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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf: What Happens When the Monster Hunters Become the Monsters?

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September 21, 2026

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf: What Happens When the Monster Hunters Become the Monsters?

Before Geralt, there was Vesemir. Nightmare of the Wolf reveals the cost of making witchers and asks what happens when the people hired to hunt monsters have secrets of their...

The Witcher: Blood Origin: Was Four Episodes Ever Enough?

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by Peter Bradshaw

September 21, 2026

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The Witcher: Blood Origin: Was Four Episodes Ever Enough?

Set 1,200 years before Geralt, The Witcher: Blood Origin explores the fall of an elven empire and the creation of the first witcher. But could four episodes do justice to...

The Witcher Lost Henry Cavill. Can It Still Feel Like The Witcher?

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by Peter Bradshaw

September 17, 2026

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The Witcher Lost Henry Cavill. Can It Still Feel Like The Witcher?

Henry Cavill’s Geralt gave The Witcher a recognisable centre, even as the series changed around him. With Liam Hemsworth taking up the swords, the question is bigger than whether a...

Dune: Part Two Has a Bigger Challenge Than Part One — Turning Paul Atreides Into Someone We Should Fear

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by Peter Bradshaw

August 27, 2026

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Dune: Part Two Has a Bigger Challenge Than Part One — Turning Paul Atreides Into Someone We Should Fear

Part One introduced Paul Atreides as a reluctant heir haunted by visions of the future. Now Denis Villeneuve faces the harder part of Frank Herbert’s story: showing how a young...

Why Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Succeeded Where the Previous Adaptation Struggled

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by Peter Bradshaw

August 27, 2026

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Why Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Succeeded Where the Previous Adaptation Struggled

Frank Herbert’s Dune had long been considered notoriously difficult to adapt. Denis Villeneuve didn’t make the story simpler — he gave it more room. From splitting the novel in two...

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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf: What Happens When the Monster Hunters Become the Monsters?

The Witcher: Blood Origin: Was Four Episodes Ever Enough?

The Witcher Lost Henry Cavill. Can It Still Feel Like The Witcher?

Dune: Part Two Has a Bigger Challenge Than Part One — Turning Paul Atreides Into Someone We Should Fear

Why Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Succeeded Where the Previous Adaptation Struggled