Silence can be a powerful act. Perhaps fear resonates through your whole body as you struggle to find the right emotion to react to a specific event, so you stay silent. Or maybe you feel powerless and overwhelmed, like the weight of the world is upon your shoulders, so you stay silent. Or worse, through your silence, you come...
Gudetama, the lazy Japanese egg yolk character who was added to the Sanrio universe in 2013, has received the television honor of having his own Netflix show. “Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure” features 10 short episodes as Gudetama and his chicken “sibling” Shakipiyo complete their quest to find their mother.
While Gudetama is a newer addition to the Sanrio characters, his...
“I want to know what ‘I love you’ means,” are the words spoken by Violet Evergarden in the first episode of Kyoto Animation’s newest project of the same name. The 13-episode series, which was released on Netflix for US audiences last Thursday, follows the story of Violet, a former child soldier living in the aftermath of a civil war,...
After the release of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” with its bombastic ending, no one was sure what direction the franchise was going to take. Spider-Man, or Peter Parker to be exact, had already progressed into a fully-functioning adult capable of juggling priorities, as shown through many of his present iterations. For many longtime fans of the series, the only...
Going into “G.I. Jeff” this week, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Pictures had been circling the Internet of the characters in their G.I. Joe forms, but that didn’t mean much to me. I’ve never seen the G.I. Joe cartoon (or even the recent movies for that matter), and I hoped the episode wouldn’t hinge too much on...
Four years after its debut, the second season of "Blood of Zeus," a Netflix original anime series, premiered on May 10. The first season, which premiered in 2020, follows Heron (Derek Phillips), a bastard mistreated by villagers and his unwed mother, Electra (Mamie Gummer). Their friend, Elias (Jason O’Mara), helps them through tough times, living in a hut miles...
If you played Hot Lava as a kid, where you stood on various pieces of furniture to keep from touching the now lava-covered floor, then you’ll understand what “Geothermal Escapism” is all about. On the day Troy (Donald Glover) is set to leave Greendale, Abed (Danny Pudi) initiates a school-wide game of Hot Lava for Troy’s going-away present.
If there’s...
True crime is one of those genres that has evolved significantly since it gained popularity in the 1990s. A superficial fascination with violent crime has morphed over time into a fascination with the person who did it. One of the problems that has always plagued the validity of giving serial killers detailed coverage in documentaries is that it often...
Released on May the Fourth, “The Bad Batch” celebrated “Star Wars” Day by introducing fans to a brand new animated series. “The Bad Batch” features Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch, which is a group of five genetically mutated clones with enhanced abilities. They were first introduced in season seven of another “Star Wars” animated series,...
At the risk of hitting the point too hard, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” really needs to fix its problem with Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg). The fixation on Jake has been a theme throughout season two, and “Lockdown” is no exception, which is unfortunate because the episode brings the ensemble together in a way that we haven’t seen a lot of this...