**This review may contain minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Spinning off from “The Batman” with one of the film’s standout characters, “The Penguin” is a surprisingly strong crime drama that focuses on a villain. And while it works on its own merits, the lack of a Batman appearance (or any other major… Read More »
**This review may contain minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube With a good concept and a strong cast, “Agatha All Along” pulls off its basic concept and is a good follow-up to “WandaVision,” however a handful of loose ends and subplots that feel half-baked somewhat deflate the show. Picking up after the finale… Read More »
**This review contains some SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Featuring a story placed in an era only recently explored in Star Wars, some intriguing new characters, and a murder mystery plot, “The Acolyte” had potential to be a solid new entry to the franchise. But due in part to a poorly constructed story,… Read More »
**This review contains some minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube In what turned out to be its final season, “Star Trek: Discovery” embarked on a quest that promised to tie up a decades-old loose-end while delivering a fun, new adventure. And while season 5 works surprisingly-well as a final season despite not being… Read More »
**This review contains some minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Like its lead character was once described, “Echo” exists between two worlds. It wants to be a drama and a superhero show. It wants to be grounded in reality and be supernatural. It’s longer than a movie and but it’s also a very… Read More »
**This review contains some minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Coming in hot from the conclusion of season 1, “Loki” season 2 takes a big detour to tell a seemingly more mundane story. Thanks to fun characters and the show’s trademark quirkiness, it’s a fun watch, but it lacks momentum and urgency till… Read More »
**This review contains some minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube In its fourth and final season, the always quirky “Doom Patrol” stumbles with disjointed storytelling and a bit too many moments of character arc regressions to tell an impactful final story. However, the characters’ have their emotional connection to the audience and their… Read More »
**This review contains some SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Continuing off from where the “Rebels” left off, “Ahsoka” works well as a stand-in for continuing that animated series, and while it does a good job of paying off threads for fans of that show, it doesn’t quite do enough to stand as its… Read More »
**This review may contain minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube In its second season, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” continues to excel with the best of classic Trek storytelling and gives us serialized stories coupled with strong, season-long character arcs. Like the original “Star Trek” and “The Next Generation”, “Strange New Worlds” features… Read More »
**This review may contain minor SPOILERS** Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube With a watered-down version of the classic comic book story, minimal action, and mostly low-stakes danger, “Secret Invasion” is pretty much the definition of the word “meh.” On paper, the plot should sound familiar to those aware of the comic book version of… Read More »