Altered Carbon: Resleeved is High on Slick Action (and Low on Character Development)
Altered Carbon: Resleeved has many elements of a typical Takeshi Kovacs story. Kovacs finds himself in a new military grade sleeve, hired by a meth named Tanaseda Hideki to protect a young tattooist named Holly Togram and find out what…
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…
Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker is Spectacular, but Also Predictable
After Star Wars: The Last Jedi, J.J. Abrams was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He had to keep the ball rolling after Rian Johnson had subverted several plot threads and set his own play into motion, all…
Terminator: Dark Fate is a Decent Follow-Up to a Long-Languishing Franchise
The Terminator series is one of those franchises which never quite lived up to their glory days, like The Predator or Jurassic Park. People have tried almost everything with the franchise: trying to recapture T2: Judgement Day’s action movie dynamic,…
Ad Astra Tells a Haunting Sci-Fi Narrative, Anchored by a Strong Brad Pitt Performance
Ad Astra (which is Latin for “to the stars”) rests firmly on the shoulders of Brad Pitt to carry it from start to finish. Directed by James Gray, it’s a slow, meditative story that focuses on personal stakes wrought large…
Men in Black: International is Fun, but Feels Pointless and Inconsequential
Does anyone want to see a Men in Black sequel at this point? The second film was a dud and while the third film was marginally better, at this point it feels dated. Men in Black: International tries to revitalize…
Doctor Who Series 11 Has a Lot More Misses than Hits, Despite Whitaker’s Best Efforts
It was a safe bet going in that Doctor Who Series 11 was going to be unlike most seasons it was following. The arrival of a new showrunner, Chris Chibnall, and the start of Jodie Whitaker’s turn as the Doctor…