Joel Merritt

Here we have the introduction of the show’s first recurring antagonist. During the commercial break of popular show Tiger Fist… They see an ad for live psychic readings done by someone named Gideon. The adverts openly mock Grunkle Stan and he bans them from going. Disobeying his orders, the kids go anyways to find out […]

  Joel Merritt

I’ve never had much of a taste for the modern James Bond films. The subpar Brosnan films, followed by the latest batch of serious and cold Craig films, have left me with little interest in the franchise. In fact, most action spy thrillers have a tendency to take themselves a little too seriously and never […]

  Joel Merritt

So, now that the show has worked out some of the kinks in its follow-up to the pilot, it has a chance to play around with some different ideas. Here, we find our characters in an episode that is even more steeped in mystery than the first two, and boasts some of the series’ first […]

  Joel Merritt

The Babadook is an independently made horror film from, almost, first time director Jennifer Kent. She based this film off her prior short film MONSTER, which I can’t really talk about yet because I haven’t seen it. That may actually be a fault of mine at this point because The Babadook is not only amazingly […]

  Joel Merritt

Now here’s where the show really takes off. If I actually have any complaints about this episode, it would be that it is almost too joke heavy. That can become an issue with a series if it continues like that on a regular basis (ie Family Guy). Here though, it really just fits this episode […]

  Joel Merritt

Our season begins with our two protagonists, Mabel and Dipper, already fleeing from some great threat. One key element of this episode that was ditched in later episodes is Dipper’s narration. I am glad they got rid of this, as it doesn’t really add anything to the episode and just seems to over-explain aspects of […]

  Joel Merritt

I watch cartoons a lot. I mean, a lot a lot. In the past few years this love has been rewarded handsomely with a slew of great new content. But, it hasn’t always been that way… In the late 90s and early 2000s, there was a lot of creator-driven content coming out on various networks. […]

Halloween is imminent, and it’s time to mass-watch some scary movies. Personally, this is my favourite time of year, so I am going to try and post a few extra, short reviews on some of my favourite horror flicks. Warning: spoilers are likely. Extra Intro Paragraph today! Greetings from Salem on my Halloween vacation! Figured […]