Tag: Fantasy
Agatha All Along Being Sold as “Gayest Marvel Project Ever”
Apparently not reeling enough from The Acolyte, Disney is setting its next streaming series up for a similar failure… or somebody is, anyway. Tomorrow, Agatha All Along, the long-awaited (“long-awaited” as in “let’s get this root canal over with”) spin-off of WandaVision starring Kathry...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 5, “Halls of Stone”
jesslind | Sep 13, 2024 | 1
***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** This episode opens with a shot of sprawling mountains, which transitions to the rivets of a ring—one of the Dwarven rings. King Durin III picks up his ring but does not yet put it on. As he turns away, disembodied voices begin to speak from the other rings. No...
Read MoreMax Harry Potter Series Casting Call Announced
jesslind | Sep 9, 2024 | 1
Max has announced an opening casting call for the upcoming Harry Potter series, set to air in 2026. According to Variety, children who will be ages nine to eleven in April of 2025 are eligible and must be residents of the U.K. The call also states that they are “committed to inclusive, diverse cas...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 4, “Eldest”
jesslind | Sep 6, 2024 | 1
***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Sadly, this episode has Guyladriel in it again… Episode 4 begins in Lindon, where Elrond, the only one with sense on this show, and Guyladriel are gathering up a squad to travel to Eregion. There has been no word from Celebrimbor. Elrond asks if she knows of a...
Read MoreMidnight Sun, a Twilight Animated Series, is Coming to Netflix
In early 2023, it was reported that Lionsgate Television was working on a TV show based on Stephanie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, the 2020 retelling of Twilight from Edward’s point of view. In March of 2024, Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate, announced that it would be an animated series. Reco...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre”
jesslind | Sep 2, 2024 | 1
***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Firstly, the biggest and only positive of this episode: NO GUYLADRIEL!!! The downsides? Númenoreans that do not in any way resemble true Númenoreans, Don Lemonlas/Discount Legolas, and… that little shit Theo. Episode 3 begins with Elendil the Short attempt...
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