The Adam Project Uses A Lot Of Well-Worn Tropes I will not say The Adam Project is a unique movie. Barring a few moments of extreme narrative creativity, it’s got all the tropes you’d expect and runs through them with a blistering pace. No, The Adam Project won’t surprise you—but it will surely entertain you.… Read More »
(With season two already out, I figured it was as good a time as any to bring back my original review of this complex and clever series. If you’ve not caught up, this might convince you.) Originally Published: June 8th, 2020 Upload was on my watch list for months before it arrived. As soon as… Read More »
The Magnus Archives Was Something Very Special The Magnus Archives is a podcast—and after 200 episodes, I’ve listened to the whole thing. Twice before, I’ve spoken about the series and how it progressed, and now we can bring the talk home to roost. Spoilers for the entire series ahead. Now, there’s no point in going… Read More »
Centaurworld Got So Much Better As It Progressed I watched the entirety of Centaurworld after the review. The madness I spoke many words about wouldn’t leave my mind, and the inherent darkness of the series intrigued me. Now, after finishing the last episode of the last season, crying and almost dropping my jaw, I have… Read More »
The Cuphead Show! Revises A Mostly Dead Genre The Cuphead Show! is an anomaly in the modern media landscape. Not because it’s a cartoon adaptation of a video game—that’s becoming a lot less rare. No, The Cuphead Show! is unique because it’s a classic cartoon made in the modern day. And when I say classic,… Read More »
(I’ve rewatched the second arc of this series so many times, especially the big battle during the season finale. It’s become media comfort food. If you like anime, you need to see this show.) Originally Published: December 18th, 2019 [embedded content] JelloApocalypse is a gifted comedic voice actor, and a maker of quite a few… Read More »
Encanto Is Devastatingly Beautiful and So Heartfelt Encanto is peak cinema. That’s a hot take, but it’s hard to argue against a movie made with this level of care, skill, and storytelling effort. Top to bottom, moment to moment, I’ve not seen a movie this holistically perfect in a long time. Now, that last comment… Read More »
The House Has Heavy Commentary On Something The House is an interpretive art piece. The creators had a point to make, and a message to send—but I’ve yet to figure out what that message was. It was like being screamed at in a foreign language you almost know well enough to understand. This level of… Read More »
The Wheel of Time Doesn’t Impress Nearly Enough Watching The Wheel of Time is a real-time game of deciding whether the show will do something cool, or rote and overplayed. The series ping-pongs between these two modes with such regularity it’s almost baffling. But before we go into that, I must address something: I haven’t… Read More »
To Watch Centaurworld Is To Stare Into Pure Chaos I don’t understand Centaurworld. It defies comprehension to such a degree I want to investigate creator interviews or production notes. Somehow, such a show was allowed to be made and then given this extreme level of care and budget. Let me start with the good, so… Read More »