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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Proves It Deserves To Be Seen

Virtually everyone knows of the tumultuous hurdles Coyote vs. Acme has jumped across to get to this point. A timeline of being a straight-to-HBO Max release, to a tax write-off to save money by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, to possibly being saved through purchase by another studio thanks to online outcry, to being in limbo again. Then the film

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‘President Curtis’ Premiere and Episode 2 Review: Leadership in a Chaotic Universe

Rick & Morty spinoff President Curtis shifts focus towards the White House and the impossible burden of ruling a country and a planet where alien invasions, interdimensional travels, ancient monsters, and reality-bending catastrophes have become almost another Monday. President Curtis certainly shares plenty of things in common with its predecessor. The same style of jokes, bizarre science-fiction events, chaotic absurdity, and

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‘Futurama’ Season 14 Premiere Review: Nostalgia and New Adventures

Futurama simply refuses to leave our lives, and that’s very good news. As a fan of this show, with every new season, I feel like I’m still visiting a place that somehow continues existing regardless of how much the world around it changes. With Futurama season 14, as with previous seasons, Fry is still looking at the future through the eyes

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‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Season 2 Review: Unique, Interesting, and Astonishing

Batman: Caped Crusader is one of the bravest adaptations about the Dark Knight to date. That is because in the attempt to recreate the iconic Animated Series, the show’s creators wanted Caped Crusader to be its own thing. The show embraced a darker noir aesthetic, stripped Batman of many modern themes, and focused on detective work over giving us a superhero

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‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Review: Continuing A Legacy of Animation Excellence

Nearly two decades after the original show concluded, Avatar: The Last Airbender influence can still be felt across comic books, so far two animated spin-offs, fan-fic storytelling, games, and television as a whole. From the beginning, it wasn’t simply the beautifully written world or the stunning element bending that gathered audiences in front of the TV. It was the emotionally mature

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‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Premiere Review: Superhero Storytelling at Its Best

Only a few modern reboots have managed to earn the respect and praise from the fans that X-Men ’97 did with its first season 2 years ago. What could have easily been another nostalgia-driven project instead became one of Marvel’s best projects in years. After ending on one of the biggest cliffhangers in the franchise’s history, expectations for season 2 were

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‘Toy Story 5’ Review: The Animated Movie of Our Times

I know, another Toy Story sequel?  Are they ever going to stop making these? This is a valid question, given how many agree that Toy Story 3 ended the franchise perfectly and offered thoughtful conclusions for the toys many of us grew up repeatedly watching on VHS until the tape wore out. Toy Story 4, while enjoyable, existed only to print money, and many

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‘The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act’ Review: A Fitting Finale For Fervent Fans

Gooseworx‘s The Amazing Digital Circus follows young people trapped in a virtual realm. Characters embark on various quests, similar to Pendleton Ward‘s Adventure Time or Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy‘s Westworld. Jester-like protagonist Pomni (voiced by Lizzie Freeman) befriends other “avatars” stuck in the circus. Together, they face non-playable characters (NPCs), explore a haunted manor, run a fast food joint, and

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‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: A Handcrafted Nightmare of Pure Magic

I Am Frankelda is a brand new dark fantasy musical, and Mexico’s very first stopmotion feature film. Directed and written by brothers Arturo & Roy Ambriz, the movie is the ideal introduction to their growing Frankelda universe of dark fantasy stories. The project originally began as a YouTube pilot in 2019. That short grew into Frankelda’s Book of Spooks (2021), a

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