Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: Amphibia – Season 3, Episode 9, “Froggy Little Christmas”
*SPOILERS* In “Froggy Little Christmas,” Mrs. Boonchuy is elated when the city offers her a spot in the annual Christmas parade. However, she feels she has to turn down the opportunity she’s dreamed of to keep a low profile for the Plantars. However, Anne sees this as her chance to...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice Season 4: Phantoms – Episodes 8 and 9, “I Know Why the Caged Cat Sings” and “Odnu!”
*SPOILERS* “I Know Why the Caged Cat Sings” begins in the fallout of “The Lady, or The Tigress?” as Artemis and her crew get swarmed by Lady Shiva’s followers. Cassandra/Orphan finally frees herself, taking out the lights, and a big fight ensues. When the lights come ba...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 3 “Echoes”
“Echoes” is the most frustrating kind of episode. On the one hand, it’s easily the best Hawkeye’s been yet and has some excellent character work and a fun action sequence. However, it’s also got the show’s shortcomings in full effect, and the contrast teases what Hawkeye could have and s...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 3 “Armageddon Part 3”
The beginning of “Armageddon Part 3” scared me. I thought we were bracing for the return of one of my most hated, played-out superhero tropes, something The Flash has done several times (and several times too many). Instead, the third chapter in the miniseries surprised me by arguing against thi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 2 “Hide and Seek”
“Hide and Seek,” the second part of Hawkeye’s premiere twofer, takes one step forward and two steps back. It’s a big improvement in the acting department, but it’s also a meandering drag with a silly sidequest for Clint and plodding melodrama for Kate. And it gives us our first indication ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 1 “Never Meet Your Heroes”
Hawkeye, Marvel’s latest Diseny+ series aimed at replacing one of their beloved heroes with a new… sorry, I mean expanding their already expansive cinematic universe in new and exciting ways, has dropped. (In doing so, it’s made me break my tradition of avoiding Christmas-related activities ti...
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