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. …
Pinocchio Directed by Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale Story by Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins Based on The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico Starring Ewan McGregor David Bradley Gregory Mann Burn …
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Series Directed by Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi Series Writing Credits Bradley Furnish & Mari Okada & Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi Series Cast Craig Robinson Anna Akana George Takei Tantoo Cardinal Momona Tamada Brittany Ishibashi Charlet Takahashi Chung Archie Yates Seth Carr Miyuki Sawashiro Yuki Matsuzaki Series Produced by Sara K. Sampson Production Company …
The House Directed by Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza Screenplay by Enda Walsh Produced by Charlotte Bavasso & Christopher O’Reilly Starring Mia Goth, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Goode, Mark Heap, Miranda Richardson, Stephanie Cole, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, Will Sharpe, Paul Kaye, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter Cinematography …
2021 was a pretty good year for television, books, and discovering authors I wasn’t familiar with. This was the year I came across Joe Abercrombie, Ashley Pollard, Andy Weir, Jim Al-Khalili, and Peter Cawdron. In all cases I’ve read at least three of their books this year, and they were uniformly excellent. Abercrombie is an …
A Tartakovsky Primer: a review of Primal Created by Genndy Tartakovsky Story by Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, and Genndy Tartakovsky (Episodes 3–5) David Krentz (Episode 3 only) Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky Voices of Aaron LaPlante Genndy Tartakovsky is, arguably, the best known name in contemporary animation in the west. His efforts include the Powerpuff Girls, …
Samurai Jack Note: this replaces an earlier, less comprehensive review from the previous year. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky Written by Genndy Tartakovsky, Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen, Chris Reccardi, Darrick Bachman, Charlie Bean, Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Chris Mitchell & Erik Wiese Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers, Robert Alvarez, Rob Renzetti, Chris Savino Voices of …
Director: Alex Burunova Writers: Julia Yorks (Writer), Meggy Garol (additional writer) Stars: Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki, Kôzô Morishita, Tania Nolan | Netflix With Enter the Anime director/presenter Alex Burunova bit off more than she could chew. And by the end of the all-too-brief hour, she admits as such. It’s not that she didn’t try. She …
April and the Extraordinary World Directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci Produced by Michel Dutheil, Franck Ekinci and Marc Jousset Screenplay by Franck Ekinci & Benjamin Legrand Starring Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Olivier Gourmet, Marc-André Grondin and Bouli Lanners French-language animation is almost always worth seeking out. It doesn’t have to be …
Love, Death and Robots Executive-producers: David Fincher and Tim Miller Other credits at link below. Each of the 18 episodes has its own director(s) and voice actors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Back in the days when the Enter key was a lever on the side of the adding machine, there was Métal Hurlant, a French magazine that migrated …