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Season Nine is, in a word, a mess. A meandering mixture of interesting, inexplicable, cool and downright ridiculous twists and turns. It feels aimless at times because it simply doesn’t have the overarching structure that most of the other seasons had to keep it focused. We get to a...

“The rematch of the century”. Those words, used by Kathleen Kennedy to describe Vader’s appearance in the upcoming, unimaginatively titled Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, caused millions of voices to suddenly cry out in either enthusiasm, concern, or confusion. We’ve all long since presumed that Obi-Wan’s confrontation with...

My previous article in this series ended where I feel Season Eight should have, with Vegeta’s sacrifice, his final atonement. In this article I’m going to wrap up Season Eight and really dissect the reasons why this saga runs into so many problems compared to the others that preceded...

Aadil and Ben chat about the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. What we like, dislike, and the worries we have with respect to the heavy issues they bring up and the loose writing seen already. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC...

A briefcase full of money. A failed extortion attempt. Ordinary folk getting more than they bargained for when submerging themselves in criminality. An inciting incident leading to a cacophony of violence and misunderstanding. That’s the Coen Brothers way, whether serious, like No Country for Old Men, or absurd, such...

Okay, so last season was a bit of a disappointment but the good news is, this season is sublime. I’ve been waiting for this season. There’s so much to talk about I’m really excited to get stuck into it. So much so I’m writing this opening paragraph before I’ve...

The success of The Mandalorian has not only opened the door to a new future of Star Wars on Disney+, with many different series spread across the timeline of the saga now greenlit, but has also launched a smaller, interconnected hub of shows. Along with The Book of Boba...

I don’t know where to start with this season if I’m being honest. It’s the weakest season so far, the weirdest too, but not because it is bad. Just in that it is so different. It’s the harshest of handbrake turns in terms of the shift in tone; I...

With the release of Avengers: Endgame, the first saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – ‘The Infinity Saga’ – was completed. We may not know what grand form the franchise is set to compose next, even with the following few years’ worth of content mapped out, but the series will...