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Vikas Yadav
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Film Critic at Midgard Times
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#Steal (on #PrimeVideo from Jan 21) is meh, but #SophieTurner is very much watchable.

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‘Steal’ (2026) Prime Video Series Review - Sophie Turner Trapped In Something Sterile
As far as second-rate, made-for-second-screen TV goes, S.A. Nikias's Steal is perfectly okayish.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Created by George R. R. Martin and Ira Parker, #AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms quickly distinguishes itself from #GameOfThrones and #HouseOfTheDragon through its tongue-in-cheek humor:
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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Episode 1 Review - Meet Ser Duncan the Tall
Created by George R. R. Martin and Ira Parker, the series follows two very ordinary-sounding names: Ser Dunk and Egg, his squire. Yet Seven Kingdoms, in its opening stretch, quickly distinguishes itse...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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In #TheRip, #JoeCarnahan keeps you on your toes and makes you almost restless.

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‘The Rip’ (2026) Netflix Movie Review - Abs, Ammo, and Avarice
With its suspicious gazes, confined space, and high-tension atmosphere, The Rip often resembles a horror film—mostly set in a single location.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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#SevenDials doesn't linger in the mind—it exits as quickly as a bullet leaving a gun.

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‘Agatha Christie's Seven Dials’ (2026) Netflix Series Review - A Bingeable Piece Of Fluff
This Netflix murder mystery is three episodes long, yet it feels like a roughly two-hour Netflix feature. It's tight, crisp, lean, and focused, moving with swift momentum.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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#EmilyBader and #TomBlyth are the best things about Brett Haley's #PeopleWeMeetOnVacation, a rom-com now streaming on #Netflix.

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‘People We Meet on Vacation’ (2026) Netflix Movie Review - Formula With Feeling
People We Meet on Vacation is fairly formulaic, but the formula is nonetheless infused with feeling.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Good taste be damned if badness is this wacky and appealing.

Review, #HisAndHers:
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‘His & Hers’ (2026) Netflix Series Review - Tessa Thompson in an Unhinged Mystery Thriller
If crime thrillers are going to be ubiquitous, they might as well be as ridiculous, sexy, and sensational as this series.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Some thoughts on the fourth episode of #FalloutSeason2:
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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Episode 4 Review - Lucy the Drug Addict
In the world of Fallout, violence is the only solution, it seems.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Netflix: STRANGER THINGS will end with Season 5.

The Duffer Brothers: STRANGER THINGS will end with Season 5.

Actors: STRANGER THINGS will end with Season 5.

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January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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In #Ikkis, #SriramRaghavan is so preoccupied with being a paragon of peace that he forgets to be a brilliant filmmaker. The movie is at war with itself, and it ends up nowhere.

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‘Ikkis’ (2026) Movie Review - Sriram Raghavan's Peace is Packaged for Applause
Ikkis is a film at war with itself. Sriram Raghavan has one foot in each boat, trying to appeal to everyone—and ends up nowhere.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Tsuyoshi Inoue's #AfterTheQuake (now on #Netflix) is... something, I guess.

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‘After the Quake’ Netflix Movie Review - A Frog, a Worm, and a Chunk of Air
Whatever the film's and filmmaker's flaws, they ultimately produce something that feels tonally unified.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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2024: Fool Me Once

2025: Missing You

2026: #RunAway

#HarlanCoben and #Netflix continue spoiling my new year.

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‘Run Away’ (2025) Netflix Series Review - A Puzzle Box with Nothing Inside
Like most Harlan Coben adaptations, Run Away is primarily concerned with its hermetically sealed plot and increasingly bizarre revelations.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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#Nuremberg is the work of a close-minded filmmaker.

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‘Nuremberg’ (2025) Movie Review - Cinema as Sermon
In Nuremberg, writer-director James Vanderbilt walks toward the center of the stage, takes the mic, and warns that America is witnessing the rise of neo-Nazis.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Edgar Wright's #TheRunningMan is somewhat better than Paul Michael Glaser's tacky 1987 adaptation, but it's still dull and inept. #GlenPowell is also terribly miscast here.

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‘The Running Man’ (2025) Movie Review - A Miscast Glen Powell In A Dull Adventure
The Running Man is not something to be experienced; it is merely a chore to be endured.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Had a really good time with Jim O'Hanlon's #FackhamHall, which has the kind of dumb jokes that are right up my alley.

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‘Fackham Hall’ (2025) Movie Review - A Very Dumb, Very Effective Comedy
Fackham Hall has a cast with superb comic timing and a director who knows exactly when to cut and how long to hold a scene.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Loved loved loved Kelly Reichardt's #TheMastermind — a marvelous heist film and an instant classic.

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‘The Mastermind’ (2025) Movie Review - Kelly Reichardt's Instant Classic
With The Mastermind, Kelly Reichardt hasn't just made a marvelous heist film; she's made an instant classic.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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In #ItWasJustAnAccident, #JafarPanahi channels weighty ideas through a deceptively simple yet perceptive story.

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‘It Was Just an Accident’ (2025) Movie Review - Jafar Panahi and the Art of Quiet Terror
This is undeniably the work of a genius: a filmmaker with a complex understanding of the world and much to say about it.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The person who said "experience comes from age" definitely didn't meet #JamesCameron or watch his #Avatar movies.

Review, #AvatarFireAndAsh:
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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ (2025) Movie Review - James Cameron's Hollow Theme-Park Ride
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December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Kate Winslet's #GoodbyeJune (on #Netflix from Dec 24) is a personal project without personality, voice, or heart.

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‘Goodbye June’ Netflix Movie Review - An Earnest, Mawkish, Good-Hearted Piffle
Goodbye June ultimately comes with a halo behind its head, serving as an emotional cue—a cue that prompts the audience to smile through tears.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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In which #BenedictCumberbatch does his acting exercise.

Review, #TheThingWithFeathers:
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‘The Thing with Feathers’ (2025) Movie Review - Benedict Cumberbatch's Acting Exercise
The Thing with Feathers is, in many ways, the perfect Sundance movie: pomp and solemnity inflating the thinnest of material, a film seemingly conceived with critical acclaim and festival laurels.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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"Watching Episode 8, it feels as though #AndyMuschietti whispered, 'Leave the kids and eat up as much time as possible,' into #Pennywise's ear."

Thoughts on the eighth episode of #ITWelcomeToDerry:
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HBO’s ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 8 Review - Foggy Business
Watching Episode 8, it feels as though Andy Muschietti whispered,
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December 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Was very bored by Rian Johnson's #WakeUpDeadManAKnivesOutMystery.

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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ (2025) Netflix Movie Review - A Boring Whodunit
What renders this third Knives Out installment dull is Johnson's inability to let his actors bounce off one another. They all seem to exist in isolation, as if they were filmed separately and placed t...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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A Rowan Atkinson show that leaves you frustrated, depressed, annoyed.

Review, #ManVsBaby:
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‘Man vs. Baby’ Netflix Series Review - Rowan Atkinson's Latest Will Test Your Patience
Man vs. Baby is not even remotely funny.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#TheAccident / #Accidente maintains its streak of blandness in its second season.

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Netflix ‘The Accident’ Season 2 Review - Sex, Violence and Revenge
The Accident is tame and vacuous.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Noah Baumbach's #JayKelly is forgettable and fine. The concepts it deals with are the kind one finds "deep" after getting drunk on a boys' night.

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‘Jay Kelly’ (2025) Netflix Movie Review - Noah Baumbach's Fine and Forgettable Comedy Drama
Jay Kelly simply evaporates while you're watching. It's a sugar-candy of a film — sweet, fine, forgettable.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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In its current form, #TheAbandons isn't even a show — it's damage control issued precipitously, casually, indifferently.

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‘The Abandons’ (2025) Netflix Series Review - Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey Deserve Better
In its current form, The Abandons isn't even a show — it's damage control issued precipitously, casually, indifferently.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM