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'Doctor Who' Season 2 Episode 1 review

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Travis Hymas

It turns out it takes a whole season to shake off the rust. Doctor Who’s first full season after the return of Russell T. Davies and his production company had some really high moments. It also had quite a few low points. Many of the elements behind these highs and lows are present in Doctor Who season 2, episode 1, “The Robot Revolution.” Somehow though, the end result is significantly better. A new companion mystery actually feels compelling.
To Be Hero X Episode 2 Review

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Allyson Johnson

After slapping us with two significant left-field moments in the premier, To Be Hero X pulls the rug out from under us. At the end of Episode 1, Lin Ling (masquerading as the hero ‘Nice’) returns to Nice’s (Natsuki Hanae, Dandadan) apartment only to find the hero’s supposed girlfriend, Moon (Rongshan Chang), murdered in bed. Following a premiere with wild and unpredictable twists and turns, it seemed only fitting to end on another cliffhanger.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Episode 2 Review

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Travis Hymas

It is easy to forget that in the age of streaming, anime still primarily follows traditional broadcast structure. Such is the case with My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Episode 2. This episode is clearly the missing piece the premiere so desperately needs. The series has the time slot it has in Japan, so the show must make the choices it can within that slot. Had these two episodes been released together, they would have been one satisfying introduction.
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 14 Review

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Allyson Johnson

One of the (many) major triumphs of The Apothecary Diaries is how it manages to make such emotionally potent storylines out of a mystery-of-the-week style format. However, the series finds the right mix in how it layers and builds upon existing stories and other episodic capers. No story is superfluous or one-offs. This makes for endlessly enticing stories about intrigue and political drama that mean more than a simple flimsy mystery.
‘Million Dollar Secret’ season 1 finale review: Gut intuition seals a satisfying victory

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Justin Carreiro

A new millionaire has been crowned on Netflix’s cutthroat reality TV competition, Million Dollar Secret. And no, we don’t mean another in-game Millionaire who’s trying to keep their identity a secret. We mean the real one – the winner who walked away with the big prize. We’ve been curious since the series premiere about how Million Dollar Secret would claim its winner … and how the show’s structure would progress with twists and strategy.
'Freaky Tales' review: Offbeat Oakland adventures

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Will Ashton

Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, and Jay Ellis lead the anthology film Freaky Tales, a gleefully naughty affair that blends humor and heart in equal measures. Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden are not household names, but their work meant a great deal to an indie-loving teenager who came of age in the 2000s. Particularly with films like Half Nelson, Sugar, and Mississippi Grind, Boden and Fleck tackled interpersonal and hard-fought characters struggling to find themselves in their troubled lives.
Guilty Gear Strive Dual Rulers Episode 2 Review

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Travis Hymas

Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Episode 2 is really hoping less hardcore viewers do not mind not understanding what is happening. Even more so than the premiere, this episode has zero interest in filling in blanks. It cares so little about doing so that it reaches peak hilarity in avoiding lore dumps. That’s going to — reasonably — turn off a lot of potential viewers, but they will also miss out on some pretty consistent production value. Okay but how does any of this work?
'Marshmallow' Review - InBetweenDrafts

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Sarah Musnicky

Marshmallow (2025) enters a well-trod arena of summer camp horror films that have paved the path long before its arrival. There are several expectations from the start of Marshmallow: its cast of characters, the person or entity designed to hunt the campers down, and pure terror around any corner. However, what sets this film apart from the rest is its risky twist, which upends assumptions going in and ultimately sets up the stakes for the future.
'Drop' review: Whodunit? Who cares

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Jon Winkler

Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon welcomes The White Lotus alum Meghann Fahy to a half-baked mystery thriller in Drop. Making a mystery involves walking a very thin line. There has to be an understandable setup meant to grab an audience’s attention, a collection of characters whose intentions are not crystal clear (yet), and a carefully constructed series of events that get viewers closer and closer to a big reveal that ties everything together.
'Ex Machina' at 10: How Alex Garland predicted the AI apocalypse

1 week ago | inbetweendrafts.com | Jon Negroni

There’s a moment in Ex Machina that still sticks with me all these years later. It’s not the iconic Oscar Isaac dance scene (though, let’s be honest, that’ll be seared into pop culture forever). It’s near the end, when Ava (sleek, graceful, wonderfully introspective Ava) steps out into the world for the first time. No fanfare. No Terminator soundtrack. She just walks away. Because she won.