Movie Fail

We have opinions.

  • Reviews
  • Op-Eds
  • Interviews
  • Academic
  • Television
  • Podcasts
    • Ghostwood Radio (Twin Peaks)
    • Hoopleheads (Deadwood)
    • Stark Contrast (Game of Thrones)
    • Ember Island Airwaves (Avatar/Korra)
    • Dueling Reviews
    • Søren and Esther’s Oscarcast
  • All
  • Meet Our Staff
  • FAQs
Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 23 “The Queen’s Justice”

August 5, 2017 By Søren Hough 18 Comments

J and I enjoyed last week’s “Stormborn” as it both drove the plot forward at an explosive pace while offering something more for us to chew on as viewers. This week, the pace hasn’t let up — but “The Queen’s Justice,” alas, never digs deeper than the surface. In fact, the episode undercuts the enormity […]

Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 22 “Stormborn”

July 29, 2017 By Søren Hough 17 Comments

Game of Thrones hits hard this week in “Stormborn” as major houses begin to band together and devious enemies already begin making their moves. Before we get into the episode itself, J and I open this week’s podcast discussing the controversy around Confederate, a new show recently announced by HBO from the creators of Game of Thrones. […]

Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 18 “No One”

June 18, 2016 By Søren Hough Leave a Comment

https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ufbODdktRDD0fKbKiFFJAU35U3k=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6637723/ep58-ss07-1280.0.jpg

“No One” continues an unfortunate lull in Game of Thrones, a character episode that has as many brilliant moments as it does head-scratching. The plot inches forward for characters like The Hound (Rory McCann) while going almost nowhere for the likes of Brienne (Gwendoline Christie), Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and the Blackfish (Clive Russell). Despite this, we […]

Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 17 “The Broken Man”

June 10, 2016 By Søren Hough Leave a Comment

This week J and I split on “The Broken Man.” It’s a great episode in many ways, but J lays out some of the same criticisms we discussed for “Blood of my Blood” — repetition, slow plots and hanging threads. I counter that it’s well-written and well-shot (thank cinematographer P.J. Dillon), much like the excellent […]

Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 4 “Sons of the Harpy”

May 9, 2015 By Søren Hough 1 Comment

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/1015/2073/5m/blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2015/05/sons-of-harpy-e1430704234603.jpg

In a slowdown before the second half of the season, “Sons of the Harpy” is light on plot and heavy on setup. Its explosive conclusion—Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) and Ser Barristan’s (Ian McElhinney) showdown with their eponymous adversaries of the episode—is preceded by more conversation and character work than action. But is that such a bad […]

Television

Stark Contrast: Episode 3 “High Sparrow”

May 3, 2015 By Søren Hough 3 Comments

http://www.trbimg.com/img-553e2b51/turbine/bal-game-of-thrones-recap-the-high-sparrow-20150426

“High Sparrow” picks up where “The House of Black and White” left off, giving us a much better look at The Faceless Men. This episode indicates we’re nearing the second-half spike that we usually see in Game of Thrones as Jon, Tyrion and Sansa’s storylines all leap forward at a healthy pace. J and I comment on the irony […]

London Film Festival 2024 Highlights

November 1, 2024 By Søren Hough

London Film Festival 2024 Preview

October 20, 2024 By Søren Hough

https://www.fungifilmfest.com/2023

Mushrooms Galore at Fungi Film Festival 2023

December 26, 2023 By Corrado Nai

Listen on Spotify

About Us            Meet Our Staff             FAQs             Privacy

Creative Commons License
Movie Fail is licensed under Creative Commons.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available at http://moviefail.com/faqs/.

Copyright © 2012–2025 Movie Fail · Magazine Pro Theme · WordPress