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King of the Hill: Season 14 (2025) 98% 10/10 EDIT “As crazy as it feels to say, King of the Hill Season 14 is a top-to-bottom triumph; it recaptures the unassuming and understated brilliance of the previous seasons, all while doubling down on the heart that helped make the show the touchstone it is. ” – IGN Movies Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Castlevania: Nocturne: Season 2 (2025) 100% 6/10 EDIT “A mess of underwritten characters, abandoned emotional arcs, and empty action that saps the sequel of its power and its promise. Luckily, its voice performances -- especially Iain Glen’s turn as Juste Belmont -- help make up for the superficial writing.” – IGN Movies Jan 16, 2025 Full Review Terminator Zero: Season 1 (2024) 87% 7/10 EDIT “It may not be as profound as it thinks it is, but the action, score, and cast make this anime inspired by James Cameron’s blockbuster franchise is a worthy addition to the cyberpunk genre. It's the best Terminator has been in years.” – IGN Movies Aug 30, 2024 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 3 (2024) 88% B EDIT “Disney Dilution is real, but in its final hour, The Bad Batch cements itself as an earnest, if imperfect, entry in Star Wars mythos. ” – TV Line May 2, 2024 Full Review X-Men '97: Season 1 (2024) 99% A EDIT “X-Men ’97 is confident and charming and bolstered by some excellent voice acting; everything Marvel has shown us so far suggests this long-awaited revival will be one for the books.” – TV Line Mar 20, 2024 Full Review Halo: Season 2 (2024) 90% 6/10 EDIT “Halo Season 2 is indeed a step-up from its predecessor, but the show's chronic inability to manage its many disparate threads, coupled with its pervasive hollowness, continues to work against it. ” – IGN Movies Feb 8, 2024 Full Review Hazbin Hotel: Season 1 (2024) 79% 8/10 EDIT “Hazbin Hotel isn't especially funny, but it does a bang-up job keeping us interested from episode to episode. Its lovably layered characters, grouped with its absurdly catchy songs and focused world-building, may very well catapult this series to success.” – IGN Movies Jan 22, 2024 Full Review The Crown: Season 6 (2023) 55% 5/10 EDIT “The Crown's sixth and final season coasts on the prowess of its cast, leaning so hard into its leads' strengths that it often neglects to make its other elements interesting.” – IGN Movies Dec 20, 2023 Full Review Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix: Season 1 (2023) 89% 9/10 EDIT “Predictably, it's bloody, brutal, and action-packed, but (perhaps less predictably) it's also sweet, genuine, and earnest to an almost incongruous degree. It all works, though. ” – IGN Movies Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Loki: Season 2, Episode 4 (2023) 4/5 EDIT “Hiddleston and Wilson continue to be excellent together, but what’s most impressive about their dynamic is how welcoming and pliable it is.” – Starburst Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Loki: Season 2, Episode 3 (2023) 4/5 EDIT “Episode 3 is easily the best of the four episodes screened for critics, but everything we’ve seen so far has justified its existence.” – Starburst Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Loki: Season 2, Episode 2 (2023) 4/5 EDIT “The second episode spotlights a lengthy interrogation scene that finds Hiddleston and Wilson at their good cop/bad cop best, but Casal keeps pace, offering just enough resistance to set them all up for punchy character moments. ” – Starburst Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Loki: Season 2, Episode 1 (2023) 4/5 EDIT “Season 2 starts strong and doesn’t let up.” – Starburst Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Castlevania: Nocturne: Season 1 (2023) 96% 9/10 EDIT “Castlevania: Nocturne is a disarmingly potent, relentlessly violent follow-up to one of the best animated video game adaptations ever.” – IGN Movies Sep 28, 2023 Full Review Disenchantment: Season 5 (2023) 5/10 EDIT “The fifth and final part of Disenchantment almost certainly won't earn the series any new fans, but Matt Groening and company manage to close out this offbeat epic with enough spunk and spirit to satisfy more forgiving viewers.” – IGN Movies Sep 1, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1 (2023) 85% A- EDIT “Ahsoka‘s greatest triumph lies in how effortlessly it moves Rebels characters to live-action. Thanks to its cast, the show feels emotionally symmetrical to its animated predecessor without blatantly replicating what made it work so well.” – TV Line Aug 22, 2023 Full Review Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: Season 2 (2023) 82% 6/10 EDIT “Winning Time’s second season doesn’t elevate the series beyond hitting us with some truly incredible performances, but it’s serviceable television that should please more forgiving NBA fans and sports-history buffs.” – IGN Movies Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Unicorn: Warriors Eternal: Season 1 (2023) 100% 3/4 EDIT “The series pulses with boundless energy and infectious whimsy, but its true resonance lies in its exploration of the Chosen One trope.” – Slant Magazine May 3, 2023 Full Review Gotham Knights: Season 1 (2023) 27% 1.5/4 EDIT “With its heart caught between a daytime soap and a gritty superhero drama, the series never feels as potent or as focused as it could.” – Slant Magazine Mar 1, 2023 Full Review Carnival Row: Season 2 (2023) 41% 2/4 EDIT “The series continues to prioritize uncomplicated politicking over cohesive storytelling. Read our review.” – Slant Magazine Feb 15, 2023 Full Review That '90s Show: Season 1 (2023) 75% 3/4 EDIT “The series attempts to recapture <em>That ’70s Show</em>’s winning mix of dry humor, parody, and slapstick, and mostly succeeds.” – Slant Magazine Jan 19, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 2 (2023) 90% 2/4 EDIT “At its best, the show’s second season is a frustrating reinforcement of the previous season’s problems.” – Slant Magazine Jan 5, 2023 Full Review Willow: Season 1 (2022) 84% A- EDIT “Makes good on the unspoken promise that all great follow-ups inherently make: enrich what came before by diving deeper into why this world and its characters resonated in the first place.” – TV Line Nov 30, 2022 Full Review DC's Stargirl: Season 3 (2022) EDIT “Stargirl’s Season 3 premiere finds the series at its best and most earnest, further cementing its standing as the best Arrowverse effort to date, at least here in the early seasons.” – IGN Movies Aug 30, 2022 Full Review Stranger Things: Season 4, Episode 1 (2022) 3/5 EDIT “It's overlong, meandering, and frustratingly uneven in crucial places... But the core of what made it all work in the first place- the humour, heart, the humanity of a bunch of young people trying to find their way and save the world- is very much intact.” – Starburst May 27, 2022 Full Review
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