In-depth and detailed reviews of movies, shows, games, anime, comics, books, and all other media. Critiquing questionable content, praising things that were well written, directed, edited, etc. (May have spoilers!)
Sex Education is back, and it hit the ground running! This season brings our favourite Brits a lot of joy and a lot of heartbreak, and reminds them that their healing is in their own hands. Kicking things off, we learn that since his initial experience with “hand to gland combat,” Otis has developed a…
Continue reading ➞ Sex Education: A Season Of Choices & Consequences
Having already received a fair amount of backlash from Muslim viewers following the release of its trailer, Messiah , on Netflix (aired January 1, 2010) is an interesting watch. The show stars Mehdi Dehbi as the titular Al-Masih and Michelle Monaghan as the CIA agent tasked with deciphering if Dehbi really is who he claims…
Continue reading ➞ Con Man or Christ: Netflix’s Messiah Review (No Spoilers)
The stakes for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker are about as high as they can get for any movie. It's the ninth and apparently final installment in the widely beloved Skywalker saga, part of a globally popular franchise spanning 40 years, eleven movies and TV shows, books, video games—the full works. Such a film…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: A Rushed Journey to Little Reward
© Secret Cinema - Luke Dyson In a secret London location, the world of Stranger Things has faithfully been brought to life unlike anyway it has been before and it’s been done in a way that only Secret Cinema can do. Granted, Universal Studios has brought the show to life in 2018 and 2019 as…
Tomi Adeyemi is changing the game when it comes to YA/Fiction & Fantasy. It’s not just the way that she writes, it’s the characters she’s created, and the fact that all of the characters are of color - or more specifically, Black. Adeyemi has created this intricate fictional world that makes you feel as if…
The legacy of the Charlie’s Angels franchise is marked by a glaring contradiction. The iconic pose of three women standing back to back and pointing finger guns oozes girl power and badassery. Other images the name typically conjures, however, are of the same women scantily clad and shaking their butts in tight underwear right in…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Charlie’s Angels’: Fun, Fierce, But Ultimately Forgettable
The first episode of The Mandalorian is quick to reassure viewers that this the classic Star Wars we all know and love. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, writer and creator Jon Favreau said about The Mandalorian: "I'm trying to evoke the aesthetics of not just the original trilogy, but the first film. Not just the first…
Continue reading ➞ ‘The Mandalorian’: Classic Star Wars made ‘darker, freakier’
So here it is! Pokemon Sword and Shield is the newest mainline Pokemon game from Game Freak and Nintendo. With a new region, new Pokemon and new mechanics, how well does the first non spin off Pokemon title on the switch hold up? We'll be covering the first hour or so of gameplay to give…
Continue reading ➞ Pokemon Sword and Shield: A First Hour Review
Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan (Peter Cunningham) Christopher Demos-Brown's 'American Son' has made its way to our screens this Friday after its critically acclaimed performance on Broadway. With support from the likes of former First Lady Michelle Obama and Gabrielle Union assisting on the production, it was no wonder that Demos-Brown's play was a…
Continue reading ➞ Kerry Washington Shines in ‘American Son’
This might get my Bookworm Card revoked, but I'm an avid eBook reader, and I struggle with finishing physical books the way I did when I was younger. But when Onwe Press sent us a review copy of Daughters of Nri, for the first time in a while, I binged a physical book. I started…
Continue reading ➞ Daughters Of Nri: An Enlightening Intro To Igbo Culture
