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Locke & Key Gets Darker in Second Season, But its Writing is Still as Infuriating as Ever
When Locke & Key arrived last year, I mentioned how exhausting and tired its whimsical, Harry Potter-like approach to a darker source material felt to me. The second season delves deeper into the lore, and thankfully, does bring more darkness…
Night Teeth Squanders a Promising Premise with Too Much Backstory
Night Teeth has a clever and simple premise: Collateral, but with vampires. The premise alone is intriguing, and while the movie has some fun with it, it gets too bogged down with worldbuilding and a perfunctory romance subplot. Benny (Jorge…
Trese Brings Filipino Mythology to Life in First Anime Based on a Filipino Komik
Adapted from a Filipino komik of the same name, Trese is the first anime series originating from the Philippines. It presents a rich, intriguing lore of supernatural creatures and mythical beings, bringing to mind the likes of Supernatural and The…
The Whispering JPEG
Parineeti squinted at the girl in front of her. She had long learned not to judge books by their covers, but she still balked at the air of imperiousness being exuded from this girl. She was rich, beautiful and used…
Stranger Things 3 is An Enjoyable (But Predictable) Nostalgia Trip, Full of Teenage Drama (and Malls)
Stranger Things 3 is a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, it does a good job continuing the story already told in the previous two seasons. The kids are teenagers now, and that means lots of changes, from…