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Dexter: Original Sin Recap: The Whole Bloody AffairThe season’s penultimate hour is its most violent: severed limbs, sliced-off fingers, another chain-saw execution.
Dexter: Original Sin Recap: What Evil LurksIt may be time to accept that this show has much more in common with the deeply flawed later seasons of Dexter and start grading on a curve.
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Dexter: Original Sin Recap: Guitar HeroThis show is going off the rails with flashbacks.
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The 19 Best Horror Movies of 2024 Here’s to the movies that spoke to and sometimes literalized the nagging fears in the back of our minds.
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The Deeper Meaning Behind Conclave ’s Surprise Ending, Explained The conclusion of this gossipy Vatican drama makes one distinct change from the book it’s based on, in service of a message about progress.
After Moana 2 , We All Owe Lin-Manuel Miranda an Apology Without him, every song in the sequel is as flimsy and disposable as the last.
The Ending of Alien: Romulus Is an Abomination By Design Fede Álvarez’s legacy sequel pulls off a satisfying trick, splicing the old and new to create something genuinely freakish.
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Wicked ’s Cliffhanger Ending, Explained (and What to Expect in Part Two )Wicked tells only half a story, but we’re not exactly in the dark about what happens next.
Ask a Roman-History Professor: Were There Ever Sharks in the Colosseum? Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.
Every Musical Number in Wicked, Ranked Some of the movie’s best moments happen when John M. Chu finds a new cinematic language for its famous songs.
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Have You Ever Seen Anything Like the Pool Fight in The Strangers: Pr ey at Night ? The four-minute sequence is thrilling and operatic, the kind of instantly iconic set piece most slasher movies dream of.
9-1-1 Recap: Full Lethal WeaponThis week’s “one bad apple” storyline crossed a line for me.
9-1-1 Recap: Living in His Post-Glee WorldBuck and Tommy’s relationship takes a sudden turn thanks to HimboGate.
A Tale of Two Housewives DUIs Shannon Beador and Karen Huger’s damage-control narratives are as different as the personas they’ve each spent seasons cultivating.
9-1-1 Recap: Pumpkinhead Meets the MummyThe 118 has always been a little cursed, but this week, they have to deal with a literal mummy’s curse along with the regular high jinks.
9-1-1 Recap: Crouching Tiger, Broken PelvisA crappy CGI tiger and the phrase “a cheerleader is ass-backwards” make for a delightful no-plot, just-vibes episode.
9-1-1 Recap: Freeway Ex MachinaA solution grounded in reality ? This is not why we watch 9-1-1.
9-1-1 Recap: Ground Control to Sergeant GrantThe second installment defty makes a meal out of who will land this cursed plane. Still, we could have used more bees.
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The Speak No Evil Remake’s Ending Is a Cowardly Cop-out Speak No Evil is meant to be a sick joke, and it doesn’t work without the punch line.
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The Comeback Flop Alexis Bellino’s RHOC return is a case study in Housewife self-sabotage.
Which Ghostface Is the Best Ghostface? In which we rank the Scream killers — including Scream VI .
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Prejudicial, Your HonorIt’s nauseating to see another AAPI Housewife have to turn racially insensitive comments into teachable moments.
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The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: With Friends Like These …Not since Jill Zarin was exiled from Scary Island has a New York Housewife been this unwanted.
close reads
Oct. 25, 2021
Chucky Turns a Tired Horror Cliché on Its HeadAs the first Child’s Play installment with a gay lead, the new TV series is reclaiming a harmful trope that’s dogged the slasher genre for decades.
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Erika Jayne and the Runaway Narrative Whatever sympathy the embattled Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star might have built is buckling under the expectations of being a Housewife.
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