Onward Movie Review: The next great Pixar movie isn’t a fantasy

The computer animation wizards over at Pixar have delivered no shortage of imaginative worlds for audiences to plunder over the years, and their newest playground in Onward happens to be one of their most conceptual landscapes yet, while still rooted in the…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth Season 3 Finale

That’s more like it. Last week, we saw a marked improvement in The Last Man on Earth following a series of uninspired episodes with state plots. For this week’s season finale, the show has turned in two of its best episodes…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×16): “The Big Day”

After painting itself into a corner over the second half of the season, The Last Man on Earth finally returns to a semblance of its former quality with “The Big Day”, and all the show had to do was time-skip six…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×15): “Name 20 Picnics…Now!”

Over the past few episodes, The Last Man on Earth has taken a turn for the worse. The scripts have been mediocre or outright bad due to questionable plot choices that have turned the show’s vivid characters into pale caricatures.…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×08): “Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem”

For the second episode in a row, The Last Man on Earth turns in a disappointing installment. The plot of “Whitney Houston, We Have a Problems” feels like a wild goose chase that’s only purpose is to hang a couple solid gags…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×07): “Mama’s Hideaway”

This week’s episode of The Last Man on Earth is a relative letdown following last week’s note perfect installment.  While it hits many of the beats I like in Last Man episodes, many of them felt stale or too low key for…

TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×06): “The Open-Ended Nature of Unwitnessed Deaths”

After last week’s solid but somewhat below average scenery setting episode, it’s an absolute joy to see an episode like “The Open-Ended Nature of Unwitnessed Deaths” that both draws upon character relations and development all while keeping the show’s post-apocalyptic…