I didn’t do a lot of reviews this past year. Fifty three in all. It was an election year and I write mostly about politics, and I have a backlog going into 2025. Also, if I think something is rubbish, I’m very unlikely to review it. And there was a fair old bit of rubbish that came out last year.
Also known as Arcane: League of Legends Genre Action-adventure, Adult animation, Drama, Science fantasy, Steampunk Created by Christian Linke, Alex Yee Based on League of Legends by Riot Games Showrunners Christian Linke, Alex Yee Directed by Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury Voices of Hailee Steinfeld Ella Purnell Kevin Alejandro Katie Leung Jason Spisak Toks …
Genre Adult animation[1][2] Dark comedy[3][4] Psychological drama[5] Created by, Showrunner written by and directed by Gooseworx Main voice cast Lizzie Freeman as Pomni, the most recent human to be trapped in the circus. Her in-game avatar is a jester.[4][6][7] Alex Rochon as Caine, the circus’ wacky yet unstable AI ringmaster with a set of teeth …
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction (Japanese: デッドデッドデーモンズデデデデデストラクション, Hepburn: Deddo Deddo Dēmonzu Dededede Desutorakushon), also abbreviated as DDDD Genre Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Slice of life based on Manga Written by Inio Asano Written by Reiko Yoshida, Takaaki Suzuki Music by Taro Umebayashi Studio Production +h. Licensed by Crunchyroll Released May 24, 2024 – September 20, 2024 …
Genre Comedy-drama, Dark comedy, Fantasy Created by Charlie Covell Based on Greek and Roman mythology Directed by Georgi Banks-Davies, Runyararo Mapfumo Cast Jeff Goldblum as Zeus Janet McTeer as Hera Cliff Curtis as Poseidon David Thewlis as Hades Killian Scott as Orpheus Debi Mazar as Medusa Stephen Dillane as Prometheus Aurora Perrineau as Eurydice “Riddy” …
Genre Crime drama, Serial drama, Thriller, Neo-Western, Black comedy, Tragedy Created by Vince Gilligan Showrunner Vince Gilligan Starring Main characters Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high-school chemistry teacher who, shortly after his 50th birthday, is diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer and turns to making meth to secure his family’s finances. As his shady …
Genre Medieval Black comedy Sex comedy Created by Kathleen Jordan Inspired by The Decameron (aka L’Umana Commedia) by Giovanni Boccaccio Showrunner Kathleen Jordan Cast Amar Chadha-Patel as Dioneo, Tindaro’s doctor Leila Farzad as Stratilia, the villa’s cook Lou Gala as Neifile, Panfilo’s pious Catholic wife Karan Gill as Panfilo, Neifile’s social-climbing husband Tony Hale as …
The 8 Show Hangul 더 에이트 쇼 Revised Romanization Deo e-iteu syo McCune–Reischauer Tŏ eit’ŭ syo Genre Dark comedy Thriller Satirical drama Based on Money Game & Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo Written and Directed by Han Jae-rim Starring Ryu Jun-yeol as Third Floor / Bae Jin-su A former convenience store worker Chun Woo-hee as …
Created by Blake Crouch Based on Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Showrunner Blake Crouch Starring Joel Edgerton as Jason Dessen, a physicist who unwillingly travels between alternate realities after being abducted by his counterpart (Jason #02). Jennifer Connelly as Daniela Dessen, Jason’s wife. Alice Braga as Amanda Lucas, Jason #02’s girlfriend and partner who tries …
Scavengers Reign Created by Joseph Bennett & Charles Huettner Starring Sunita Mani as Ursula, a crewmember in the Demeter’s horticulture lab; stranded on Vesta with Sam. Wunmi Mosaku as Azi, a cargo specialist on the Demeter; stranded on Vesta with Levi. Alia Shawkat as Levi, a robot from the Demeter; stranded on Vesta with Azi. …