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Caroline Cao

Caroline Cao's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Caroline Cao is an Earthling who likes to experiment with ramen. She won’t shut up about animation. She is also a voting member of the Outer Critics Circle for NYC theatre.

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Castlevania: Nocturne: Season 1 (2023) 96% EDIT “Castlevania: Nocturne proves itself to be a worthy heir that explores fresh variations of familiar elements. ” – Slashfilm Dec 11, 2023 Full Review The Legend of Vox Machina: Season 1 (2022) 100% EDIT “There is room to grow more attached as the arc rolls on toward its announced season 2. Right now, sticking around is just fine.” – Slashfilm Feb 1, 2022 Full Review Arcane: League of Legends: Season 1 (2021) 100% EDIT “"Arcane" achieves a feat for CGI animation in a made-for-streaming series.” – Slashfilm Dec 1, 2021 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1, Episode 5 (2021) EDIT “Though it bears introspective potential, especially through Echo's reaction to their mission motive, "Rampage" does not match "Cut and Run" and "Replacements".” – Slashfilm Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1, Episode 4 (2021) EDIT “I hope the Bad Batch wise up to teach Omega some defensive skills. First off: stranger danger. But if there's anything we know about the kid, this experience is burned into her brain.” – Slashfilm May 25, 2021 Full Review Adventure Time: Distant Lands: Season 1, Episode 3 (2021) 3.5/5 EDIT “The previous 45-minute specials, the average "BMO" and the solid "Obsidian", had lags and felt unadjusted to their extended lengths, but "Together Again" flies by like the usual Adventure Time 11-minute format” – Den of Geek May 24, 2021 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1, Episode 3 (2021) EDIT “It echoes an argumentative comment in the sequel trilogy era in Star Wars Resistance where a child of the later generation might have understood the Empire as a provider of employment-and thus "food on the table."” – Slashfilm May 17, 2021 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1, Episode 2 (2021) EDIT “Future episodes will have hopefully be more careful in integrating Omega's kidishness into the darker storytelling.” – Slashfilm May 10, 2021 Full Review Yasuke: Season 1 (2021) 93% 3/5 EDIT “If you're critical of the story, there's still plenty to enjoy about the surface-level dynamics, journeys, and striking symbolic imagery. When Yasuke occupies itself in its twistedly bizarre feudal setting, it indulges in some real fun weirdness.” – Den of Geek Apr 19, 2021 Full Review Infinity Train: Season 4 (2021) 100% 8/10 EDIT “Compared to the imagination of previous seasons to the point of high-octane nightmares, Book Four is more subdued. This season was not intended to be a finale season and feels more at place if it was in the middle.” – Slashfilm Apr 15, 2021 Full Review The Mandalorian: Season 2, Episode 5 (2020) EDIT “The episode produced a rather conservative depiction of Ahsoka, not utilizing her much beyond the shell of a Jedi wisewoman.” – Salon.com Dec 7, 2020 Full Review Infinity Train: Season 2 (2020) 100% 8.5/10 EDIT “Owen Dennis's animated anthology series Infinity Train stretches as infinite as its possibilities. A new world-or restored-order infuses the adventure aboard the Infinity Train after the events of season one.” – Slashfilm Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Infinity Train: Season 1 (2019) 100% 8/10 EDIT “Infinity Train is as crazy as Alice and Wonderland and similar whimsical tales. It's giddishly childish and filled with colorful characters, as you'd expect in a high-quality Cartoon Network production.” – Slashfilm Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 7 (2020) 100% EDIT “This first episode of an arc offers little more than some pulpy action, a slickly staged action sequence, and an enticing cliffhanger. "The Bad Batch" is not a spectacular comeback, all things considered, but it's good to be back in the world.” – Slashfilm Apr 3, 2020 Full Review Steven Universe: Future: Season 1 (2019) 100% EDIT “A cartoon that's a rallying cry to love yourself and grow into your identity should be nothing radical for children. Steven Universe envisions a world where queerness is extraordinary as it is normal.” – Salon.com Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 1 (2020) 100% 8.5/10 EDIT “The music is among the few elements that stick in your head long after you finish all ten episodes and thirst for more adventure with Kipo and her friends.” – Slashfilm Mar 16, 2020 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 9 (2019) EDIT “The bottle episode weeds out black comedy in the bleakness, but the biggest dark laughs comes from June scoping out her potential stabbing victims to the beats of "Eenie, meenie, miney" - then, when Serena Joy walks in - "mo."” – Slashfilm Dec 13, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 7 (2019) EDIT “The Canada arc, which felt scattershot in previous seasons, has improved with a streamlined arc following Emily's recovery.” – Slashfilm Dec 13, 2019 Full Review She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Season 4 (2019) 100% 8.5/10 EDIT “Through the flurry of color, backstory building, and a universe at stake, the final few episodes feel like a pressure cooker before the inevitable steam. It's a game-changer.” – Slashfilm Nov 18, 2019 Full Review Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Season 1 (2019) 100% 9.5/10 EDIT “Tartakovsky is one of the maximalist animators of our time, crafting his world with the most visual and graceful extremes and having plenty of firecrackers up his sleeves.” – Slashfilm Oct 31, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 12 (2019) EDIT “"Sacrifice"...steadies the viewer into absorbing a shock that contrives character conflict for June (Elisabeth Moss) while devaluing another character under the guise of something nebulously "thematic."” – Slashfilm Aug 8, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 11 (2019) EDIT “This episode both accelerates and coasts toward its season finale with "what comes around, goes around" vibes.” – Slashfilm Jul 31, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 10 (2019) EDIT “June utters a referential final line that is glorious, stake-setting, as cutting as the show's eccentric music choices: "We're gonna need a bigger boat."” – Slashfilm Jul 26, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 8 (2019) EDIT “The episode is marred by the show's white woman-centricity...” – Slashfilm Jul 10, 2019 Full Review The Handmaid's Tale: Season 3, Episode 6 (2019) EDIT “With mourning violin strings evoking sorrowful reverence for a bygone era, "Household" can make the viewer feel for an era that wasn't as dreary.” – Slashfilm Jun 27, 2019 Full Review
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