Tag: review

  • TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 5-6

    TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 5-6

    By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 5: Avatar Day – Strong RecommendationChapter 6: The Blind Bandit – Highest Recommendation Directed by Lauren MacMullan (Episode 5), Ethan Spaulding (Episode 6) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 In doing my standard research for this writeup, I was a little shocked to discover that Avatar…

  • TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 1

    TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 1

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kat Coiro Starring Tatiana Maslany, Jameela Jamil, Ginger Gonzaga, Mark Ruffalo TV-14 It’s a little weird that it’s taken this long for another Hulk thing to really get off the ground, huh? Considering Hulk’s status as one of the “founding four” so to speak, his lack of presence…

  • TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 3-4

    TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 3-4

    By Matthew Moocroft Chapter 3: Return to Omashu – Strong RecommendationChapter 4: The Swamp – Strong Recommendation Directed by Ethan Spaulding (Episode 3), Giancarlo Volpe (Episode 4) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 I didn’t talk about her during my last writeup, but let’s talk Azula. Season 2’s biggest contributions…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars Wednesdays: The Last Jedi

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Mark Hamill 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…

  • TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 1-2

    TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Episodes 1-2

    By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 1: The Avatar State – Highest RecommendationChapter 2: The Cave of Two Lovers – Highest Recommendation Directed by Giancarlo Volpe (Episode 1), Lauren MacMullan (Episode 2) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 The first thing you notice about Book 2 is an immediate jump in animation…

  • Film Review: Nope

    Film Review: Nope

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea R Jordan Peele has been seen as a successor to somebody like John Carpenter, while I don’t really buy that – the two of them could not be more different – Peele’s influences in regards to his…

  • Film Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

    Film Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

    By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman PG-13 The first major sequence after the required Marvel Studios intro of Thor: Love and Thunder will immediately clue you in on whether or not this movie will be your cup of tea. Korg, still played by…

  • TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 6

    TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 6

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Hot damn, the sons of bitches did it. Look, the MCU Disney+ finales have become something of a dreadful experience for discourse as most discussion tend to argue over semantics instead of actually talking about the episodes we do end up receiving. While some have been better then others, they…

  • TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 19-20

    TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 19-20

    By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 19: The Siege of the North – Part 1 – Highest RecommendationChapter 20: The Siege of the North – Part 2 – Highest Recommendation Directed by Lauren MacMullan (Episode 19), Dave Filoni (Episode 20) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 And we’re here! Avatar‘s first season…

  • TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 17-18

    TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 17-18

    By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 17: The Northern Air Temple – Strong RecommendationChapter 18: The Waterbending Master – Strong Recommendation Directed by Dave Filoni (Episode 17), Giancarlo Volpe (Episode 18) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 One of the things that’s sometimes hard to remember in world building is the importance…