Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Closing out the franchise, Violet Evergarden: The Movie gives Violet the closure she has desperately needed and the tears you expect.
Adventure
The adventure tag features those who travel beyond their home, or hometown, to find themselves, others, or something of great value.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation may get to be a bit much at times, with its ecchi, but beyond that, it is one of the most consistent quality shows we’ve seen in a long time.
Tribes of Europa: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Tribes of Europa does well in getting you interested in a post-apocalypse Europe, but more so in how the world and cultures shifted than its characters.
Cherry (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
While Cherry is too damn long, Tom Holland, and especially Ciara Bravo, present the most beautiful, f***ed up love story you might watch for a while.
Chaos Walking (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Chaos Walking doesn’t necessarily utilize Daisy Ridley to its best, but Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, and David Oyelowo compensate for that.
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Raya and the Last Dragon acts as a reminder Disney can still make impactful original productions that will not only make you cry but be added to their collection of classics.
Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry acts as a reminder of not only the brilliance of Eilish, but of her age, frailty, and how a small team made a world-renowned artist.
Tribes of Europa: Season 1 Episode 1 “Chapter 1” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Netflix has a new epic on its hands and considering the vast and complicated world in Tribes of Europa, there is more going for it than against it.
A Writer’s Odyssey (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
If you’re missing the big-budget productions Hollywood is too scared to release theatrically, A Writer’s Odyssey can help you with your fix.
Mayday (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mayday touches on the personal war one has within themselves and every single voice or person we see as holding us back – including our own.
How It Ends (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
How It Ends combines a drama about reconciliation before the end of the world and all the eccentric people you’d expect to see getting high before everyone dies.
The Marksman (2021) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite The Marksman’s name and Liam Neeson starring, it is perhaps one of his least violent, most talkative movies yet.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 4 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comes to an end, and, honestly, you’re reminded more so of where the series went wrong than what it did right.
Redo of Healer: Season 1 Episode 1 “The Healer Starts Over!” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Redo of Healer is a revenge story that may make you think of The Rising of the Shield Hero, but this is far more graphic, violent, and Keyaru’s revenge is active.
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets is draining, beautiful, yet a reminder that there is no instant cure or end to the struggle of making progress. Sometimes just an occasional reprieve.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 Episode 1 “Jobless Reincarnation” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is a reincarnated/transported to another world anime featuring ecchi, magic, and a notable amount of potential.
Pinocchio (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Based on the 1883 Italian The Adventures of Pinocchio, this version of Pinocchio is dark, maybe not the best for kids, but so weird that it’s good.
Wonder Woman 1984 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Wonder Woman 1984 desires to sidestep what a lot of superhero movies do by focusing more on romance and reminding us the villains aren’t truly evil, they’re actually disenfranchised.
Soul – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Like most Pixar films, Soul bridges what is expected from animated films aimed at children and the type of stories that can bring adults to tears.
His Dark Materials: Season 2 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While the men of His Dark Materials are borderline liabilities to the show’s greatness, the women, more than enough, make up for what nearly every male character lacks.
Monster Hunter – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Monster Hunter is mostly action, very little plot, and very little character development.
Songbird – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Songbird ignores whether producing a COVID romance is inappropriate and doesn’t even deliver a good enough relationship to never mind its ill-taste.
Superintelligence – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Superintelligence follows the usual Melissa McCarthy movie formula, so as long as you’re a fan of hers, you’ll enjoy the film.
Come Away (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
If you came to this film hoping for a Black version of Alice In Wonderland and Peter Pan, prep to be disappointed.
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Lovecraft Country: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
“Lovecraft Country” continues the burgeoning tradition of, within the fantasy/horror genre, embedding Black stories to bring America’s shameful history back to life.
Love and Monsters (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
“Love and Monsters” reminds you Dylan O’Brien is one of this generation’s top action stars and will likely be the one people compare others to in the future.
Raised By Wolves: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While “Raised By Wolves” starts off with so much promise, by the end of season 1, nearly every bit of its potential is lost.
Jiang Ziya (2020) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Like “Ne Zha,” “Jiang Ziya” feels like an epic that can appeal to children but doesn’t lose the adults watching in the process.
Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
“Secret Society of Second-Born Royals” won’t ease your MCU fix, but it’s good enough on its own to want to see more.
Enola Holmes (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
When it comes to “Enola Holmes,” it never escapes its association with Sherlock Holmes, and thus struggles with establishing itself beyond Sherlock’s shadow.
Unpregnant (2020) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
A film about a young woman trying to get an abortion and keeping it from everyone due to imposed shame – yet it is also a comedy.
DTF (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I want you to imagine a documentary in which the subject goes out of their way to go against everything agreed upon and is hellbent on chaos. That’s DTF.
Freaks – You’re One of Us (2020) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Freaks – You’re One of Us lays the groundwork for a potential superhero franchise, just on a smaller scale than what we often see.
Lovecraft Country: Season 1 Episode 1 “Sundown” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review with Spoilers
Unless you’ve grown tired of this new sub-genre of Black horror, mainly focused on the psychological effects of racism, you’ll find Lovecraft Country to be a wild ride.
Spree – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
You’ll either weirdly find Spree funny, disgusting, or something which might make you paranoid about ever using a ridesharing app ever again.
Black Is King (2020) – Review/ Summary
“Black Is King” belongs in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and is another example of Beyoncé setting hard to follow precedents.
Liza, Liza, Skies are Grey – Review/ Summary
Thanks to a series of rather strange events, “Liza, Liza, Skies are Grey” loses its chance to be a cute teen romance.
Cursed: Season 1 Episode 1 “Nimue” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review with Spoilers
While it may not be what die-hard fantasy fans want or need, there is enough in “Cursed” to hold you over until something with a bit more oomph comes around.
The Old Guard (2020) – Review and Summary (Spoilers)
“The Old Guard” gives you the summer blockbuster you’d expect to see in theaters from the comfort of your home.
