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10 Jul

Hamilton Ending Explained: Why Did Eliza Gasp?

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The ending of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s epic American history musical, Hamilton, is easy enough to understand. As any product of the American education system (or anyone familiar with the SNL Digital Short “Lazy Sunday”) can tell you, the story of Alexander Hamilton ends with his death in a duel against political rival Aaron Burr.  And that’s exactly what happens in Hamilton where the title character (who previously never shut up about not throwing away his shot) throws away his shot at the end in an act of mercy and pays dearly for it. Simple enough! There’s one area of the Hamilton…
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07 Jul

Warrior Nun Ending Explained

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The following contains spoilers for Warrior Nun. The conclusion of Netflix’s Warrior Nun launches its viewers directly off a cliff, and we’re left hanging until (an as of yet unannounced) season 2. The explosive finale leaves things off with more questions than answers. But here are some attempts at answers anyway. In the beginning of the season, Ava (Alba Baptista) is resurrected by a halo that heals her paraplegia and gives her superpowers. But with great power comes great responsibility, as she’s expected to take on the mantle of Warrior Nun —and fight demons— for the Order of the Cruciform…
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03 Jul

Ju-On: Origins Ending Explained

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The following contains spoilers for Ju-On: Origins. There are many notable horror franchises to come out of Japan that have made an undeniable mark on the genre, both in their native country and on an international level. The powerful Ju-On/Grudge franchise has been around for over two decades and accrued over a dozen films and additional material that fleshes out this haunting story. The Ju-On series hinges on a simple premise where when a person dies with a deep and powerful rage within them, it births a curse. This idea and the disturbing ghostly characters of Kayako and Toshio have…
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03 Jul

Hanna Season 2 Ending Explained

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This Hanna article contains MAJOR spoilers for the end of Season 2. There’s nothing quite like Amazon spy drama Hanna on TV right now. It is reminiscent of great spy shows of yesteryear—The CW’s vastly underrated Nikita, comes to mind—but with a budget and sense of cinematic style that sets it apart from similarly-themed series that have come before. Season 2 is arguably a stronger season than the first outing of this feature-to-series adaptation, widening the scope of the world by making protagonist Hanna one of an ensemble rather than so closely hewing to her coming-of-age perspective. But, like its…
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02 Jul

The 100 Season 7: Bill Cadogan & Second Dawn Explained

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This The 100 article contains major spoilers for Season 7, Episode 7. How the hell is Bill Cadogan on Bardo, you and Clarke (in the promo for next week’s The 100 prequel series backdoor pilot) may ask? Well, it’s no doubt a long story that we shall be told in next week’s episode, but it seems to involve a cryopod, the Disciples, and a trip through the Anomaly. But before we launch into theories around that, a quick recap: Who is William “Bill” Cadogan again? Who is Bill Cadogan? “From the ashes, through the Bridge, the shepherd will rise.” Bill…
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15 Jun

Da 5 Bloods Opening History Montage Explained

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This article contains Da 5 Bloods spoilers. fThe 1960s were a tumultuous time. Knowing that has become a cliché, one that’s as basic as a white bread miniseries on NBC about the decade. Nevertheless, it was a monumental moment in American history and a flashpoint for transition as Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the youth quake of baby boomers coming of age all coalesced. And it’s a decade with systemic cultural struggles that are still with us—and not something comfortingly endured and “fixed” in the relatively distant past like certain Oscar winners might suggest. Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods astutely understands…
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13 Jun

Da 5 Bloods Ending Explained

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This article contains Da 5 Bloods spoilers. Delroy Lindo’s Paul is as flawed a protagonist as you could ask for in a Spike Lee joint. The man is practically advertising this in red neon by wearing a “Make America Great Again” ball cap. His son David (Jonathan Majors) says every Black American pleads innocent to voting for “the Klansman in the Oval Office,” yet his father does not. And that father’s last in-person words to his child were “my son is backstabber.” This is how audiences are challenged by the bitter traumas and painful scars that are bleeding out of…
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04 Jun

The Vast Of Night Ending Explained

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Smart indie sci-fi and love letter to ‘50 sci-fi B-movie The Vast Of Night has arrived on Amazon Prime after touring the festival circuit. It’s a clever film-within-a-film that’s framed as an episode of fictional Twilight Zone-style anthology ‘Paradox Theater’ which plays with genre tropes, as fast-talking DJ Everett (Jake Horowitz) and perky switchboard operator Fay (Sierra McCormick) attempt to solve the mystery surrounding a rogue audio broadcast they discover the night of the town’s big basketball game. But what actually went down and where are we left at the end? Or indeed, “What’s the tale, Nightingale?” as Everett might…
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02 May

Netflix’s Hollywood Ending Explained

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This article contains major Hollywood spoilers. You can find our spoiler-free review here. It certainly is a Hollywood ending. On the corner of Hollywood Boulevard, a gas station that should be consigned to obscurity and whispered reveries is now going to be immortalized as the opening scene of a big Hollywood movie. In the year 1948, nearly 60 years before Brokeback Mountain, most of the cast and crew behind Ace Pictures’ Meg are reunited for the first glossy romance about two gay men. And in it, Rock Hudson (Jack Piercing) wears a spiffy white uniform while promising to take a…
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02 May

Netflix’s Hollywood: The Real History of Peg Entwistle and Opening Credits Explained

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This article contains some Hollywood spoilers. The story of Peg Entwistle, and the voluminous newspaper copies her death sold, is at the heart of Hollywood’s first season. The Ryan Murphy produced Netflix series even makes the tragic iconography associated with her suicide the basis of its opening credits—but with a twist. Whereas the real Peg Entwistle flung herself from the top of the H of the “Hollywoodland” sign in 1932—back before it had simply become “Hollywood”—the entire younger half of the Hollywood ensemble cast scales up the sign together as a team in the new TV show’s credits. The meaning…
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25 Apr

Netflix’s Extraction: Ending Explained

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This article contains major spoilers for the ending of Extraction. In the new Netflix movie Extraction, a lethal black market mercenary named Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) goes on a deadly mission to Dhaka, Bangladesh to rescue the teenage son of an imprisoned crime lord from the clutches of an even more ruthless rival. Rake is haunted by memories of his own young son, who died of leukemia while Rake was away on a mission in Afghanistan. With nothing left to lose, Rake gradually sees the mission as a path back to humanity and redemption. As the movie reaches its climax,…
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20 Mar

Altered Carbon: Resleeved Ending Explained

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This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon: Resleeved. At first glance, Altered Carbon: Resleeved would appear to have a fairly pat ending. The villain is dead, and everyone goes their own way. It’s an uncharacteristically hopeful conclusion for this normally dark cyberpunk story, aside from the fact that Hideki Tanaseda, the latest Meth to compel services from Takeshi Kovacs, is not quite finished with the last Envoy. But even that leaves open the possibility for more animated action in this universe, whether it’s with the same secondary characters or not. Read more Movies Altered Carbon: Resleeved Review By Michael Ahr…
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02 Mar

The Invisible Man Ending Explained

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This The Invisible Man article contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review can be found here. Freedom. That’s what Cecilia Kass finally achieves during the last moments of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man. With her face isolated in an extreme close-up, there is nowhere for audiences to look other than into the heart of Elisabeth Moss’ eviscerating performance. Here is a woman who had been victimized by an abusive boyfriend but has now turned the tables, emancipating herself from Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). With her dog at last in tow, she can begin her life as the hero of her own story.  Cecilia reached this liberation through the…
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