Tag: Adventure
REVIEW: Ponyo (2008)
For one reason or another, the Studio Ghibli movies from 2008 onwards tend to be ones I never saw (The Wind Rises, From Up on Poppy Hill) or that I saw once and didn’t like at all. The latter category pertains to Ponyo (2008), Hayao Miyazaki’s loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid by Hans Chris...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 14 “Rayo de Luz”
“Rayo de Luz” is not the episode we needed after spending last week being told – but not shown – how great Chester is. Instead of returning the focus to Barry, where it belongs, The Flash completely sidelines him for the episode in favor of Allegra, Chester, and Sue, who take a meaningless s...
Read MoreREVIEW: Loki – Season 1, Episode 3 “Lamentis”
With “Lamentis,” Loki takes on another of the characteristics of its eponymous trickster and shapeshifts, becoming a buddy cop action-comedy without breaking stride. The story and mythology behind the Time Variance Authority take a backseat (though an important piece of the puzzle does lock into...
Read MoreREVIEW: Luca (2021)
I’ve been a Pixar fan my whole life. Growing up, I was convinced I would work there one day, and I always saw the new Pixar movie for my birthday. Despite being a new Pixar film, Luca is one I haven’t been too excited about. Films like Coco and Soul have proven that the studio … <...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 10 “O Mother, Where Art Thou?”
“O Mother, Where Art Thou?” is a mostly good episode, but it has Superman & Lois’ first stumble in presenting Superman’s story as it should be (outside of the absent red shorts). It actually feels almost like a season finale, or at least the episode before the mid-season break – and ju...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 13 “Masquerade”
While watching “Masquerade,” I got the impression The Flash was either trying and failing to assure us that we wouldn’t miss Cisco or rubbing our nose in losing our avatar by showing us the cavalcade of suck with which he’s been replaced. And, to help things along, they made it extra boring;...
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