Tag: Invasion
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Apple TV+ Has Become the Home of Smart Sci-Fi Shows
If you are a fan of resplendent, otherworldly environments, interstellar galaxies, alien races, and all the other wonderful escapist elements within the science fiction genre, then you probably have noticed that you are tuning into one particular streamer much more often these days. AppleTV+ has started to corner the market on not only out-of-this-world space…
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The 2000s ‘Invasion’ Series You May Have Forgotten About
Since 2021, Invasion has been one of Apple TV’s most compelling science-fiction dramas. Created by Simon Kinberg and David Weil, the show, now in its second season, tells the story of an alien invasion through the eyes of people all across the world. But this isn’t the only television production about a group of survivors…
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This Criticism About ‘Invasion’ Is Actually What Makes It Work
Over the course of the first season of the AppleTV+ science fiction thriller Invasion, there was some scuttlebutt that the show was moving too slowly and that the pace at which showrunners Simon Kinberg and David Weil were laying out the alien encounter needed to be sped up a bit. But there is a real…
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‘Invasion’ Season 1 Recap: What to Remember Ahead of Season 2
The second season of the Apple TV+ science fiction series Invasion is set to drop on August 23 — so, to get you ready, we’re taking a look back at some of the key characters and storylines with where they left off at the end of Season 1. The terrifying story of an alien invasion…
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‘Invasion’ Season 2 Review: Sci-Fi Series Reinvents Itself
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.On television, there are plenty of shows that cling to the past and attempt to recreate what already resonated before. While rather regressive, this common next step…
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This Was ‘Secret Invasion’s Biggest Disappointment
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Secret Invasion So many things happened during the finale of Secret Invasion, the latest Marvel show to hit Disney+. For a quick rundown, Secret Invasion follows the life of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he comes back to Earth to help Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) and fight back…
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‘Secret Invasion’ Episode 6 Easter Eggs
Editor’s note: The below contains full spoilers for Secret Invasion.Secret Invasion, the Samuel L. Jackson spy-thriller vehicle from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has concluded its six-part run with a short, if not overwhelming, finale. When we left off, Fury (Jackson) donned his iconic eye patch once again, preparing for a final face-off against the rebel…
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‘Invasion’ Season 2: Release Date, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far
The Apple TV+ series Invasion, which first premiered in 2021, centers around the gripping concept of an alien invasion. A tried and tested trope for sure, but what sets the series apart is its approach to presenting the said event. The story unfolds through the perspectives of different people on different continents across the world,…
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‘Secret Invasion’: It Was Never Going to End Any Other Way for [Spoiler]
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Secret Invasion Episode 1.Secret Invasion has wasted no time proving itself as a high-stakes superhero spy thriller, with the first episode seeming to kill off one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s longest-running characters. The decision to write the character out after 11 years with the franchise is bold…
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‘Plaza Catedral,’ ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ Deal With Violence Inflicted Upon Youth in Latin America
Mexico’s Tatiana Huezo and Abner Benaim of Panama, whose respective dramas, “Prayers for the Stolen” and “Plaza Catedral,” made the coveted shortlist in the Oscars’ international feature category, have quite a few things in common. Both have mainly worked in documentary filmmaking, although in the case of Benaim, he made a hit comedy in 2009,…