As the world’s favorite flying turtle rockets toward the midpoint of his comeback Netflix series, I think it’s fair to say that Gamera’s belated return
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Gamera: Rebirth – Season 1, Episode 2: Under Current (2023) – Review
After an incredibly promising first epidode that explosively reintroduced the world to the tremendous turtle of the Kaiju world, it’s time to see if the
Gamera: Rebirth – Season 1, Episode 1: Over Tokyo (2023) – Review
While never truly gaining the household name status of Godzilla, Gamera, the other Japanese, long-running, Kaiju, franchise, has just a storied legacy. More child-based and
I Am Groot – Season 2, All Episodes (2023) – Review
When the first batch of Groot’s animated shorts sprouted up on Disney+, I wondered if there was still a place for the mischievous sapling in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) – Review
Ever since the legendary Saturday morning cartoon exploded from the manhole cover of popular culture, the rambunctious quartet of adolescent, malformed, martial-art reptiles seems to
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 8: You’ll Never Catch A Monkey That Way (2023) – Review
Whenever you get to the end of the debut season of any Netflix show these days, you can’t help but get a little bit nervous.
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 7: You’re Not A King, You’re Just A Stupid Animal (2023) – Review
Holy shit, where did this come from?!Over the last couple of episodes, I’ve kind of been giving Skull Island a hard time, complaining incessantly that
Elemental (2023) – Review
Maybe it’s because the studio had to endure a couple of years of Disney+ premieres thanks to COVID and the morale is still low, but
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 5: Doggone It (2023) – Review
Yes, it’s been a long standing complaint and yes, it’s a song I’ve regrettably sung many times before, but why the hell do modern animated
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 4: Breakfast Fit For A Kong (2023) – Review
There is so much to enjoy about Skull Island, Netflix’s annimated continuation of Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, and yet despite fun dialogue, perky banter and some
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 10: Never Ever Expose Them To Bright Light (2023) – Review
Resuscitating a dormant franchise from its hibernation can often be a double-edged blade with more rules and pitfalls than opening one of the titular Mogwai
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 9: Never Give Up (2023) – Review
This was the episode I was waiting for…All throughout Max’s superlative prequel series to Joe Dante’s Gremlins, there was certain expectations that couldn’t be helped:
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 2: The Last Blank Space On The Map (2023) – Review
After a solid opening that brought us back to Skull Island with a bump, Neflix’s King spinoff already set up some reassuring credentials. Neither slavishly
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 1: Maritime Pilot (2023) – Review
Conventional wisdom suggests that there are certain rules to establishing and sustaining a cinematic universe. If we were to read from the individual playbooks of
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 8: Never Hug A Mogwai (2023) – Review
Well, it seems like despite the fact that Secrets Of The Mogwai is been consistently knocking my socks off for seven straight episodes, I guess
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 7: Never Squeeze A Fox (2023) – Review
As we start to approach the final straight and the end starts to peek its face over the horizon, it comes that time in every
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 6: Always Buy A God A Drink First (2023) – Review
The most delicate part of any attempt to prequel a beloved classic is surely the balancing act required to expand a world that’s already established
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 5: Always Stab Or Run (2023) – Review
As Secrets Of The Mogwai streaks up to the halfway point with the speed of that Lightning Gremlin from Gremlins 2, I was hoping that
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 4: Don’t Drink The Tea (2023) – Review
We’re on Episode 4 of Gremlins’ brand spanking new animated series on Max and the show has thus far laid out all of its pieces
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 3: Always Buy A Ticket (2023) – Review
When I first heard that we were getting a Gremlins animated series, I couldn’t help but worry that the spiteful edge that the franchise is
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