Reviews

For All Mankind review, Episode 404: As below, so above

These Burning Stars is a dark and evocative space opera revenge story

Beacon 23 Episode 4 review: “God in the Machine”

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary review: “The Star Beast” is a fun, thrilling journey

Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Photo Credit: Murray Close

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is an emotional return to Panem

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Invincible review: Episode 204, “It’s Been A While”

The Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent, by Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka, based on the novels created by Andrzej Sapkowski and video games developed by CD PROJEKT S.A. Image courtesy of Penguin Random House.

The Witcher Official Cookbook is a charming culinary journey across the Continent

Aster (Lena Headey) and Coley (Sandrine Holt) in Beacon 23. Image courtesy of MGM+.

Review: Beacon 23 plays dangerous mind games in Episode 3

Episode 2. Toby Kebbell in "For All Mankind," premiering November 10, 2023 on Apple TV+.

Class warfare comes to Mars in For All Mankind Episode 402, “Have a Nice Sol”

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Invincible review: Episode 203, “This Missive, This Machination”

The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss. Cover image courtesy of DAW Books.

The Narrow Road Between Desires is a beautiful addition to The Kingkiller Chronicle

Review: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition

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Casey W. Johnson (Danny Stevens) will not return in For All Mankind season 4

Beacon 23. Photo Credit: Rafy Winterfeld/Boat Rocker/MGM+

Sci-fi series Beacon 23 gets off to a stellar start in two-episode premiere

(L-R): Owen Wilson as Mobius, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15, Eugene Cordero as Casey, Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie, Ke Huy Quan as O.B., and Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Marvel Studios' LOKI, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Gareth Gatrell. © 2023 MARVEL.

Loki finale review: The God of Mischief achieves his glorious purpose

Joel Kinnaman in "For All Mankind," premiering November 10, 2023 on Apple TV+.

Review: For All Mankind Episode 401, “Glasnost”

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Invincible review: Episode 202, “In About Six Hours I Lose My Virginity To A Fish”

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan. Cover image: Disney Hyperion

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods is a witty, gripping page turner

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The Winter King finishes stronger than it began, but is it strong enough?

(L-R): Ke Huy Quan as O.B. and Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Marvel Studios' LOKI, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Gareth Gatrell. © 2023 MARVEL.

Loki impresses with one of its best episodes yet in “Science/Fiction”

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Invincible review: Episode 201, “A Lesson For Your Next Life”

L-R Jack Quaid as Brad Boimler, Jerry O’Connell as Jack Ransom, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman, Noël Wells as Tendi, Gabrielle Ruiz as T'Lynn, and Eugene Cordero as Rutherford in episode 10, season 4 of Lower Decks streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Paramount+

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 finale review, “Old Friends, New Planets”

Generation Ship by Michael Mammay. Cover image courtesy of Harper Voyager.

Generation Ship by Michael Mammay is a riveting interstellar epic

Invincible season 2 is chaotic, heart-wrenching, intense, and a bit scattered

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Everyone is mad at Arthur (for good reason) in The Winter King Episode 9

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Loki review: Episode 204 is gross, wild and wonderful

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Star Trek: Lower Decks review, Episode 409: “The Inner Fight”

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“Mermen” brings Our Flag Means Death season 2 to a sentimental, satisfying end