Tag: streaming
REVIEW: The Idol – Season 1 (2023)
Recently The Idol hit HBO and the newly rebranded Max streaming service. Created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson and starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, this series follows popstar Jocelyn (Depp) as she spirals out of control in the wake of her mother’s d...
Read MoreNew Ahsoka Trailer Enters Training
Today, Lucasfilm released another trailer for the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka. Check it out here: I have some problems with this one. Sabine having Ezra’s lightsaber doesn’t bother me; I’ve seen some complain about this, but she did train with the Darsksaber, and Ezra left her b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Nimona (2023)
Nimona has had an interesting path to the screen. This adaptation of ND Stevenson’s graphic novel began life at Blue Sky Studios, best known for animated comedies like Ice Age and Rio. The film was 70% complete when Disney purchased the studio and scrapped Nimona. A year later, Annapurna a...
Read MoreREVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 3, “Betrayed”
“Betrayed” is the episode that comes in seemingly every Disney+ Marvel show: the turn. It’s where something that was either enjoyable or looked like it might be great reveals itself for the undercooked, politically skewed, poorly plotted, character-destroying pablum it really is. And, as alway...
Read MoreGreta Gerwig Will Adapt The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix
The New Yorker has revealed that Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women) will write and direct at least two movies adapting C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia books. These films are being made by Netflix, which obtained the IP in 2018. Gerwig is currently doing press for Barbie, her latest film. T...
Read MoreREVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 2, “Promises”
With its second episode, “Promises,” Secret Invasion gets even more intriguing, wrapping itself comfortably in the espionage tropes it introduced last week and introducing shades of gray for all the main characters. There’s a subtlety to this show that other Marvel productions don’t have, es...
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