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Akash Singh
Featured Critic
Akash J. Saran (He/They) is a featured critic at That Shelf. Akash is several things in training: an attorney, novelist, and an experienced sodomite. They enjoy period pieces starring Dev Patel, films about writers making it in New York City, and the Paddington Cinematic Universe.Articles by Akash Singh:
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November 20, 2024
My Brilliant Friend Series Finale ReviewHBO’s dramatic adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s 2011 novel comes to an enrapturing and emotionally poignant end in the season finale.
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November 9, 2024
My Brilliant Friend Episode 4.09: “The Disappearance” ReviewMy Brilliant Friend season four, episode nine considers disappearances both literal and figurative.
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November 9, 2024
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.07-8 ReviewEpisodes 7 and 8 of My Brilliant Friend season four ask audiences how much life really changes and how much things stay the same.
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November 8, 2024
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.04 – 4.06 ReviewEarthquakes are terrifying in every moment of their existence. The initial tremor when you can’t entirely picture just how catastrophic the event might be – but perhaps you are one of the many who will picture the worst possible scenario of destruction; the phase of the earthquake where the entire earth seems to intent on […]
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October 4, 2024
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.01 – 4.03 ReviewThe fourth and final season of HBO’s hidden gem, My Brilliant Friend, returns with more quietly observed drama surrounding classism and motherhood.
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September 17, 2024
Caught by the Tides: TIFF 2024 ReviewThe word “masterpiece” is often overused, especially in the context of the film festival space. But it would be amiss for that word to not be used in the context of such a cinematic achievement as Caught by the Tides.
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September 4, 2024
House of the Dragon Season 2 ReviewWhile the pacing suffers, House of the Dragon remains a wildly compelling show about how power shapes us with a thrilling second season.
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September 3, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.07: “The Red Sowing” ReviewRhaenyra’s faith in her own divine right is reignited in the fiery seventh episode of “House of the Dragon” Season 2.
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July 31, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.06: “Smallfolk” ReviewLeadership is a complicated thing to get a handle on and this dance of trying to figure out who is the best person for the job is a dominant theme in all of A Song of Ice Fire.
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July 26, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.05: “Regent” ReviewIn “Regent,” House of the Dragon’s second season reshuffles the board after a major death in its previous episode.
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July 24, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.04: “The Red Dragon and the Gold” ReviewIn the fourth episode of House of the Dragon Season 2, the Targaryen Civil War kicks off to carnage and tragedy.
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July 11, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.03: “The Burning Mill” ReviewThere’s a slowly morphing acceptance here that the main players are trying too hard to control things that spun out of control long ago.
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July 10, 2024
House of the Dragon 2.02: “Rhaenyra the Cruel” Review“Rhaenyra the Cruel”: Building loyalty through mercy versus cruelty with those who have less power than you—a lesson worth learning.
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