TV/Film Reviews

‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’ Just Came Out. Let’s Review It! (Spoilers)

Well… that was definitely a thing that I watched.                         Okay, joking aside, was ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’ the worst thing I’ve ever watched? Not even close. The core premise of the story actually had the potential to be—dare I say it—great—but similar to some other scenes in the Descendants franchise, it’s planning and… Continue reading ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’ Just Came Out. Let’s Review It! (Spoilers)

TV/Film Reviews

‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Needs to be Re-watched (A Disney+ Show Review, with Spoilers)

The issue isn’t that Grover explains things as they go. It’s that the only reason he’s explaining it is clearly the audience. In the original books you’ll find people explaining things to Percy constantly because Percy is the reader’s eyes and ears. Percy represents (like an Ambassador) the reader and so he learns along with us. It’s the most used way to drop information.

TV/Film Reviews

I Feel Sorry For the Writers of Disney’s ‘Wish’: A Review (With Spoilers)

            Okay, finally, I’m here. I’m going to talk about the writing. I think this writing, rather than being horrible or the worst thing ever written by a human being, is a classic case of ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’. When I finished the film and the credits scrolled by I wasn’t surprised to learn that there had been four writers behind it. Because, unlike other people who read it as AI, I read it completely as a film written by many different writers—each with their own ideas, each with their own wants and needs and each getting carried away with their ideas even if they clashed with each other.

Cookbook Reviews

Review: Poppy Cooks ‘The Actually Delicious Air Fryer’

There were no Air-Fryer books at all when she first started writing it. However by the time her book was released there were plenty, leading to now where you can find one almost everywhere you go. It seems everyone found that gap and jumped onto the trend around the same time. So, since there’s no gap in that market any more, why did Poppy’s book reach the success of Number 1 on Amazon?