The Review at the End of the Universe
“Drag Me Away (From You)” Supernatural flashes back to Sam and Dean as teenagers when a case turns out to not be as solved as they believed. It’s appropriate with the show being so near its end that some time would be taken to reflect on Sam and Dean’s childhood in some ways. Their father…
“Far from Home” Star Trek: Discovery continues its third season with the titular starship’s arrival in the future along with her crew. The most frustrating thing about this season so far is that the first two episodes have been largely devoted to table setting with the previous episode focused on Burnham’s arrival into a future…
“Gimme Shelter” Supernatural has Castiel and Jack work together on a case while Sam and Dean try to track down Amara. One consistently strong element in this show is Castiel’s naivety about how the world he interacts with works. Over time he has gotten better at navigating it but there’s still a lot he doesn’t…
“That Hope Is You Part 1” Star Trek: Discovery returns for a third season with a jump to the far future and a new set of problems to be solved. This show will probably always be fighting uphill with some viewers because of how it set itself up. It was a prequel to The Original…
A hunter and his daughter are sent to a remote outpost to deal with Wolf attacks in Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s Wolfwalkers. From the opening frames this film puts across exactly what it wants the viewer to pay attention to. The beauty of the natural world plays significantly into the narrative and the visuals…
Harry Macqueen’s Supernova follows a couple as they take a trip across England in an old RV while dealing with the reality of progressing dementia. The most important thing in life is time. It’s something we never get any more of and something we will never get back. There are certain things that increase personal…
“Last Holiday” Supernatural returns from a very long hiatus with a light hearted episode to ease viewers back in after such a long absence. It’s been a long time since new Supernatural was on the air and an even longer time since I last reviewed it. Life circumstances got in the way of me keeping…
Grief is a very complex and powerful experience. Anyone who has experienced significant loss will know what I mean by this. It’s something that takes hold and never really lets go though it does get alternately easy and difficult to deal with depending on an infinite number of factors. The best analogy I found to…
“The Last War” The 100 delivers its last ever episode with a test for the Human Race over whether they’re worthy of transcending to another plane of existence. Endings are hard. The writers of this show had the unenviable task of crafting a final season that offers closure on the characters, resolves lingering plot threads…
“The Dying of the Light” The 100 focuses on the need to rescue Madi and the aftermath of the explosion featured in the previous episode. I’ve come to accept that the ending of this show most likely won’t be a satisfying one because of the rapidly diminishing quality that has come to define this season….
