Category: Reviews
REVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 5, “Endure and Survive”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 11, 2023 | 0
Any marginal increase in quality in last week’s episode of The Last of Us was eradicated and regressed in this week’s episode 5, “Endure and Survive.” The justifications and explanations that episode 4 required of “Endure and Survive” are not explained or developed cohesively. The one re...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, Episodes 10, 11 and 12, “The Killbox”,”Belly of the Beast”, and “The Hope Devourer”
***SPOILERS*** “The Killbox” opens with Keyleth, Vex, Vax, and Percy arriving in Whitestone and discovering that Alura and Gilmore have found a way to keep it hidden. Alura uses a spell to check on the others, alarming the team by informing them that Grog is in great danger. Meanwhile, G...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 1 “Wednesday Ever After”
The Flash is back for its final season, with a truncated 13-episode run (which isn’t meant as the same pun everyone is making; there are just only so many words you can call it) closing out the show’s tenure at the CW. The producers must feel pressure to make this last season a great one, &helli...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 2, Episodes 7 and 8, “The Clone Conspiracy” and “Truth and Consequences”
***SPOILERS*** “The Clone Conspiracy” opens with a clone trooper named Cade telling his friend Slip he can’t stay silent about the clones’ crimes any longer. He has sent Admiral Rampart a message to tell the Senate the truth about Camino, or he will. However, Cade is killed b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Knock at the Cabin (2023)
M. Night Shyamalan is a director I appreciate more than enjoy. I love some of his movies, like Unbreakable and Split, but we all know he has stinkers like The Last Airbender. My feelings on his oeuvre aren’t unique; his filmography has managed to polarize people for decades now. I like that...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 4, “Please Hold to My Hand”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 6, 2023 | 0
A miracle has occurred; HBO’s The Last of Us has significantly improved its quality with this week’s episode 4, “Please Hold to My Hand.” That ridiculous title that seems to refer to nothing aside, “Please Hold to My Hand” seems to have achieved the impossible by finally developing its c...
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