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Lifeless in Seattle: a review of iZOMBIE

iZOMBIE Based on iZOMBIE by Chris Roberson & Mike Allred Developed by Rob Thomas & Diane Ruggiero-Wright Starring Rose McIver; Malcolm Goodwin; Rahul Kohli; Robert Buckley; David Anders; Aly Michalka; Robert Knepper; Bryce Hodgson Narrated by Rose McIver Opening theme “Stop, I’m Already Dead” by Deadboy & the Elephantmen It’s a bit weird reviewing a …

Insurance for Travellers: a review of Umbrella Academy Season 2

Umbrella Academy Season 2 Created by Steve Blackman Based on The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by Jeremy Slater Starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin …

The Sea Also Rises: a review of Japan Sinks:2020

Japan Sinks:2020 Per Wikipedia: Japan Sinks: 2020, was animated by Science Saru, with Pyeon-Gang Ho serving as the series’ director and Masaaki Yuasa as director. Toshio Yoshitaka handled series composition, Naoya Wada designed the characters, and Kensuke Ushio composed the series’ music. Yuko Sasaki, Reina Ueda and Tomo Muranaka are credited with starring roles. It …

At the tone, the time will be elsewhen: A review of Undone

Undone Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg & Kate Purdy Directed by Hisko Hulsing Starring Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, Bob Odenkirk Undone is Amazon’s first original animated feature, and it’s hard to imagine a better start. Alma Winograde nearly dies in a car crash, and awakens with strange new ways of …

Bears and Daemons, oh my!: a review of His Dark Materials season one

Based on His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Written by Jack Thorne Production companies Bad Wolf, New Line Productions, Scholastic Distributors BBC Studios (United Kingdom), HBO (international) Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua (also known as Lyra Silvertongue), a girl who was raised at Jordan College. Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter, an explorer and powerful figure …

Koreans having a worse day than you: a review of Kingdom Season 2

Kingdom Season 2 Hangul 킹덤 Genre Historical period, Political drama, Supernatural, Horror, Thriller Based on The Kingdom of the Gods by Kim Eun-hee and Yang Kyung-il[1] Written by Kim Eun-hee Directed by Kim Seong-hun Starring Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doo-na, Kim Sung-kyu Country of origin South Korea When I wrote a review of Kingdom …

Edda, Odda and Thor, Oh My!: a review of Ragnarök

Ragnarök Written by Adam Price Directed by Mogens Hagedorn Country of origin Denmark and Norway Original language(s) Norwegian David Stakston as Magne Jonas Strand Gravli as Laurits, Magne’s brother Herman Tømmeraas as Fjor, the high-school aged “son” in the Jutul family of Jötunn from Norse mythology Theresa Frostad Eggesbø as Saxa, the high-school aged “daughter” …