The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, and for the most part, nobody seems to care. That’s par for the course these days, with the exception of last year, when they nominated Oppenheimer, a legitimately outstanding movie that people loved. (And even that wasn’t much of a bump.) As someo...
Read MoreFlight Risk is the kind of movie I’ve been saying Hollywood should start making again: a relatively low-budget thriller that doesn’t need to make much money to be successful. What I forgot to mention is that they actually have to be good. Flight Plan had a lot of promise, and it has some decen...
Read MoreA year and a half after Netflix released season 1, Castlevania: Nocturne is back. Season 1 of this show was okay but nothing special, and it couldn’t even touch Netflix’s first Castlevania series. Erszebet Bathory, or at least Nocturne’s version of her, doesn’t compare to Carmilla or Varney ...
Read More***SPOILERS*** “The Real Good Guys” opens where “We’re Gonna be in So Much Trouble” left off, with the kids and their parents in Jod’s hands. The parents assume Jod is a Jedi, and the kids are forced to play along. Jod takes Fern and Undersecretary Fara to meet the Supervisor. Wim clashe...
Read More***SPOILERS*** “We’re Gonna Be in So Much Trouble” opens on At Attin with the kids’ parents desperately trying to contact them. They’re all caught and stunned except for Fara, who gets the message past the barrier. Meanwhile, the kids have mixed feelings about going home. The pirates arriv...
Read More***SPOILERS*** In “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates,” Neel’s mom brings Wendle a tool to get a message out past the barrier. This doesn’t go well, and he’s caught by a droid, but Fara gets him out of trouble. Meanwhile, Jod and the kids nervously wake up SM-33. He’s had his circuits...
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