TVOM: "All season, The Strain‘s haphazard narrative structure has limited its potential for growth. Although it’s certainly focused on telling the story of viral vampires trying to take over the world, it’s attempts to fill that story with interesting, diverse characters has felt like an ADD child on a candy binge. Every week, the show is rushing through emotional arcs and switching from one character to another at random (dropping some off the map for episodes at a time – where you at, Gus the Not-Stereotypical Latin Gangster?), eliminating any opportunity for the audience to engage with the show’s dramatic rhythms – and if the audience can’t get a grip on what’s important, who is where, and why it all matters, the entire show’s reality begins to fall apart (something I talked about in my review of last week’s episode, “The Disappeared”)."
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal Review: The Netflix documentary explores the rise and fall of the adulterous affairs dating site, and the repercussions on its users.
TNS: "Despite years of mindless cash-ins and unimaginative copy-paste borefests, video game adaptations have finally turned a corner! Here are the best of the best."
The Nerd Stash: "Saddle your dragons, dear viewers, because House of the Dragon has unveiled a brand-new trailer for its second season, which is coming soon."
