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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review by Brooke Daugherty (Paramount+)

June 6, 2022 3:12 pm |

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows the Enterprise crew lead by Christopher Pike as seen in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is just Disco with new packaging. Strange New Worlds holds its own as a story of the week show amidst other shows with season story arcs – Discovery...

Stranger Things (Season 4 Vol. 1) Review By Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

June 5, 2022 11:34 am |

The first season of “Stranger Things” was a landmark release for Netflix. The retro 1980s look and feel, that iconic soundtrack, and the chemistry of the young cast was a zeitgeist moment that both captivated audiences and launched scores of imitators. Seasons two and three could never possibly live up to what the first season...

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) Episodes 1 & 2 written by Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

June 5, 2022 11:09 am |

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS While “The Mandalorian” started off as a seemingly small and self-contained story, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the latest Star Wars television offering from Disney+, immediately kicks off with a scale and backdrop of galactic importance. The opening recap does two things that bode well for the six-episode miniseries. First, it captures the essence of...

The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman TV REVIEW by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

March 6, 2022 6:41 am |

I have to be honest, I have a hard time giving praises for true crime shows. Partly because they are formulaic nowadays, but mostly because I feel bad for the victims. The way Puppet Master weaves parallel stories from two time periods makes this story even more compelling and heartbreaking. The two hour runtime is...

True Story with Ed and Randall TV REVIEW by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

March 6, 2022 6:27 am |

Peacock original, True Story With Ed and Randall is Drunk History with a dash of wholesome. True Story is the American version of an Australian show called True Story with Hamish and Andy. It chronicles the amazing, triumphant, and emotional stories as told by the real people who lived them. Each story is reenacted by...