Category: Reviews
REVIEW: The Legend of Vox Machina – Season 2, Episodes 7, 8 and 9, “The Fey Realm,” “Echo Tree,” and “A Test of Pride”
***SPOILERS*** “The Fey Realm” finds Keyleth, Vex, Vax, and Percy in the Fey Realm, worried about their friends. In “Into Rimecleft,” a dragon interrupted Keyleth’s transport spell, splitting the party. Percy assures the others he knows how to traverse their strange new...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 2, Episode 6, “Tribe”
*SPOILERS* “Tribe” finds the Batch making a delivery to a notorious crime syndicate on Cid’s behalf. Echo and Omega are tasked with watching the ship while the others make the drop. However, when Echo decides to prep the Havoc Marauder, Omega sees her chance to explore and runs i...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sonic Frontiers (2022)
Matthew Carmosino | Feb 1, 2023 | 0
Sega’s blue answer to Mario has had a whirlwind of ups and downs since debuting in 1991 on the Sega Genesis. The snarky hedgehog has been featured in some of the worst platforming games of all time, like Sonic ’06, and has also been the star of some fun and impressive gems, such as Sonic &hellip...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 3, “Long Long Time”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 30, 2023 | 1
Rarely in the history of television has an episode of TV earned its title to the degree that this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Long Long Time,” did. This 80-minute trudge-fest of an episode contained nothing but bloat and not a single ounce of the source material. The farce is over, as t...
Read MoreREVIEW: Tár (2022)
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 27, 2023 | 0
Tár is not a film that is easily analyzed or critiqued, as it does not ebb and flow with the customary arcs and crescendos of mainstream storytelling. The beautifully chaotic and rousing orchestral soundtrack seems diametrically opposed to the slow build and gradual edification that defines the sto...
Read MoreREVIEW: That 90s Show – Season 1
I was alternately looking forward to and dreading That 90s Show. I adore its progenitor, That 70s Show, and the prospect of seeing the characters again does what these nostalgia-bait productions always do: it hits you in a way logic can’t interfere with, a way that supersedes the warning signs of ...
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