The first season of HBO's adaptation of 'The Last Of Us' was met with mostly high praise from fans and critics. But much like the second game, the second season has been met with a lot of criticism... But I’m not too sure as to why.

I might be in the minority, but I felt the second season was another incredible spectacle that delivered a brutal story of love, loss and revenge. It’s not a perfect season by any stretch, but the scope and scale of the show (as well terrific performances) made it all the more compelling to watch.

Bella Ramsey grew more and more with each episode as she delivered a top notch display of grief, and how that can take you to such dark places. Pedro Pascal’s departure did leave a big mark, but it also allowed for a richer and hard hitting display from all the shows leads on the back of his exit.

It essentially was a lose lose situation for creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mason, knowing how polarised the second game was… But all in all, season two of 'The Last Of Us' carried on the exceptional storytelling from the season prior and sets up for an exciting third season.

Full thoughts in this review.

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in what seems to be the finale to the pretty darn good Mission Impossible franchise. Aptly titled 'The Final Reckoning'. Cruise and his IMF team try to save the world from the AI entity known as.. well, the Entity. Cue death defying stunts, lots of running and a whole lot of exposition.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of 'Dead Reckoning', and sadly, 'The Final Reckoning' was even more disappointing. Granted, there is your classic suspenseful beats, and the action (of course) is highly impressive. Cruise doing what he does best to give audiences the best experience whilst watching him cheat death. But the plot, as well as the sheer amount of exposition, is exhausting - making the film a bit of a slog to get through.

There is enough to make this an 'ok' watch, but it seems the dazzling heights that the franchise reached with ‘Fallout’ are but a distant memory.

Full thoughts in this review.

'Final Destination' returns to the big screen with it's newest addition; 'Bloodlines'. This time, death is taking down a whole family tree due to their ancestor cheating death years prior.

It certainly felt like a new and refreshing creative team were involved with this release. The franchise had reached a point of becoming stale and repetitive - afterall, there's only so many times you can watch people cheat death, only to then be killed in some freak accident. An argument can be made that it still feels stale this time round, however, the concept of a family that technically shouldn't be here and now being hunted was a fascinating spin.

Whilst the film does have its flaws, there's no denying that the ,mousetrap-like kills are as entertaining as ever. 'Bloodlines' also includes arguably the franchises best ever opening disaster, which given we're now 6 films deep, that is some going!

Full thoughts in this review.