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The first four episodes of Moon Knight reveal two things. First, none of this would work without the tremendous Oscar Isaac. But that’s hardly a surprise. While the rest of the cast is good, none measure up to his subtle, heartbreaking, and nuanced performance. It sidesteps all the potential
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(Turning Red arrives on Disney Plus on March 11th) Puberty is the worst. Your hormones are all over the place. Everything, including you, is suddenly very loud. Nothing makes sense, but you think you have all the answers. You’re ecstatic, angry, terrified, hungry, and tired at once. On top
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(Pam & Tommy premieres on Disney+ on February 2nd.) Gather ’round the Snapchat, children, and I shall regale ye with a tale of the 90s. An era so long ago that cellphones didn’t exist, and porn was bought in stores. In this innocent time, two lovers, Pam & Tommy,
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( Hawkeye premieres on Disney+ Wednesday, November 24th. The first two episodes were screened for review.) Hawkeye doesn’t make for an easy review. Only two episodes out of six were screened in advance, and out of those, the second one meanders so drastically that you’d think this was a
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(Dopesick premieres on Disney+ on November 12. The first three episodes were screened for review.) Michael Keaton leads a stellar cast in this docudrama about what was called the opioid crisis of the late 90s and mid-aughts. To call it that now, after everything that’s come to light, would
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★★★★ | In an alternate universe, DC could actually be good! Marvel’s What If…? is the safest thing to pitch and the easiest to get wrong. A ten-episode animated series about the multiverse – torn apart by Loki – where anything can happen. Its limitless possibility is hampered only by the unlimited opportunity
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★★★ | Y tu mamá también for kids (LUCA arrives on Disney+ on Friday, June 18th) My initial reaction to LUCA was one of disappointment. Not because it’s a poor picture – moments of it are as magical as Pixar has ever made – but because its low-ambition, almost lackadaisical storytelling often feels
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(RAYA premieres on Disney+ Premiere March 5th and in limited release across Finland.) ★★★ | It’s fine, just fine Gorgeously animated with superb acting, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON suffers from a messy narrative that can’t decide what it wants to say. Six years after an apocalyptic event has left
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★★ | Boo-lan Delayed for over six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MULAN finally arrives on Disney’s streaming service, almost faded out of memory. Pushed initially as a big-screen epic adventure with exciting set-pieces and colorful visuals, can the remake survive at home without the expansive technology surrounding it? Visually