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Murjani Rawls

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Biography:

New Jersey-born and raised, Murjani is a film, music, and tv critic, author, photographer, and podcast host. He has written for over 15 websites and regularly contributes to Substream Magazine. He is also the editor-in-chief at Deadscreen and has started the Deadscreen podcast. He loves horror films, hummus, good talks about the NBA, and weight lifting.

Location:

New Jersey

Reviews

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The Bear: Season 4, Episode 4 (2025) EDIT “Is she about to take that leap, or is "big brother" going to be able to see that "little sister" is capable of carrying the load he's trying to set down? If T.J. can talk to her friend Shlee, the two figureheads of The Bear can do the same thing. ” – Substream Magazine Jun 30, 2025 Full Review The Bear: Season 4, Episode 3 (2025) EDIT “The first three episodes of Season Four are setting up a changing of the guard. (It feels like). While “Scallop” is continuing a trajectory.” – Substream Magazine Jun 29, 2025 Full Review The Bear: Season 4, Episode 2 (2025) EDIT “"Soubise" is another episode with a simplistic formula, which sets the show on a succession plan. Even if there's a role reversal between Carmy and Sydney, is everything destined to shake out with burnouts, epiphanies, and a closing? ” – Substream Magazine Jun 26, 2025 Full Review The Bear: Season 4, Episode 1 (2025) EDIT “Christopher Storer creates an easy re-entry point with "Groundhogs," in which he still places Carmy as the centerpiece. He has to adjust whether he chooses to do it or others do it for him. This time, it may be a hair too late for Carmy to do so. ” – Substream Magazine Jun 26, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2, Episode 6 (2025) EDIT ““The Price” is a beautifully orchestrated television episode that shows how powerful themes from a video game can be further developed into something furthering thematic conversations. ” – Substream Magazine May 19, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2, Episode 4 (2025) EDIT “If “Day One” accomplished something, it’s making sure the stakes are clear. Revenge isn’t the only thing on the line anymore; it’s the future, who gets to decide who lives in it, and what the story will be. ” – Substream Magazine May 7, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2, Episode 3 (2025) EDIT “Overall, “The Fall” did what it needed to do. It was an active funeral and mourning service for a beloved and complex character, helping the show move on from Jackson.” – Substream Magazine Apr 28, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2, Episode 2 (2025) EDIT “There's a virus turning people into monsters, but the need for retribution can also have the same effect. One group got what they came for. The others are splintered, broken, and frazzled. This is where the real story begins. ” – Substream Magazine Apr 21, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2, Episode 1 (2025) EDIT ““Future Days” sets the table for the world now and the main issue between the two main characters as many things descend upon them. ” – Substream Magazine Apr 14, 2025 Full Review Yellowjackets: Season 3, Episode 3 (2025) EDIT “We are introduced to another enormous element calling into question everything we believe while having many outstanding questions to answer. It disorients the audience rather than keeping the allure of anticipating how the show will reveal secrets. ” – Substream Magazine Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Yellowjackets: Season 3, Episode 2 (2025) EDIT “ “Dislocation” explains why behaviors continue and intrigues the audience with its promise that everything in the past will fall apart. ” – Substream Magazine Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Yellowjackets: Season 3, Episode 1 (2025) EDIT “Season three might be the make-or-break point, where the mysteries weigh too heavily on the story. At some point, the wind will have to blow us in a definite direction. However, I find the theme of sorrow over decades a rich one to explore. ” – Substream Magazine Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: Season 1 (2024) 92% EDIT “‘Skeleton Key’ has a chance to broaden the world through the eyes of a kid collective and deconstruct myths that aren’t so blunt but fit the show’s tone. ” – Substream Magazine Dec 4, 2024 Full Review The Bear: Season 3, Episode 6 (2024) EDIT “Some people want to go to Copenhagen, and others desire to go to a place like The Beef at a comfortable tempo to stay connected with those they care most about. Through this flashback episode, ‘The Bear’ finally allows both to exist. ” – Substream Magazine Jul 11, 2024 Full Review The Bear: Season 3, Episode 3 (2024) EDIT “With all the fights, broken dishes, and messed-up orders, it might be a lone ticket with a shoe mark that finally sends everything into a tailspin. ” – Substream Magazine Jul 3, 2024 Full Review The Bear: Season 3, Episode 2 (2024) EDIT “This episode written by Christopher and Courtney Storer doesn’t end on a rally footnote, but rather a slow-moving tragic one. ” – Substream Magazine Jul 3, 2024 Full Review The Bear: Season 3, Episode 1 (2024) EDIT “If there is any hope for The Bear to become the pristine restaurant Carmy is hoping for, he certainly can’t get there by himself and do it in the trial-by-fire way that’s led him here. ” – Substream Magazine Jun 28, 2024 Full Review Jerrod Carmichael: Reality Show: Season 1 (2024) 95% EDIT “The standup segments almost serve as a coat of armor Carmichael uses like a knock-knock joke that breaks up a very awkward situation. Only this time, Carmichael sees himself as the conduit of what it means to be a person in progress. ” – Substream Magazine Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Echo: Season 1 (2024) 70% EDIT “Once Echo becomes an insular thing grounded in a story of legacy and family, it succeeds — perhaps giving Marvel a bigger blueprint on where to take its Spotlight projects going forward.” – Substream Magazine Jan 10, 2024 Full Review The Curse: Season 1, Episode 2 (2023) EDIT “Essentially, everybody is striving to be someone in the place where they stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe that’s ‘The Curse” in all of this.” – Draftkings Nation Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Season 1, Episode 1 (2023) EDIT “Kaiju are a forever looming threat in this universe, but Legacy of Monsters feels like it’s keening in on more of the dramatic aspects of uncovering a secret government agency. ” – Draftkings Nation Nov 17, 2023 Full Review The Curse: Season 1, Episode 1 (2023) EDIT “I can picture a town of all these future homes with no original citizens inside them. It’s what gentrification does. The concept operates inside the guise that everybody wins, but there is always a loser.” – Draftkings Nation Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1, Episode 4 (2023) EDIT “With four episodes down, we’ve completed this first arch; where this goes next is a mystery.” – Draftkings Nation Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1, Episode 2 (2023) EDIT “Star Wars is at its best when trying to expand upon its base with new perspectives and stories – not just building upon already built foundations. At least in its beginning, Ahsoka is looking to do just that. ” – Draftkings Nation Aug 23, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1, Episode 1 (2023) EDIT “Even as the Empire has fallen at the end of Return of the Jedi, that leaves a considerable power vacuum for someone to fill. ‘Master and Apprentice’ is a slow table setter of what all available parties are after.” – Draftkings Nation Aug 23, 2023 Full Review
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