Onward Tries to Marry Emotions and Magic into a Standard Adventure Narrative, with Mixed Results
On the surface, Onward fits the bill for the typical Pixar emotional adventure vehicle. Set in a world once filled with magic that has long since moved onto the convenience of technology, it follows two brothers on a quest for…
Bloodshot: Entertaining (But Unremarkable) Vin Diesel Action Vehicle with Decent Visual Effects
Bloodshot opens like you expect any non Fast and Furious Vin Diesel vehicle to open: with our protagonist Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) striding into a firefight to rescue a hostage. It soon shifts to Garrison meeting with his wife and…
Castlevania Finds Life After Dracula, Delivers Strongest Season Yet in Season Three
Castlevania had a hefty task ahead in season 3: take the story in a new direction after the demise of its main antagonist, Dracula. While this new season is short on introspection, it’s still well paced with plenty of inventive…
Harley Quinn Starts off Strong with its First Season, Balancing Comedy and Character Development
A Harley Quinn show could have gone wrong in a lot of ways. Although she’s a very popular character, she often runs the risk of overexposure like Deadpool does. And there’s the problematic aspect of Harley being in a toxic…
Altered Carbon Season 2 is a Mixed Bag of Kinetic Action and Mundane Storytelling
After an absence of two years, Altered Carbon has returned to Netflix, helmed by both a new lead and a new showrunner. The pacing has been improved with the episode count being trimmed down to a more manageable eight from…
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Breezy Adventure (That’s Mostly Made For Your Kids)
A strange thing happened when I sat down to write this review. Although I had enjoyed Sonic the Hedgehog, when I looked back, it felt like a McDonald’s Happy Meal. It’s pretty good for what it is: a children’s movie…
Locke & Key Mixes Fantasy, Teenage Drama and Horror for its First Season (to Mixed Results)
If you are new to Locke & Key like I am, it might feel like a mishmash of Stranger Things, It and the Haunting of Hill House. Set in a strange mansion with many secrets, it focuses on the Locke…
Birds of Prey is Better Than You Think, Featuring a Robust Cast Anchored by Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn has always had a lot of potential. First introduced in 2016’s Suicide Squad, she’s stood out as a chirpy, somewhat psychotic girlfriend of the clown prince of crime, Joker. In Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation…
Bojack Horseman Ends with a Somber, Heartfelt Look at Bojack’s Past, Hinting at a Hopeful Future
In some ways, Bojack Horseman is one of the last remnants of an earlier era in television: the era of ‘difficult men’. Mad Men ended almost five years ago. Like Don Draper, Bojack Horseman often ends up exercising his power…
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Returns with Strongest Season Yet in Part 3, Filled with Fun, Campiness and Mischief
If you liked the first two seasons of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, then you are going to love Part 3. The first episode, for instance, starts off with a literal journey to hell, and then things get only more gnarly…
