Tag: review

  • TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 3

    TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 3

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation So they go straight for the jugular huh? She-Hulk: Attorney at Law literally opens this recent episode with a not so subtle jab at the sexist backlash the show received as soon it was announced, and the rest of the episode continues that same level of “we literally don’t care,…

  • Film Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Film Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by George Miller Starring Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Burcu Golgedar R Three Thousand Years of Longing starts off with two clashing tones off the bat that reflect the bizarre sensibilities of it’s director. On the one hand, you have an intimate character drama that’s more similar to…

  • Film Review: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

    Film Review: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Tetsuro Kodama Starring Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Miyu Irino, Ryo Horikawa PG-13 While the size of franchises like the MCU and Star Wars can be daunting to some people, overseas in Japan the Dragon Ball franchise is equally as dominate and has been for sometime. At 21 films…

  • TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 2

    TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 2

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kat Coiro Starring Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gozaga, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Roth TV-14 Now that the origin is out of the way, we can get into the swing of things! Well, almost. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has the She-Hulk portion of the out way, but now it needs to…

  • 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…