The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 2 "Birds of a feather flock together. I" gives us Chise's first school day at the College. Admittedly, it's not her first school day period, but it goes much better than her mundane school days. Chise even meets an old friend during class and seems to be making
Lost in the Reel's video review for Suzume My love for writer/director Makoto Shinkai runs deep. The incredible filmmaker has, time and again, crafted some of Japan's most dazzling and awe-inspiring anime features. When I was in high school, I was beginning to expand on my adoration for
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 1 ended its run on March 24, 2018. Since then, the only anime adaptation we've had of Kore Yamazaki's dark fantasy manga masterpiece is a 3-episode OVA in the form of The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Mountain Haze. With no sign of a second season in sight,
It seems that studio Orange has decided to make Trigun Stampede Ep. 12 "High Noon at July" end the season with a bang. It's a pretty spectacular bang to boot, and it even makes up for all the negatives the anime had in its early episodes. I daresay that with this finale, this reboot anime is as
Trigun Stampede Ep. 11 "To a New World" really goes off-rails from the original canon, but this time in a good way. With this episode featuring some nightmarish content of the botanical variety, it really leans into horror far more than the 1998 anime ever did. Frankly, this seems like a great
Trigun Stampede Ep. 8 "Our Home." actually gives us new details about Vash the Stampede's backstory that wasn't in the original 1998 anime. In other words: the writers are actually filling in holes in canon instead of trying to change canon altogether. To me, this is what Orange should've done all
Jordan Firstman's Club Kid was the talk of the town at this year's TIFF. As well as Telluride. And Cannes. Whatever film festival this film goes to, it invites the kind of enthusiasm that can shake mountains. Going in, I was nervous that Club Kid wouldn't live up to the lofty expectations I had set
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is a grounded, pulse pounding gut-punch of a film. A wholly unique experience that proves that you can still iterate on conventions and present them with a sense of newness.
What happens when you make a movie that's about four years too late on its subject matter? You get The Social Reckoning. At this point in our lives, we all know that social media is a cesspool and that a lot of that is Facebook/Meta's fault. They chose to act like the silent arbiter and actively
