Despite one minor hiccup The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Episode 1 is an immediate success with instantly lovable characters.

Foundation Season 3 Episode 9 was a very good episode of TV, and one that continues to pay off everything the weaker episodes set up.

To enter Sirat’s dominion is to enter a cinematic trance so engulfing that we become one with its oppressively gorgeous desertscape.

A Useful Ghost is more than its comedic-enriched premise. An underlying social commentary emerges that will stand the test of time.

Unfolding at a leisurely pace, The Secret Agent eschews conventions to manifest as a living, breathing cinematic novel.

Though Exit 8 struggles to sustain its atmospheric highs, becoming less interesting with each loop, it survives as a daring genre exercise.

It’s time to spend time on the Maginot in Alien Earth Episode 5, “In Space, No One…” as everything went straight to the gutter.

DanDaDan Season 2 Episode 10 is another strong installment even if it doesn’t reach the same heights of the series’ best.

Shin and Sakamoto are split up in the serviceable Sakamoto Days Episode 19 as we get a peek into the backstory of our titular protagonist.

Uncanny X-Men Issue 20 shifts the focus to Ransom and Wolverine, who head to Argentina to deal with Ransom’s resurfacing family.

The Paper is too tame, like it’s afraid to push the envelope any further than just getting by as a comedy series.

While not particularly sacry, Cronos: The New Dawn is a lot of fun as a survival horror that puts you in the futuristic armor of the Traveler.