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Some Things from the 2025 Backlog

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As with every year, there are some stories that are left on the backlog. Here are some of 2025's additions.

Favorite Things from 2025

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As with every year, there are some stories lift spirits and bedazzle audiences better than others. Here are some from 2025 that fit that bill.

Things Left on Our 2024 Backlog

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With so many new releases, it's hard to see them all. So here are some from our to-do list.

Favorite Things from 2024

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With so many great movies out there, we wanted to bring light to the best we saw during 2024.

Movies & Shows Defining June 2024

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Disney tries to please investors with teasers amidst a lukewarm month of releases.

Movies & Shows Defining May 2024

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Summer blockbusters are here to stay (with some dark horses entering the foray).

Movies & Shows Defining March/April 2024

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Actor's Guild goes on strike. Plus, a new slate of releases try to find some solid ground.

Movies & Shows Defining February 2024

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The box office drought continues with more lackluster releases, with the silver screen taking its shot in the limelight.

Movies & Shows Defining January 2024

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No box office blockbusters means a month with a variety of great watches at home.

Movies & Shows from the 2023 Backlog

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2023 was a big year for the film industry. Here are some we never got to see.

Favorite Shows from 2023

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2023 was a big year for the film industry. Here are some we got to experience for the first time.

Movies & Shows Defining December 2023

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2023 was a year for films, but it leaves a little to be desired as we reach the end and start fresh for 2024.

The Writer's Guild Strike: What Gives?

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Why must an underrepresented department of the industry undergo sweeping changes that limit its creative expression?

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Avatar: The Last Airbender...20 Years Later

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It remains as much a touchstone as it did back then and has stood as one of the greatest and most resonant stories ever made.

TV Reviews

Andor Season 2

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The second season’s focus on a singular catalyst for change makes for a story of politics, optimism, and revolt in times of tyranny.

The Last of Us Season 2

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The decision to split its source material in half makes it feel unrewarding, despite its efforts in creating a superb thematic arc.

Arcane Season 2

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Despite its flaws and ambition, it remains a stellar swansong about the power of human connection and its influence on its people.

The Dragon Prince Season 6

TV

The season provides those sticking with the series the hope they need to see it come to a respectable and well-deserved conclusion.

The Acolyte

TV

If it stuck to what it set out to do, The Acolyte could have been what Star Wars has needed to reach bigger and better heights.

Shōgun

TV

Very few shows achieve or finish what Shōgun has in one season, and that is an accolade more than worthy of applause.

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story

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The Brawn docuseries takes a deep dive into one of Formula 1’s defining years what it took for one team to even be there.

Loki Season 2

TV

The second season has its faults, but it continues to reach stellar heights with its story and characters amidst the MCU's struggles.

The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2

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Its ladder half delivers on what makes its cast so remarkable to so many: a bunch of failures learning what it takes to be good people.

Ahsoka

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Dave Filoni establishes his craft as a Star Wars creator through a grand adventure filled with Jedi wisdom and evil schemes.

The Dragon Prince Season 5

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The season learns from some of its precursor's quarrels by moving closer to a more gripping story despite maintaining its weak pacing.

Secret Invasion

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Despite moments of great tension and character exchanges, it ends up being an unexpected mess the further the narrative progresses.

Y: The Last Man

TV

When the series isn’t busy focusing on what-if politics, it offers a thrilling but gritty post-apocalyptic adventure.

Star Wars: Visions Volume 2

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Coming off the series’ successful first outing, Volume 2 offers more quality and variety from its wider selection of studios.

Daredevil Season 1...8 Years Later

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It excels at picking and choosing the best moments offered by the source material through an impressive and refreshing journey.

The Mandalorian Season 3

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Despite glimpses of a better and more extravagant story, it ditches the series formula for occasionally boring adventures.

The Last of Us Season 1

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No matter who it’s for, it stands as a fantastic story of grief, companionship, and the selfishness of humankind.

Chernobyl...4 Years Later

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Its use of body horror, science, and Soviet Russia's overbearing censorship mightily redefine one of the world's biggest disasters.

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