Scarlet looks all ready for its impending IMAX theatrical debut on February 6, 2026. And thus, all ready to be added to Mamoru Hosoda's list of masterpieces, which already counts the likes of The Boy and the Beast, Mirai, and Belle among his list of works. In fact, this one might be his best anime
The Netflix version of Devil May Cry from Studio Mir has attracted quite a great deal of attention ever since it made its streaming debut on April 3, 2025. Attention that has largely been positive as critics and audiences praise the action sequences and the story. On the other hand, this Netflix
May I Ask for One Final Thing? thickens up the plot for Scarlet in Ep. 8 "May I Offer You a Fist in Place of a Handkerchief?". All to enhance the drama and mystery surrounding the events taking place in her country, with Terenezza seemingly at the head of all the unrest there. Ah well, it at least
The Pendragon Cycle is a series of historical fantasy novels by Stephen R. Lawhead. As you might've noticed from the title, it's basically a retelling of Arthurian legend. However, a closer look reveals that it's a rather bizarre retelling, with a focus on religion over anything else. Specifically:
Mamoru Hosoda is perhaps one of the most famous director of anime films in the world right now. He has directed and written for such anime film masterpieces such as The Boy and the Beast, Mirai, and Belle. And soon, we are all set to see another masterpiece in the form of the upcoming Scarlet. Not
This Monster Wants To Eat Me muddies the waters of yuri a bit in Ep. 7 "A Kind Person". All via some very candid declarations from Shiori regarding her relationship with Hinako...or not, depending on how you interpret her words. Meanwhile, a newcomer is threatening to make the waters murkier yet,
Sentenced to Be a Hero is not your typical fantasy anime. It's not hard to see that, really. One look at the novel series of the same name by writer Rocket Shokai, and you can tell that this story is far darker than your usual fantasy. Especially since this fantasy world is a world where the title
May I Ask for One Final Thing? gives us a new arc with Ep. 6 "May I Send This Pig Flying Into the Sky?" and Ep. 7 "May I Carry Out a Plan That Shows a New Side of You?". All involving a great deal of religious strife in the land that Scarlet calls home, and also a bisexual awakening in that land's
Remaking Faces of Death is a hell of a move in 2026. Although, this movie doesn't really remake that diabolical film from 1978, it instead takes inspiration from it and it even exists in the universe that this film takes place in. So getting that out of the way so that the horror "diehards" who
The trailer for A24's The Drama does a great job of keeping things intentionally vague. We meet Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a couple about to get married who seem like they know everything about each other… until they very clearly don’t. One drunken night at dinner with
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely