The Penguin (7 Episodes): This show is pretty entertaining. Penguin and his mother are both pretty good actors. (The sidekick character not so much.) But the plot is incredibly convenience based, and thereβs a lot of plot armor/stupid tropes in it. I hope it ends satisfyingly & doesnβt try to rely on a second season. Because rarely does a good season of a modern show get a good follow up.
The Wild Robot: Itβs a nice looking movie, and I enjoyed the g-rated morbid humor where every joke is how animals keep killing each other. But the time-skip plot isnβt paced very well, and I find a lot of the forced sentimental moments to be a little saccharine for my tastes.
You Are Umasou: Amusing and well-animated. The 3rd act is rushed, and the subtitle translation might not be perfect either. (One Stormy Night might be a better version of this film.)
Talk To Me: A very good lead performance, and thatβs about all I can say. Almost no one dies, and all the characters are unlikeable/stupid.
You Might Be The Killer: You know the pothead character in Cabin In The Woods? Well, this was an entire movie of that kind of humor. And despite how I made that sound, itβs actually entertaining.
Wake Up: A worthless film, where all the characters are unlikeable and die in very unsatisfying ways. Surprisingly apolitical for a movie about (fake) social activists boycotting (what is essentially) an IKEA.
Caddo Lake: M.Nightβs take on Dark (that show on Netflix). I called the twist before it was revealed & I found the second half of the movie (where most of the plot happens) a little too dull to engage with. Itβs acted okay, for what little thatβs worth.
Hoping Re:Zero's 3rd season continues to maintain its level of entertainment. Though the fact that a major character reveal moment was done in a side project, shows that the complicated narrative of this arc might be a little hard to adapt properly.