BETTY SEASON 2 SLOWS DOWN & GROWS UP
Joonatan Itkonen (BETTY season 2 premieres on HBO Nordic June 12th) Back in the saddle I loved the first season of BETTY, which premiered last year. To date, it remains one of…
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LOKI TAKES THE MCU FOR A COSMIC SPIN
(First two episodes screened for review. LOKI premieres June 9th on Disney+) Endgame Over the past year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has found itself at a crossroads. Leaving behind a…
REVIEW: WITHOUT REMORSE IS ALSO WITHOUT LOGIC
(WITHOUT REMORSE is out on April 30th on Amazon Prime Video) Gary Stu The whole Jack Ryan series, which WITHOUT REMORSE spins off from, is a bizarre cavalcade of insecurities.…
REVIEW: SOUND OF METAL IS A MODERN MASTERPIECE
(SOUND OF METAL is out now on Amazon Prime Video and will have a theatrical release starting May 15th.) Intro It’s effortless to be hyperbolic. I know I’m prone to…
REVIEW: SHADOW AND BONE IS TWO SHOWS COMPETING FOR THE SPOTLIGHT
(SHADOW AND BONE streams on Netflix Nordic starting April 23. Full series viewed for review.) This looks familiar In the vacuum of GAME OF THRONES, nearly every single streaming platform…
REVIEW: YASUKE IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
(YASUKE premieres on Netflix Nordic on April 29th. Full series screened for review.) Brand recognition YASUKE is easily recognizable for its influences. There’s an ample serving of LONE WOLF &…
REVIEW: WELCOME TO UTMARK IS NORDIC STORYTELLING AT ITS FINEST
(WELCOME TO UTMARK premieres 18th of April on HBO Nordic. All Episodes viewed for review.) A local town for local people WELCOME TO UTMARK begins like a western, turns into…
REVIEW: MARE OF EASTTOWN IS KATE WINSLET'S MASTERPIECE
(MARE OF EASTTOWN premieres weekly on HBO Nordic starting April 19th. Five episodes of seven viewed for review.) A masterclass in acting MARE OF EASTTOWN is the best work Kate…
REVIEW: THEM IS A HARROWING ODYSSEY INTO SUBURBAN HELL
(THEM premieres on Amazon Prime Video April 9th) Heading West Throughout its ten-hour runtime, THEM aims at a multitude of themes and issues. Not all of them stick. At its…
REVIEW: THE NEVERS IS A SERIES OF UNTAPPED POTENTIAL
(THE NEVERS premiers on HBO Nordic April 12.2021) The death of the author THE NEVERS will be great one day, just not yet. It’s a series that has moments of…