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1 week ago | readysteadycut.com | Jonathon Wilson

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS Summary Chase Sui Wonders takes centre stage in The Studio Episode 5, proving the Apple TV+ comedy can focus on character just as much as clever gimmickry. With every episode of The Studio, it finds a new way to impress.

1 week ago | readysteadycut.com | Jonathon Wilson

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS Summary Daredevil: Born Again delivers a superb all-action finale that is as much an episode of The Punisher as anything else. If you squint a little bit, it’s kind of beautiful. Daredevil: Born Againis only vaguely what one would consider a comic book show, the same way the Netflix series was.

1 week ago | readysteadycut.com | Jonathon Wilson

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS Summary Poppa’s House indulges all of its worst impulses in Episode 16, descending into a pointless slapstick mess that also undermines one of its key relationships. Taking a page out of Black Mirror‘s playbook, Poppa’s House tries to tackle a relevant subject in Episode 16.

1 week ago | readysteadycut.com | Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s Scandi noir The Glass Dome is pretty good, taking the quintessential genre framework and delivering a very solid version of it that doesn’t try to be anything it’s not. It even builds to a conclusive ending, tying up most of the loose ends and providing a good amount of dramatic and emotional payoff, even if it’s suspiciously tight-lipped about some of the finer details.

1 week ago | readysteadycut.com | Jonathon Wilson

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS Netflix’s Scandi noir The Glass Domepulls double duty as both a taut whodunnit and a psychological drama, exploring the longstanding effects of intergenerational trauma in the face of a new local mystery with eerily similar contours to a long-ago crime.