Kenobi Is Heavily Limited By Its Own Story Conceit Obi-Wan Kenobi is a show hard to review as its own thing. While lately a good chunk of Star Wars is an act of accounting for missing parts in the timeline and universe, Kenobi has especially little space to experiment—its plot is so heavily stuck by… Read More »
Foundation Has Such An Incredible Sci-Fi Premise To review Foundation, I must reveal my lack of foreknowledge. I’ve not read the books; I’ve heard amazing things and that they’re a seminal work of science fiction, but never ventured there myself. I probably should now: if they’re better than this show, they’re probably incredible. And with… Read More »
Andor Pushes This Franchise In Unique Directions Perhaps the most notable thing about Andor is how immediately it establishes itself as different from the usual Star Wars fare. What little I’ve seen of more recent Mandalorian projects suggests this isn’t an isolated affair, but it is to me. The morally gray nature of the plot… Read More »
It’s been a long time since the first season of The Mandalorian came out. And, while I finish tackling reviewing some of the newer Disney+ Star Wars entries, let’s look back at what worked in the first three episodes and how much the series has (or hasn’t) changed. Originally Published: December 16th, 2019 Disney +… Read More »
[embedded content] Lockwood & Co. Is So Much Better Than Expected I dismissed Lockwood & Co. during my first exposure to it. A random segment of the show I walked past didn’t impress me. But now, having seen the first three episodes, I must admit how wrong I was. This is not only one of… Read More »
Thor: Love and Thunder Needed Way Fewer Jokes I’m late to the party to review Thor: Love and Thunder. So late that I’ve been spoiled somewhat by consensus. Going in, I knew people didn’t like the goats and that the comedy was apparently overbearing. But nowhere had I heard about how structurally and tonally off… Read More »
[embedded content] Kid Cosmic Got So Much Better With Each Season Almost two years ago to the day, I reviewed Kid Cosmic. I said I wasn’t planning on continuing the show. Well, apparently, I lied. While eating dinner one day, I pulled it up and basically binged. I’ve now finished the series. As far as… Read More »
Strange World Is Clearly An Artistic Labor Of Love Strange World wears its influences on its sleeve, and it informs a ton of the movie’s pacing, sense of adventure, and how it approaches danger in any scene. It’s based on old-school pulp comics, novels, and radio plays—even as someone who didn’t grow up with that… Read More »
The School for Good and Evil Has Lots To Like In It The School for Good and Evil is a fun fantasy movie with a surprising amount of narrative depth while also being goofy, self-indulgent, and occasionally seriously questionable. I’ll spend some time ragging on it, mostly for its botched train wreck of an ending,… Read More »
Now it’s time for the negativity. The stuff I least enjoyed reviewing. I’ve sandwiched this part between two positive articles, so we don’t end this retrospective on a low note. Now, of course, media is mostly subjective, and sometimes I even warm up to stuff I gave a bad or lukewarm review to before. Stuff… Read More »