Tag: Animation

Why I’m Excited: Young Justice: Outsiders

MILD SPOILERS AHEAD! I’m a sucker for 90s animation. I remember watching Paul Dini and Bruce Timm’s  Batman: The Animated Series every night on Cartoon Network at 6:00 and 6:30 (yes, I remember the time; don’t judge me). It had a darkness to it, and a noir sensibility that, in many ways, is t...

REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

There is no shortage of Spider-Man-related content in mainstream media. After the initial Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, we were soon given the Amazing Spider-Man films. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn’t perform at the level Sony expected, which caused them to scrap plans to expand that universe...

REVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season One, Episode Eleven “Station Theta Black”

*Spoilers* In “Station Theta Black,” Yeager has loaned Kaz the Fireball, angering Tam. Yeager reminds the feisty mechanic that he technically still owns the ship, to her reply that one of the stabilizers is still missing; she’s angry because she was in the process of fixing it. We cut to K...

REVIEW: Mirai (2018)

Family is a powerful word. When we think of family, we often think of some of the most important people in our lives. Mirai is a movie that understands the importance of family and decides to tell that story through the lens of a young boy named Kun. Mamoru Hosoda has been one of my favorite filmm...

Why I’m Excited: Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Series

When I was a kid, I used to watch Adult Swim all the time. I suppose this was a benefit of having parents who just thought anime was a cartoon. I used that to my advantage and would often catch Yu Yu Hakusho on the channel, having seen the trailers for the show on my …

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REVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 10 “Secrets and Holograms”

*Spoilers* “Secrets and Holograms” opens with Torra playing a game and ultimately deciding to ask her father if she can join him on a mission. However, he declines, saying that it’s not safe for her; she storms into her room. He leaves a droid in charge of her, but she tricks it into walki...