The Witcher Improves in its Second Season, Despite Deviating from its Source Material
When The Witcher was first announced, many were quick to announce it as the next potential Game of Thrones. Its first season, however, was an uneven, narratively messy story that juggled multiple timelines. Since then, there have been a couple…
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the Most Ambitious Peter Parker Story Yet Put to the Big Screen
When the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home came out, it was pretty evident that Marvel was gunning for one of their most ambitious project of all time. Spider-Man: No Way Home is a movie that’s 14 years in the…
Doctor Who: Flux is the Show’s Strongest Season in Recent Years, Despite Containing Many Flaws
Doctor Who hasn’t had the best couple of years. Chris Chibnall’s time as showrunner has garnered a lot of criticism and not a lot of fans. With the impending return of Russell T. Davies to the show, as well as…
Inside Edge Amps Up the Drama in its Third Season (and Also Humanizes its Antagonists)
Inside Edge was one of the first Indian web series to capture the audience’s imagination. It mixed high-voltage cricket with behind-the-scenes dealings such as illegal betting and match-fixing. Arriving after a two-year break, the third season shifts the action to…
The Great Turns into One of the Best Satires on Television in its Second Season
The Great could have stuck to the dynamic established in the first season, but thankfully it embraces the possibilities of the cliffhanger ending and pits Catherine against the world. There are even more egregious departures from history as she tries…
Super Crooks is a Fun Mix of Superheroes and Heist Movies, Successfully Expanding on its Source Material
Although Jupiter’s Legacy was canceled by Netflix shortly after it debuted, its spinoff, Super Crooks, was still announced. Many of the characters from the previous series do appear in Super Crooks, but this is more of a world that’s adjacent…
Cowboy Bebop is a Cheesy Live-Action Adaptation of a Classic Anime that Fails to Impress
Cowboy Bebop is one of those seminal anime series that have remained beloved despite having significantly shorter lengths than shounen mainstays such as Naruto and One Piece. Since being announced, Netflix’s live-action adaptation has been met with cautious optimism, and…
Foundation Tries to Create a Sci-Fi Epic for the Masses to Mixed Results
2021 is truly the year of large-scale sci-fi/fantasy adaptations. We saw Dune in October, then Wheel of Time started in November, not to mention the second season of The Witcher that arrived in December. Foundation, based on the science fiction…
The Last Duel is a Historical Film That Plays with Different Perspectives and Explores the Nature of Truth
Ridley Scott recently blamed the box office failure of The Last Duel on millennials for being too glued to their phone screens. Whether or not that truly is the case, it’s a shame that The Last Duel didn’t get as…
Best Movies of 2021
Another year is now in the history books. 2021 had a lot more movies than 2020 did, and that made it harder to assemble a best movies list. This isn’t an exhaustive list: it’s skewed towards movies that I have…
