Pantheon is solid, intelligent, probing science fiction, as good an example of the genre as you can hope to encounter. The scientific literacy and verisimilitude will remind you of Andy Weir or Peter Cawdron, and the moral and ethical complexity and ambiguity is straight from the pages of Harlan Ellison or Phillip K. Dick. Yes, it’s that good.
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 …
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 …
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. …
Created by Graham Wagner & Geneva Robertson-Dworet Based on Fallout by Bethesda Softworks Showrunners Graham Wagner & Geneva Robertson-Dworet Starring Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, a young Vault Dweller Luciana VanDette portrays young Lucy MacLean Aaron Moten as Maximus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel who becomes an ally to Lucy Amir Carr portrays …
Created by Dan Erickson Directed by Ben Stiller & Aoife McArdle Starring Adam Scott Zach Cherry Britt Lower Tramell Tillman Jen Tullock Dichen Lachman Michael Chernus John Turturro Christopher Walken Patricia Arquette Composer Theodore Shapiro Production Executive producers Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Dan Erickson, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron Producers …
Mabaroshi Maboroshi (アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場, Arisu to Teresu no Maboroshi Kōjō, ’Alice and Therese’s Illusory Factory’) Directed by Mari Okada & Seimei Kidokoro[a] Written by Mari Okada Produced by Manabu Otsuka Starring Character Japanese voice English voice Masamune Kikuiri Junya Enoki Max Mittelman Mutsumi Sagami Reina Ueda Jeannie Tirado Itsumi Misaki Kuno Kitana Turnbull Akimune Kikuiri Kōji …
A Murder At the End of the World Created by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Starring Emma Corrin Brit Marling Harris Dickinson Alice Braga Joan Chen Raúl Esparza Jermaine Fowler Ryan J. Haddad Pegah Ferydoni Javed Khan Louis Cancelmi Edoardo Ballerini Clive Owen Composers Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans No. of episodes 7 Production Executive …