Fear Street 1978 Doesn’t Have The Same Charm Well, I was right about Fear Street: Part Two – 1978 on all points. It’s the blood-soaked, overly sexual pastiche that does a lot of strong character work propelled by excellent actors that I expected. There are notable differences, though. And they’re mostly bad. The good is… Read More »
Fear Street Is The Slasher For Fans New and Old Well, since Fear Street put their movies into three parts, we’ll be doing a series of reviews to cover this nostalgic property. I’ve yet to see anything beyond the first movie and will be reviewing them as I watch them—and then perhaps a fourth overview… Read More »
(I’m still not seeing enough of these subgenres coming out, so, to somehow influence things, I’m bringing back this article from earlier this year. – Brandon Scott) Originally Published: Feburary 26th, 2021 As more media comes out, and people consume more of it, niche subgenres form. One person comes up with some twist on a… Read More »
The Magnus Archives Gets Somehow Even Better Four months ago, I reviewed The Magnus Archives. I’d only listened to ten or so episodes and thought I understood how the series would go. Now, approaching the 100th episode, I’ve gone deep into the series, its lore, and eagerly await what’s coming next—both what I’ve spoiled for… Read More »
The Owl House Only Got Better With A 2nd Season My biases for Owl House on the table: I was so excited about everything I’d heard coming out of the show that I’d seen so many spoilers before I sat down to review the first three episodes of the second season. There would have to… Read More »
Monsters at Work Is Not The Show We All Wanted If nothing else, Monsters at Work is impressive because they got so many members of the old voice cast back. It’s a delight to hear Billy Crystal reprise his role. However, we must look past that nostalgia and see it as a new show. And,… Read More »
(This is perhaps the most evergreen article I’ve ever written. It is always relevant. And, since a lot of our readers are writers, it seemed worthwhile to bring it to the attention of anyone new to the site. – Brandon Scott) Originally Published: October 5th, 2020 [embedded content] Brandon Sanderson Is Amazing And Entertaining I… Read More »
Loki Keeps On Getting Better The More You Watch This review of Loki might be shorter than a usual show review. During my initial impressions (if I may have this ego trip), I was spot on with how the series would feel. But what I’d failed to guess was how far they would take this… Read More »
[embedded content] Frequent readers will be familiar with my love of Magic: The Gathering. But I’ve recently been playing the Pokémon TCG. And, for your entertainment, I’ll dispense some of my initial impressions of the game. People who know the game well, please enjoy laughing at my ignorance. For people interested in playing for the… Read More »
Ready to see why I picked the cards I did for this Mythic rank deck? Well, let’s go! Young Pyromancer 2x: The importance of continuous pressure is so high I like a couple of Young Pyromancers to smooth out hands I would otherwise have to mulligan. It’s not nearly as good as the birds but… Read More »