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Hulu’s Stephen King Anthology Series Castle Rock Will Not Be Getting a Third Season
Castle Rock was a worthy experiment — it delivered an intriguing expansion of Stephen King’s stories set around Maine’s most troubled town, and gave us stellar performances from casts that included King veterans like Sissy Spacek and Tim Robbins. But two seasons was probably plenty, and it seems Hulu agrees.
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Star Wars: The High Republic’s Enemies Are Much More Chaotic (and Existential) Than You’d Expect
What does conflict look like in a time of relative peace and stability in Star Wars? So much of what we know about the saga is rooted in moments of battle: Jedi vs. Sith, Empire vs. Rebellion, Republic vs. Separatist. What could threaten the High Republic, an age of exploration with the Jedi at their…
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Give a Chaotic First Listen to Amazon’s Wheel of Time Series
Like so many other series in production, Amazon’s The Wheel of Time was brought to a halt by the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. At this point, it doesn’t seem at all likely it’ll launch in 2020 the way it was originally meant to. That being said, The Wheel of Time’s team wants people to…
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The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren’t Afraid of the Dark
Roald Dahl’s The Witches was terrifying as both a novel and as a high-camp ‘90s horror-comedy. It presented, quite frankly, a world full of child-hating witches whose sole purpose in life was to exterminate young people. Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of the story is far sillier than any of its predecessors, but it still manages…