Echo Season One (2023) Paul Brian McCoy January 10, 2024 All Binge... No Purge, Reviews, TV Marvel’s latest Disney+ offering, Echo, isn’t as bad as the online kneejerk reactors are saying. It’s not great either, though. There are two main reasons for this, both linked directly to the way...
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) Nate Zoebl December 23, 2023 Movies, Reviews, TV Creating an original sci-fi/fantasy universe is hard work. It involves bringing to life an entire new universe of characters, worlds, back-stories, rules, conflicts, cultures, and classes. There’s a reason...
Babylon 5 Complete Series Blu-ray Review Paul Brian McCoy December 9, 2023 DVD/Blu-ray, Reviews, TV Per FTC obligations: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this post. The opinions I share are my own. THE SHOW Babylon 5 was a groundbreaking...
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) Peterson Hill October 23, 2023 Reviews, TV Mike Flanagan has built a small empire at Netflix. Consistently using a troupe of actors that slip in and out of his projects. The Fall of the House of Usher is his most ambitious work to date. Drawing from...
The Sandman (2022) Jeffrey Roth August 11, 2022 Reviews, TV Despite the huge amount of source material and the weighty concepts within, The Sandman pulls in newcomers and fans alike.
13 Days of Halloween Day 3: Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021) Paul Brian McCoy October 27, 2021 Reviews, TV Visually and narratively, Brand New Cherry Flavor is a cornucopia of color, textures, gore, sexuality, and satire.
13 Days of Halloween Day 7: 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) Mike Burr October 23, 2021 Reviews, TV The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is a legitimately bad cartoon, but it’s also close to Halloween, has Vincent Price and is currently being offered on Amazon Prime.
Midnight Mass (2021) Peterson Hill September 24, 2021 Reviews, TV Yes, Midnight Mass is a tale of terror, but Flanagan almost exclusively reserves that for the final episode.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League: A Review, Comparison, and Breakdown Paul Brian McCoy March 24, 2021 Movies, Reviews, TV Without a doubt, Zack Snyder's Justice League is the better film than Josstice League could have ever hoped to be.
The Boys Season 2 – Episodes 1-3 Paul Brian McCoy September 6, 2020 Reviews, TV So after the first three episodes of Season Two, The Boys is shaping up to be one of the best superhero shows on television. Again.
Palm Springs (2020) Nate Zoebl July 16, 2020 Movies, Reviews, TV Palm Springs is a delightful new sci-fi rom-com bursting with imagination.
Space Force: Be Best … In Space The Final Girl July 10, 2020 Reviews, TV Space Force gives us five hours of comedy, where we can fantasize about a life that doesn’t so closely resemble hell.
Chernobyl and the Age of Misinformation Jose San Mateo July 8, 2020 Shot for Shot, TV In these chaotic times with a global pandemic as backdrop to ongoing protests about racial inequality and police brutality it's the HBO miniseries Chernobyl that keeps returning to mind.
Life, Love, and Sing Yesterday for Me Jose San Mateo June 12, 2020 Reviews, TV Sing Yesterday for Me follows four characters intertwined by love in its various forms.
The Last Days of American Crime (2020) Nate Zoebl June 10, 2020 Movies, Reviews, TV The Last Days of American Crime is a staggering waste of 150 minutes.
Carole and Tuesday Jose San Mateo June 5, 2020 Reviews, TV Carole & Tuesday is science fiction at its best, using the thread of music to give us a snapshot of the future.
Hi Score Girl Jose San Mateo June 4, 2020 Reviews, TV Hi Score Girl, one of the many popular anime titles Netflix has picked up, leans heavily into nostalgia for its appeal.
Advance Review: Watchmen – An HBO Limited Series Blu-ray Paul Brian McCoy June 1, 2020 DVD/Blu-ray, Reviews, TV So HBO’s Watchmen has the almost impossible job of telling a new story in this world without losing the flavor of the original comic.
Verotika (2020) Nate Zoebl May 28, 2020 Reviews, TV With every conceivable level of filmmaking and storytelling, Verotika shows that Danzig is not remotely ready for the big screen.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Jose San Mateo May 22, 2020 Reviews, TV Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 isn’t a bad show; it just doesn’t work.