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Film Review: Spiderhead
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich R For those who don’t follow film production (aka normal people), Spiderhead is what we call the “low budget freebie”. Joseph Kosinski knew he basically had a free pass to make whatever movie he wanted after filming…
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Meera Menon Starring Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff TV-14 When you start making as many superhero projects as the MCU does, it starts to become harder and harder to make them seem different from each other. This is a side effect of superhero stories tending…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Empire Strikes Back
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation 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 if people are interested. These will work differently from my normal reviews as they…
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TV Review: First Kill, Episode 1-2
By Matthew Moorcroft Episode 1 (First Kiss) – Solid RecommendationEpisode 2 (First Blood) – Weak Recommendation Directed by Jet Wilkinson Starring Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise TV-MA The first thing to know about First Kill, the new lesbian romance from Netflix and author Victoria Schwab, is that it’s camp. So much…
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TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 5-6
By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 5: The King of Omashu – Strong RecommendationChapter 6: Imprisoned – Strong Recommendation Directed by Anthony Lioi (Episode 5), Dave Filoni (Episode 6) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Andre Sogliuzzo TV-Y7 One of the benefits of episodic television that seems to be lost nowadays is the existence of…
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TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 3-4
By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 3: The Southern Air Temple – Highest RecommendationChapter 4: The Warriors of Kyoshi – Strong Recommendation Directed by Lauren MacMullan (Episode 3), Giancarlo Volpe (Episode 4) Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 “You can’t hide it from him forever,” Sokka warns Katara as she hides the…
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TV Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Episodes 1-2
By Matthew Moorcroft Chapter 1: The Boy in the Iceberg – Strong RecommendationChapter 2: The Avatar Returns – Strong Recommendation Directed by Dave Filoni Starring Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco TV-Y7 It’s probably pointless to really dive into Avatar: The Last Airbender this late in the game. It’s onne of the…
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah Starring Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur TV-14 Going into Ms. Marvel was accompanied by nail-biting and worry beyond any MCU project thus far. Even outside of the fact that this was an important project to get right, early marketing…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: A New Hope
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness 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 books…
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TV Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Episodes 3-4
By Matthew Moorcroft Part III – Strong RecommendationPart IV – Solid Recommendation Directed by Deborah Chow Starring Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivian Lyra Blair, Hayden Christensen TV-14 Star Wars has a Vader problem. This is less so an indictment against the character, far from it. I enjoy his presence well enough and when he’s done…
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