In terms of storytelling, Reacher is one of the most well-constructed TV shows I’ve ever seen. Every episode moves the plot forward in leaps and bounds, each scene important to either the unfolding mystery or the characters. Part of that is the short run of episodes – only eight per season. But...
Read MoreEcho is only five days away, and Marvel is upping the publicity ante with a new trailer. This one, unsurprisingly, does not focus on the title character but Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, the fan-favorite (for good reason) villain from Daredevil – and, to a much lesser extent, Hawkeye – who...
Read More“Burial” moves the second season of Reacher along at a breakneck pace, clearing up more aspects of the mystery while throwing curveballs to heroes and villains alike, and all with a heaping plate of action to keep the pulse racing. There are new wrinkles to character motivations, an entertainin...
Read MoreAfter getting off to a promising start, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (henceforth just Rebel Moon) squanders its potential by devolving into a tedious sequence of character introductions for people who never actually become characters, bloodless action scenes that remove all suspense by ...
Read More“A Night at the Symphony” is a legwork episode, with Reacher and his team connecting the dots and slowly forming the picture of the conspiracy that killed their friends. But it stops from feeling dull or slow with a propulsive pace and plenty of character work, adding layers to Reacher without b...
Read MoreVacation planning is hard enough without finding out you paid for the wrong service. In a TikTok video that has since gone viral, a woman named Andie Coston tells a story about her parents planning a big family vacation to Disney World, buying $10,000 worth of Disney gift cards to save money on park...
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