THE I-LAND
The I-Land wants desperately to be Lost. Dull, derivative, and dumb, it should be lost, and it should stay lost.
GAME OF THRONES 8×06: "THE IRON THRONE"
And now our watch is ended. But did Game of Thrones, or its characters, get the ending they deserved?
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
The fall's probably gonna kill us, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Newman and Redford's quintessential buddy western with The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing.
ARMAGEDDON (1998)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and it can't come fast enough for The Unenthusiastic Critic, as she endures her first viewing of Michael Bay's disaster porn.
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW BOOK, NOW AVAILABLE: THE UNAFFILIATED CRITIC'S GUIDE TO SEASONS 1-3 OF GAME OF THRONES
Announcing the first of three e-books, collecting all my writing on Game of Thrones.
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