Category: Reviews
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Review: Marvel Movie Round-up 2025
In which Marvel takes some damage as it rights the ship. Spoiler Warning I haven’t actually reviewed a Marvel movie since Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), but with the last Marvel movie of this year delivered in fantastic form, it is time to do a round-up of the movies, starting with…
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Review: Doctor Who – Fifteenth Doctor
A crazy ride in the TARDIS ends with enjoyable broad strokes and a frustrating lack of depth. Spoiler Warning The second season of the Fifteenth Doctor comes to an end and what can we say? It has been joy. Frustrating at times, especially when it refuses to go beyond the…
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Review: Daredevil: Born Again
An enjoyable patchwork quilt of a season. Spoiler Warning for Daredevil: Born Again There is a lot to love about the reboot of Daredevil. It is an accomplished production in all ways – acting, direction, set design, costuming, music, CGI, stunts, make-up and everything in between. But the fallout of…
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Review: Skeleton Crew – Episode 8
Being a hero is to be nuanced even when the heroes are kids. Spoiler Warning for The Real Good Guys Skeleton Crew delivers a better landing than a lot of Disney Plus shows, neatly tying up one really big adventure while leaving the possibility of more to come in the…
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Review: Skeleton Crew – Episode 7
There may be trouble ahead Spoiler Warning for We’re Gonna Be In So Much Trouble It is always difficult balancing the episode which precedes the finale. It needs to build the tension and leave the action with a terrifying cliffhanger for people to return eager to see how things will…
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Review: Skeleton Crew – Episode 6
Pirates really don’t make the best friends Spoiler Warning for Zero Friends Again What I love about this episode is everything. Yes, even the crazy length of twenty-seven minutes. That is right. Twenty-seven minutes. Possibly twenty-five minutes when you deduct the recap and intro. This is an exception to my…
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Review: What If…Season 3
Friendship is everything. Who’s going to argue with that? Spoiler Warning Having really enjoyed the first two seasons of What If, I tuned into this last and reported final season with high expectations. How did this season go? What If…The Hulk fought the Mech Avengers This was not the greatest…
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Review: Joy to the World
A message of hope as the Doctor helps Joy save the world Spoiler Warning The return of the Doctor Who Christmas special makes Christmas feel like Christmas, and the return of Steven Moffat makes Doctor Who feel like Doctor Who. Moffat has written some of my favourite episodes and I…
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Review: Skeleton Crew – Episode 5
Wherein the story of the week and the series arc come together in beautiful harmony Spoiler Warning for You Have A Lot To Learn About Pirates As the crew’s journey home continues, the fifth episode is a good demonstration of how to tie an arc together with the adventure of…
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Review: Skeleton Crew – Episode 4
An adventure of the week as our favourite elephant alien gets to shine Spoiler Warning for Can’t Say I Remember No At Attin A solid outing for the crew in the fourth episode takes them on an old-style adventure of the week, while furthering the ‘getting home’ arc and shining…
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