Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Arcane – Season 2, Episodes 7, 8, and 9, “Pretend Like It’s the First Time,” “Killing is a Cycle,” and “The Dirt Under Your Nails”
***SPOILERS*** “Pretend Like It’s the First Time” finds Ekko, and later Heimerdinger, in a timeline where Hextech was never invented. For his part, Jayce is sent to a future where Viktor’s evolution overtakes the Earth, wiping out humanity. Ekko encounters an alternate version of Powder, who...
Read MoreREVIEW: Skeleton Crew – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2, “This Could Be a Real Adventure” and “Way, Way Out Past the Barrier”
Skeleton Crew has been the least exciting Star Wars series yet, at least for me. Nothing in the marketing or interviews made it sound particularly interesting, and Disney’s relative silence about it and dumping it in December indicate a lack of confidence in the show. I don’t tend to love shows ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Moana 2 (2024)
One thing about me is that I love Disney movies most of the time. 2016’s Moana was exceptional even in the context of Disney movies, a particularly gorgeous, funny, and touching film, and the soundtrack rocks. Disney sequels make me nervous at the best of times, but Moana 2 started out as a TV ser...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wicked: Part One (2024)
Wicked: Part One is an adaptation of the first act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s 2003 stage musical, which is, for its part, based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Maguire’s novel is a revisionist take on Frank L. Baum’s O...
Read MoreREVIEW: Gladiator II (2024)
Gladiator II falls in the middle of the unnecessary sequel spectrum. It’s nowhere near as good as Gladiator, if that even needs to be said, and it doesn’t add anything to an already complete and satisfying narrative. But it’s not a complete waste of time, either; it has some decent battle sce...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arcane – Season 2, Episodes 4, 5 and 6,”Paint the Town Blue,” “Blisters and Bedrock,” and “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern”
***SPOILERS*** “Paint the Town Blue” shows us the state of Piltover a few months after “Finally Got the Name Right;” Ambessa is mostly calling the shots, with Caitlyn following her “counsel.” Caitlyn has shacked up with Officer Maddie Nolen in the wake of her fight with Vi. Jinx hides in...
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