Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
Daemons of the Shadow Realm slows down the plot just a bit to plan things out in Ep. 21 "Zashiki-Warashi and Higashi Village". First to let Danji and Kiri the Zashiki-Warashi daemons give Yuru and Asa some important backstory to explain the past of Higashi Village. Then to let the twin siblings to
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia shows us the power of wisdom, for good and for evil, in the titular Ep. 10 "Wisdom". With Boraqchin showing Sitara / Fatima that she's both very crafty and utterly ruthless in her pursuit of her goals. However, for all that she is wise, she is by no means omniscient.
D&D fans will readily recall the recent Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie in 2023. After all, this particular D&D movie by directors and screenplay writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley managed to become a hit with both critics and audiences, who praised the
When Pixar Animation Studios released Cars all the way back in 2006, it became a hit with critics and audiences alike. All over a movie from director and writer John Lasseter featuring talking cars going on an emotional journey of self-discovery. Since then, that one movie has sparked an entire
Chainsaw Man is fast becoming one of the most popular anime series in the world right now. Tatsuki Fujimoto has written quite the story in the original manga when it launched in Shonen Jump in 2018, giving us a very action-packed and bloody story mixed with some surprisingly profound commentary on
It's hard to believe that it has been 40 years since The Transformers: The Movie (complete with the insistent "the"s) made its U.S. theatrical debut on August 8, 1986. What's not hard to believe is how that particular animated Transformers movie ended up traumatizing so many of the people
Ghostbusters fans will readily recall the name The Real Ghostbusters. It's basically the animated spin-off (and sequel too) to the 1984 Ghostbusters movie. As you might expect, it features all the old paranormal investigators like Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler. However, even lesser known
Let’s talk Practical Magic 2! I didn’t watch the original film until a couple of years ago, so my nostalgia bar is very low. That said, I’m a huge fan of Sandra Bullock, so I was SHOCKED that this film never crossed my TV screen until the 2024 Halloween season. I truly enjoyed the witchy
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
