RWBY V5 Ch. 12: ‘The Vault of the Spring Maiden’ This episode held quite the reveal. Vernal is not, nor ever was the Spring Maiden. Because her name was a red herring. It’s Raven. But before we move to the end of this episode, I think it’s important to look at the beginning. Oscar smacks Lionheart around a bit, and Hazel...
TNT’s The Alienist is a period piece that has potential to shine if it decides to challenge itself. The Alienist is a period piece about horrific murders not seen before. It makes that perfectly clear within the first five minutes of viewing. We are brought back to turn-of-the-century New York City, where murders are swept under the rug by...
RWBY V5 Ch.10: ‘True Colors’…Part II of II Disclaimer: This episode was split up into two parts for my own sanity and for your viewing pleasure. If you are interested in reading Part I of this episode, please click here. Now let us move forward… Blake and Ilia Are Actually Child Soldiers While Blake is momentarily out of...
RWBY V5CH.9: ‘A Perfect Storm’ Maiden of Choice Meets Maiden of Destruction In the opening animation for this Volume, the two known Maidens, Cinder Fall (voiced byJessica Nigri) and the Spring Maiden Vernal (voiced by Amber Lee Connors) meet face to face. That much-anticipated meeting is this episode. The moment that immediately...
RWBY V5Ch.8: ‘Alone Together’ The Nightmare Girls This episode starts off with Ruby Rose (voiced by Lindsay Jones) looking up at the clear sky as some white birds fly overhead. She can’t sleep. And neither can her older half-sister Yang (voiced by Barbara Dunkleman) . We know they both have nightmares, and Volume 4 showed...
Here’s what we thought of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, spoiler-free! We’ve been waiting a long time to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The final shot of The Force Awakens left us with so many questions, and this film answers most of them. This is a hard review to write, because, much like Blade Runner 2049, I don’t want to spoil...
RWBY V5C7: ‘Rest and Resolutions’ Trolling Nora In this episode of RWBY, 3/4 of team RWBY and 3/4 of team JNPR have fun around the dinner table. And then they discuss some of Ozpin’s secrets and lies which he’s let everyone believe. Weiss regales team RNJR of that time she almost manslaughtered a guest at her...
Qrow Branwen’s Sad Day This episode starts out with Qrow Branwen (voiced by Vic Mignogna) searching for Huntresses/Huntsmen to aid in the fight against Salem. In the first episode of this volume we were told by Qrow, and shown by the creative team that Mistral was a place of acceptance where people of all walks were welcome. The dour first...
RWBY Volume 5 Chapter 5: ‘Necessary Sacrifice’ This episode starts with Blake Belladonna (voiced by Arryn Zech) and Sun (voiced by Michael Jones) walking around asking Faunus to sacrifice their lives for the humans that think of them as a sub-species. Okay, well that’s a little harsh. I’ll try again. Blake and Sun are walking around trying...
It has been awhile since Pixar has explored beyond their own universes (Cars, Monsters Inc.), which has caused a bit of sequel fatigue. However, with the release of what I view as their animated lovenote to Mexican culture, I think it is safe to say that Pixar still has the originality that we’ve all missed. COCO is arguably in my top 3...
