Dismemberment, disembowelment and decapitation: Traditionally, these aren’t what you’d call teachable moments. But thanks to some swordpoint shenanigans in Shogunworld, all three figure prominently into a key scene in this week’s episode of Westworld (“Phase Space”). Even better, they go a long way toward demonstrating why this installment is such …
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Grab your six-shooters, saddle up your robotic horses and select the white or black cowboy hat of your choice: We’re going back to Westworld, and there are lots of secrets left to uncover. We’re less than a month away from the return of HBO‘s smash-hit/heir apparent to the Game of …
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It looked like any old Super Bowl movie trailer, just another 30-second spot dropping during one of the single most watched sports events of the year. The logo for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company pops up, old footage of Matt Reeves’ 2008 hit Cloverfield begins playing and then we …
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