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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Neil Druckmann Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Christine Hakim TV-MA “Bomb the whole city.” Those are the chilling words delivered at the cold open of this episode, and it’s fitting then that, in the same episode, it ends in a massive explosion to wipe out a…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Craig Mazin Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Nico Parker, Anna Trov TV-MA The discourse surrounding so called “cinematic video games” is so pervasive nowadays that it’s genuinely hard to remember a time where The Last of Us, originally released in 2013, was seen as revolutionary achievement. And while…
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TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Anu Valia Starring Tatiana Maslany, Jameela Jamil, Ginger Gonzaga, Renee Elise Goldsberry TV-14 Out of every MCU shows we’ve had so far, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is the hardest to sustain a conversation about. Not because it’s bad, mind you – the show, as a whole, continues to…
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TV Review: Andor Season 1, Episode 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Susanna White Starring Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgard TV-14 While it’s explosive three-episode premiere showcased Andor‘s slow burn approach and how effective it is, Aldhani slows things back a bit to sit down with the cast. So far the strength of Andor has been it’s…
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TV Review: Andor Season 1, Episodes 1-3
By Matthew Moorcroft Episode 1 – Highest RecommendationEpisode 2 – Strong RecommendationEpisode 3 – Highest Recommendation Directed by Toby Haynes Starring Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Fiona Shaw, Stellan Skarsgard TV-14 I’ll get around to it eventually – Star Wars Wednesdays aren’t dead, I promise guys – but Rogue One is a movie that I consistently…
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TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Anu Valia Starring Tatiana Maslany, Jameela Jamil, Ginger Gozaga, Josh Segarra TV-14 After being introduced briefly in the first episode, Jameela Jamil finally makes her big entrance into the fray. While initially advertised as the main villain of the piece, Jamil’s role as the arrogant and vain Titania…
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TV Revew: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kat Coiro Starring Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, Rhys Coiro, Benedict Wong TV-14 It’s actually refreshing to see a series like She-Hulk pretty much eschew any perceptions about what it wants to be about. So many of these MCU shows – hell, streaming shows in general if we are…
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TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kat Coiro Starring Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, Benedict Wong, Tim Roth TV-14 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…
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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…
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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…
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