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ALTERED CARBON Season 2: An Immersive World Of Death, Colors & Science-Fiction
ALTERED CARBON Season 2: An Immersive World Of Death, Colors & Science-Fiction

Altered Carbon season 2 may not be exactly what season 1 seemed to promise, but in many ways, that’s a good thing.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E4+5) "Unfinished Business" & "Gone With A Trace": Not The Jedi Way
THE CLONE WARS (S7E4+5) “Unfinished Business” & “Gone With A Trace”: Not The Jedi Way

While we’ve followed the bad batch for four episodes now, the reintroduction of Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi helps to signal to us that we’ve arrived at a new plotline.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E9) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1”: Android Reckoning
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E9) “Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1”: Android Reckoning

If the purpose of “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1” was to reassure viewers that all we’ve seen up to this point mattered, well… mission failed.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E8) “Broken Pieces”: Preparing For The End

“Broken Pieces” is an episode that sends everyone on their way to where they’ll need to be in the upcoming two-part finale, but doesn’t do so with any tangible enthusiasm.

CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong
CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong

Castlevania is just as exciting as any season that came before and raises the bar with one of the most shocking penultimate episodes of the entire show.

THE HUNT: The Guns Don’t Misfire, but Everything Else Does
THE HUNT: The Guns Don’t Misfire, But Everything Else Does

The Hunt is a textbook example of trying to force a story into a concept, rather than giving the story its due.

BLOODSHOT: A Laughably Bad Comic Book Film
BLOODSHOT: A Laughably Bad Comic Book Film

Bloodshot attempts to do something “different”, but retains to many of the clichés its predecessors have befallen to.

BACURAU: Written In Blood
BACURAU: Written In Blood

Like last year’s Academy Award-winning Parasite, Bacurau manages to turn the class struggle into inventive entertainment without its overall message losing any of its potency.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E3) "On the Wings of Keerdaks": The Great Escape
THE CLONE WARS (S7E3) “On the Wings of Keerdaks”: The Great Escape

The 3rd episode, “On The Wings of Keerdaks” was just a classic episode of Clone Wars with one thing on the agenda: get out alive. Let’s talk about it.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E7) “Nepenthe”: Old Friends Return
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E7) “Nepenthe”: Old Friends Return

A frustrating continuation of the season, Star Trek: Picard’s “Nepenthe” feels like two halves of the episode are at war with each other.

WHITE SNAKE: The Classic Myth + A Mesh of Hollywood Ideas
WHITE SNAKE 白蛇:緣起: The Classic Myth + A Mesh Of Hollywood Ideas

This telling of White Snake adds an action-fantasy plot to its romance story, and feels like a mesh of other fantasy films you’ve seen before.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E6) "The Impossible Box": A Difficult Reunion
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E6) “The Impossible Box”: A Difficult Reunion

While the 6th episode of Star Trek: Picard makes strides towards the franchise’s core ideas and is significantly more ambitious, it still struggles to know what to do with itself.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) "The Bad Batch" & "A Distant Echo": We're Back!
THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) “The Bad Batch” & “A Distant Echo”: We’re Back!

Before I fell in love with Baby Yoda and the gunslinging world brought to us…

Glasgow Film Festival 2020: PROXIMA: A Moving Portrait Of Motherhood
Glasgow Film Festival 2020: PROXIMA: A Moving Portrait Of Motherhood

With beautiful direction and cinematography, a haunting score, and excellent acting by Eva Green in particular, Proxima is a solemn, slow meditation on motherhood.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E5) "Stardust City Rag": Moving On
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E5) “Stardust City Rag”: Moving On

While “Stardust City Rag” attempts to elevate the series, the whole episode feels tired, limp, and lacking in any coherent vision.