‘Unknown Origins’: Cool Concept, Poor Execution
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.

Joaquim Marvão, the leader of the transhumance in Vila Nova de Tazem, asks me to record the descent of the herds, a centuries-old ritual in the Serra da Estrela. It is the summer of 2022 and Portugal is facing a wave of devastating fires. Against all odds, Joaquim decides to go ahead with the descent, but something goes wrong with the recording.
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.
The death of Grace's father brings challenges as the family tries to preserve their ranch.
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Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
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