Indiana Jones and The Great Circle (2024) Review
The Great Circle is crafted with a true reverence for Indiana Jones; folding the very essence of the original trilogy of movies into every facet of its production while endeavouring to deepen the source material rather than shamelessly replicate it. The writing doesn’t always stick the landing, nor is it the most mechanically creative title…
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The Acolyte (2024) Review
The superficial novelty of its setting and a few fancy fight scenes can’t save The Acolyte from its lacklustre dialogue and slew of half-hearted performances which only continue to drag down an already unimpressive script, and as the series meanders on it becomes clear that it is little more than a vehicle for its showrunner…
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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024) Review
This Dark Side spin on 2022’s Clone Wars-style anthology series might push the envelope on its patented artstyle even further, but it doesn’t manage to offer up anything more substantial than its predecessor with another miniscule batch of episodes that unnecessarily fill out gaps in the stories of characters I don’t care all that much…
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 (2024) Review
The final season of The Bad Batch rights many wrongs of the Clone Wars continuation’s prior entries; offering further insights into its main cast of characters and finally doing away with the unnecessary adventure-of-the-week format that held back the show’s wider plot development. However, Season 3 remains far from perfect thanks to an overarching story…
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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024) Review
In a disappointing turn of events, the most anticipated of the Walking Dead sequel shows has proven to be the worst of the bunch; offering a story that, beyond providing a smattering of cool moments here and there, somehow manages to be devoid of both meaningful plot development and enough room to deliver its existing…
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Reacher Season 2 (2023-2024) Review
While it once again delivers a solid mystery as a backdrop for further exploring its titular character, the second season of Reacher ultimately feels like a step down from its predecessor thanks to a misused supporting cast, lacklustre payoffs and a dwindling sense of identity. It’s not a bad season of television by any stretch…
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Poor Things (2023) Review
Poor Things wows in its beginning with a fantastic premise and an enchanting aesthetic, but cracks begin to show as it becomes more and more apparent that the film offers far more lazily prescribed style than tangible substance as it descends into an increasingly muddled mess of vague thematic subtext and increasingly eye-rolling rhetoric. This…
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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (2023) Review
The three-part event celebrating Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary proves that the series is well and truly dead, and even with the return of cast and crew from the show’s glory days, it seems the once beloved tentpole of British television is beyond salvation. Comprised of uninspiring, one-shot stories with no overarching narrative; the three episodes…
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Wonka (2023) Review
Unnecessary as it might seem on paper, in execution Wonka is a surprisingly enjoyable adventure that takes you back to the whimsical world of Roald Dahl’s fictional chocolatier through its kooky characters and theatrical feel. Still, a disappointing third act and an unfulfilling take on the titular character means it doesn’t always hit the mark,…
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Napoleon (2023) Review
Boasting visceral recreations of his most famous battles, and a well-paced examination of his rise and fall from power, Napoleon does well to portray its titular character’s history through the lens of the French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars, but a concerted effort to paint him as a snivelling, socially inept oddball tears the film…
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