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TV FEATURE
BEEF Season 2
Season 2 of Beef succeeds on all fronts, building two complex, contrasting, and intersecting relationships that spiral through ego, ambition, and insecurity to deliver high-level performances and sharp social commentary, even as it leans into chaos to expose how fragile control and identity really are in the world it builds.
ANIME FEATURE
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 delivers a visually spectacular and action-packed continuation of the beginning of the Culling Games saga that with the help of newer awakened characters in Yuta and Maki solidify its place at the top of modern anime, even if its lack of narrative depth holds its back from the very top of history.
New TV Reviews
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
Stranger Things 85 is a fun bu uneven spinoff that captures the nostalgic spirit and core relationships of the franchise well, but should have been an episode or two shorter, more focused on character consistency, and originality, which ultimately leaves me feeling more like the show is more of a repurposed idea than a...
Beef Season 2
Season 2 of Beef succeeds on all fronts through its ability to build two complex, contrasting and intersecting relationships that spiral through ego, ambition, and insecurity, delivering high-level acting and sharp social commentary, even as it leans into chaos to expose how fragile control and identity really are in the...
Anime Reviews
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Sentenced to be a Hero is an impressive and well-animated fantasy premiere that succeeds in world building and concept, but does lack the narrative depth and focus needed to fully deliver on its central idea, requiring a second season to iron the show down as one of the better new...
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 delivers a visually spectacular and action-packed continuation of the beginning of the Culling Games saga that with the help of newer awakened characters in Yuta and Maki solidify its place at the top of modern anime, even if its lock of narrative depth holds its back from the very top of history...
One Piece Season 2
Season 2 shows that the One Piece Live action can actually work, delivering a whimsical, heartfelt adventure that improves on an already great Season 1 setting up something even bigger for the...