Michael Ahr
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Columbia, MD, United States
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The Ark Review: A Welcome Space Sci-Fi Throwback
Fans of series set aboard spacefaring vessels will find a lot to enjoy in The Ark, a show that hearkens back to classics of the early 2000s. → Read More
The Witcher: Blood Origin – How Jaskier the Bard Transcends Time
The latest trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin gives hints about the overall story, but Jaskier’s anomalous appearance raises questions. → Read More
The Boys Season 4: What Will Happen Next?
With The Seven in shambles, all signs point to The Boys season 4 being all about Homelander’s dangerous rise to power. → Read More
Stranger Things Season 4: Who Is Vecna?
Unlike previous Stranger Things baddies, Vecna displays human characteristics and has a hidden history. So how did he come to be? → Read More
Night Sky Review: The Struggle To Find Meaning
Night Sky benefits from stellar performances and a compelling premise, but is the payoff worth it? → Read More
Night Sky: J.K. Simmons Goes Underground to a New World… Again
Prime Video’s upcoming Night Sky marks J.K. Simmons’ second sci-fi outing in which a subterranean passage leads elsewhere. → Read More
Questions Stranger Things Season 4 Needs to Answer
Stranger Things season 4 arrives in May with a fifth and final run on the way, providing an opportunity to tie up a few loose ends. → Read More
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Could Be Teasing Sauron Origin Story
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a tale of the Second Age of Tolkien's epic saga. Here's what it all means... → Read More
How Arcane Should Introduce Its Other League of Legends Champions
The first season of Arcane included several origin stories, but bringing in new League of Legends champions could disrupt the balance. → Read More
The Expanse Series Finale Easter Eggs: The Sci-Fi Heroes Who Helped
The attack on the ring station in The Expanse series finale included protagonists from other space-based movies and TV shows. → Read More
Why Arcane Was Surprisingly Good
Video game movies are notoriously bad, so how did Arcane, the animated Netflix adaptation of Riot Games’ League of Legends, escape the curse? → Read More
The Expanse Season 6 Episode 5 Review: Why We Fight
The latest episode of The Expanse once again prioritizes thematic strength and compelling dialogue over narrative momentum. → Read More
The Expanse Season 6 Episode 4 Review: Redoubt
The Expanse continues to nail its deeper character moments, prioritizing personal closure over larger resolutions. → Read More
The Witcher Season 2 Ending Explained
Far from resolving its many conflicts, The Witcher season 2 finale merely focused more intensely on the mystery of Ciri’s power and brought powers together to either find her or protect her. Instead of a traditional victorious ending, the final moments saw the banishment of a troublesome demon and the hardened resolve of the fractured family that surrounds the former princess of Cintra. Plus, of… → Read More
The Expanse Season 6: The Redemption of Clarissa Mao
This article contains The Expanse spoilers. In the latest episode of The Expanse, Bobbie Draper reminds the Rocinante crew that they’re harboring a convicted felon, Clarissa Mao, and it’s easy for the audience to forget that she was in a maximum security prison on Earth for blowing up a ship full of innocent people in season 3. The forgiveness she earned from Amos in the intervening seasons has… → Read More
The Witcher Season 2: Why Does Jaskier Sing ‘Burn, Butcher, Burn’?
Jaskier the bard composes another crowd-pleaser in The Witcher season 2, but why is the song so pointedly angry at Geralt? → Read More
The Expanse Season 6 Episode 2 Review: Azure Dragon
An action-packed episode of The Expanse gives us the space chase we were craving and a good bit of emotional punch as well. → Read More
The Expanse Season 6 Trailer Reveals Unlikely Pairings
With The Expanse season 6 being the series’ final run, there isn’t much time to resolve the solar system’s woes, but the journey to whatever resolution the show gives us will be about what the characters everyone loves do with their remaining time on screen. The latest trailer for the series, which begins its final season on December 10th, gives a few hints about what relationships, both… → Read More
Red Notice Review: Dwayne Johnson Leads Formulaic Fun
Red Notice, Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot’s latest action film, is aware of how over-the-top it is, making it a fun watch despite its derivative nature. → Read More
How What We Do in the Shadows Exploits Vampire Clichés
What We Do in the Shadows acknowledges traditional vampire norms while simultaneously subverting them altogether. → Read More