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House of the Dragon: ‘The Black Queen’ (Episode 10) Review

October 24, 2022

The greens and the blacks draw lines in the sand in preparation for a war that won't be glimpsed until season two of House of the Dragon is released in the future. 'The Black Queen' represents the final episode...

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House of the Dragon: ‘The Green Council’ (Episode 9) Review

Slade Hale

October 17, 2022

Television, TV Reviews

Last week's House of the Dragon episode foreshadowed the death of King Viserys Targaryen, and that's precisely how 'The Green Council' begins its story. It's a King's Landing-centric episode that focuses specif...

A cover of the Starlight Chronicles by C.S. Johnson

Interview: C. S. Johnson’s YA Series ‘The Starlight Chronicles’ Smashes Crowdfunding Goal for 10th Anniversary Edition

Paul Hair

October 12, 2022

Books, Interviews

C. S. Johnson’s The Starlight Chronicles is a decade old, and to celebrate the milestone, she’s running an already successful crowdfunding campaign to produce a hardback special edition of the young adult serie...

King Viserys in House of the Dragon, HBO

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House of the Dragon: ‘The Lord of the Tides’ (Episode 8) Review

Slade Hale

October 11, 2022

Television, TV Reviews

House of the Dragon quickly approaches its first-season finale, but the results have so far been a mixed bag. One of the biggest criticisms lobbed against the show is the constant flip-flopping between narrativ...

Mysty and Mike battle the undead in 'The Ghosts of Matecumbe Key,' Compass Comics

Interview: Graham Nolan’s ‘The Ghosts of Matecumbe Key’ Is ‘Linchpin’ to His Comic Book Nolanverse

Paul Hair

October 11, 2022

Comic Books, Interviews

Graham Nolan’s The Ghosts of Matecumbe Key is the graphic novel that will “clearly tie together” his other creator-owned comic books, and the crowdfunding campaign for the comic smashed through its initial goal...

A poster of Queen Alicent for House of the Dragon, HBO

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House of the Dragon: ‘Driftmark’ (Episode 7) Review

Slade Hale

October 5, 2022

Television, TV Reviews

House of the Dragon offered up another dynamite episode on Sunday evening, furthering the series' up-and-down behavior over the last few weeks. Therefore, it's hard to get excited for the follow-up episode, sin...

Promo image of Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon, HBO

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House of the Dragon: ‘The Princess and the Queen’ (Episode 6) Review

Slade Hale

September 26, 2022

Television, TV Reviews

After a successful fifth episode that was poised to kick the story of House of the Dragon into high gear, the showrunners and writers somehow managed to steer it straight into a solid concrete wall. As such, th...

Split image of a dragon skull and ratings for House of the Dragon, HBO

‘House of the Dragon’ Ratings Fall Far Below Expectations During Season One

Slade Hale

September 21, 2022

Television

HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has been struggling to find its narrative footing throughout the course of the first five episodes, but that may only be a part of why it's having troubl...

Poster of a dragon for House of the Dragon, HBO

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House of the Dragon: ‘We Light the Way’ (Episode 5) Review

Slade Hale

September 19, 2022

Television, TV Reviews

Since it first debuted on HBO, I have been highly critical of the slow pacing and go-nowhere narrative that House of the Dragon was heading into, and I issued stark warnings regarding a much-needed course corre...

The Targaryen sigil from House of the Dragon

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House of the Dragon: ‘King of the Narrow Sea’ (Episode 4) Review

Slade Hale

September 12, 2022

Television, TV Recaps, TV Reviews

House of the Dragon continues to soldier its way forward through the first season with a fourth episode that is a marginal touch better than the previous three. There's a bit more to unpack after this episode, ...

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