This week’s episode is about faith and delusion. Mother Abagail sets a mission, Nadine runs toward her destiny, and everyone puts their future in the hands of their faith. In what is the slowest paced episode to date, the show manages to have its most interesting outing yet. The
Randall Flagg makes his move this week for Team Evil. With a new player, a new plan, and a new hot tip on the Boulder spies, everything seems to be coming up Flagg at the start. But all is not as it seems as Lady Luck seems to be full on making out with the good guys. Episode 6 of
As the saying goes, you can’t con a con. This week we delve into the world of deceit in a fully linear episode of The Stand. We spend time with the spies in both New Vegas and Boulder, and we examine the reach of Flagg’s power. As the first episode without a time hop, the show is much more
This week’s episode of The Stand deals with disguises. The disguises we take on to hide and the ones we take on to protect others. In “House of the Dead,” we focus on the five main committee members. We watch the committee in their official role, and we flashback to follow
Amber Heard plays Nadine Cross in the new adaptation of The Stand.Credit: CBS All Access This week’s episode of The Stand is about choices. Do these characters have choices or are they stuck on a pre-destined path? Does one's past choices mean that their path is set? Or can you
Larry and Rita make their escape from New York in The Stand.Credit: CBS All Access Please note that the review below includes mild spoilers for the second episode of The Stand. As strange as it sounds, this second episode of The Stand covers more terrifying ground than the first. Though episode
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,
