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House of the Dragon Season 2 Review

by Akash Singh | September 4, 2024

While the pacing suffers, House of the Dragon remains a wildly compelling show about how power shapes us with a thrilling second season.

House of the Dragon 2.07: “The Red Sowing” Review

by Akash Singh | September 3, 2024

Rhaenyra’s faith in her own divine right is reignited in the fiery seventh episode of "House of the Dragon" Season 2.

House of the Dragon 2.06: “Smallfolk” Review

by Akash Singh | July 31, 2024

Leadership 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.

House of the Dragon 2.05: “Regent” Review

by Akash Singh | July 26, 2024

In "Regent," House of the Dragon's second season reshuffles the board after a major death in its previous episode.

House of the Dragon 2.04: “The Red Dragon and the Gold” Review

by Akash Singh | July 24, 2024

In the fourth episode of House of the Dragon Season 2, the Targaryen Civil War kicks off to carnage and tragedy.

House of the Dragon 2.03: “The Burning Mill” Review

by Akash Singh | July 11, 2024

There's a slowly morphing acceptance here that the main players are trying too hard to control things that spun out of control long ago.

House of the Dragon 2.02: “Rhaenyra the Cruel” Review

by Akash Singh | July 10, 2024

"Rhaenyra the Cruel": Building loyalty through mercy versus cruelty with those who have less power than you—a lesson worth learning.

House of the Dragon 2.01: “A Son for a Son” Review

by Akash Singh | June 21, 2024

Season 2 of House of the Dragon kicks off with a haunting start, exploring the consequences of Season 1's finale through strong adaptation.

TIFF 2023: Ewan McGregor Mother Couch review

TIFF 2023: Mother, Couch Review

by Rachel West | September 14, 2023

A top-notch cast in fine form can't save the befuddling Mother, Couch, a story that is at once both too literal and too obscure.

House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale Review

by Akash Singh | November 1, 2022

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” – Niccolo Machiavelli House of the Dragon ends with a tragedy that compels itself through a feeling of inevitability. Once Alicent (Olivia […]