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TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Starring Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, Fawad Khan TV-14 For starters, this review is coming from a perspective of somebody who knows very little, if anything at all, about the Partition. While I have some vague knowledge of the event just from what a Pakistani…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Force Awakens
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Harrison Ford PG-13 Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…
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Box Office Report: ‘Minions’ Breaks Fourth of July Records With $108 million
By Matthew Moorcroft While it’s been rough for animated films recently, Minions: The Rise of Gru ended up overperforming in it’s opening weekend and letting animation have a much needed win. Let’s break it down. 1 – Minions: The Rise of Gru ($108 million) Initially predicted for $60-80 million in it’s opening weekend, Minions‘ lowball…
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TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 15-16
By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 15: Bato of the Water Tribe – Strong RecommendationChapter 16: The Deserter – Highest Recommendation Directed by Giancarlo Volpe (Episode 15), Lauren MacMullan (Episode 16) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 I think there is an aversion to message episodes that I don’t understand in a…
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Starring Iman Vellani, Zenobia Shroff, Aramis Knight, Farhan Akhtar TV-14 Shifting locations in the middle of your show is always going to be a hard thing to pull off, but it’s especially difficult when your show’s location is essential to it’s identity like Ms. Marvel. Part…
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Box Office Report: ‘Elvis’ Barely Defeats ‘Maverick’ In Competitive Weekend
By Matthew Moorcroft In this later then usual report, Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick are nearly neck and neck as the two must now face off into the 4th of July weekend. Let’s break it down. 1 – Elvis ($31.2 million) Props to Warner Bros., whose extensive marketing campaign aimed at older audiences paid off…
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TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 13-14
By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 13: The Blue Spirit – Highest RecommendationChapter 14: The Fortuneteller – Strong Recommendation Directed by Dave Filoni Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 The Blue Spirit is an episode that really only could have worked right after last episode as it once again taps into the…
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Meena Menon Starring Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff TV-14 Ok, I’m fully on board now. Not to say that I completely wasn’t prior to this, as Ms. Marvel has been very clear in it’s high quality since the beginning, but as we move into the…
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TV Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Episodes 5-6
By Matthew Moorcroft Part V – Strong RecommendationPart VI – Strong Recommendation Directed by Deborah Chow Starring Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivian Lyra Blair, Hayden Christensen TV-14 Did Obi-Wan Kenobi really need to exist? This is the question that has loomed over this series’ head the entire time and promised to be answered once the…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: Return of the Jedi
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Richard Marquand Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and…
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