Dom Riley

Dom Riley

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.

KB (Kyriana Kratter), Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) and Fern (Ryan Kiera-Armstrong) in Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Matt Kennedy. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights

Episode 4 of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew plays for time with a quick detour

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(L-R) Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), Wim (Ravi-Cabot Conyers), KB (Kyriana Kratter), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) and Jod (Jude Law) in Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 3 brings the fun back to a galaxy far, far away

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(L-R) Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) and Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) in Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Matt Kennedy. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Skeleton Crew serves up pirate action and '80s nostalgia with its enjoyable opening episodes

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

Review: Gladiator II is a solid yet unoriginal sequel

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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)

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(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

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

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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

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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

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