KONG,” a Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures release. © 2021 LEGENDARY AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GODZILLA TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

Beyond Godzilla x Kong: The 5 best monsters in the MonsterVerse