Wit's Writing

Reviews of movies, comics, TV shows, and whatever else catches my interest. Feedback is welcomed.

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About Wit’s Writing

Okay, got a few new followers who migrated from Twitter

Time to write up a proper pinned post for this place

Around late-2016 I started writing regular movie/tv/comic reviews over on my main Tumblr profile @wcwit​ but because I wanted people who came across those to be able to find more without digging through everything else on there, I established Wit’s Writing as an alternate profile in 2017.

Kept the regular reviews chugging for a while, but eventually between the exhaustion caused by living through the pandemic and my current job being full time, I’ve put a stop to those for the time being. (Not writing off the possibility of them ever coming back just yet.)

So now this blog is for long-form essays about media I like that aren’t necessarily traditional reviews and the occasional cross-post of something I wrote for my Letterboxd profile.

And now, a bunch of links to help y’all navigate this place:

For my old regular reviews:

Movie Reviews

TV Reviews

Comic Book Reviews

Misc. Writing

Recent Stuff I’m Proud of:

What’s so Funny About Vengeance, the Night, and Batman? – Two Superhero Parodies in Conversation - A thematic comparison between StarKid Productions’ Holy Musical B@man and Warner Bros Animation’s The Lego Batman Movie

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals and the Roles We Play - A semi-followup to the previous piece about why TGWDLM is my favorite StarKid musical

My Favorite Panel in One Piece (or, “Why I’ll Happily Reread These 1054+ Chapters Any Time!”) - That time I caught up on One Piece and used a single word balloon as an excuse to gush about the series as a whole

Complete Episode by Episode TV Reviews:

Earth’s Mightiest Retrospective - A complete recap/review of all 52 episodes of the animated series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes done in the lead up to Avengers Endgame

Ultraman Z Reviews - A breakdown of all 25 episodes from the Seiun Award Winning 2020 tokusatsu series

Times my writing/voice was featured elsewhere:

School of Movies - My favorite movie podcast and one that has been nice enough to have me on as a guest on multiple occasions

Two Cents - Cinapse’s currently defunct movie-book-club where their columnist and guest could submit thoughts on various movies

And as of right now, that’s everything worth mentioning

Hope y’all enjoy it here!

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A ★★★★ review of Masters of the Universe (2026)

During the dramatic fall of Eternia that takes place as this film's cold open, something hit me, everyone who gets hit moves like they would

Masters of the Universe (2026) makes for an unapologetically toyetic blast of blockbuster fun!

Check out my full review over on letterboxd!

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A ★★★½ review of Backrooms (2026)

What struck me about Backrooms, especially during the moodier first half, is that it's a film that trust its audience to take it all in then

My takeaway from Backrooms is that Kane Parsons, as a Gen Z filmmaker, trusts his own generation and those younger's attention spans way more than most Hollywood execs seem to.

And it pays off!

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★½ review of Backrooms (2026)

What struck me about Backrooms, especially during the moodier first half, is that it's a film that trust its audience to take it all in then

My takeaway from Backrooms is that Kane Parsons, as a Gen Z filmmaker, trusts his own generation and those younger's attention spans way more than most Hollywood execs seem to.

And it pays off!

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★½ review of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

The Mandalorian as a series was never my favorite Star Wars thing, but it had virtues that made it enjoyable at its best. It as at its best

The Mandalorian and Grogu is everything I always liked about the tv series with none of the stuff I didn’t!

A basic Star Wars story, but a well executed one!

Check out my full review on Letterboxd

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A ★★★★½ review of Obsession (2025)

While Obsession is told entirely from the perspective of its main character, Bear (Michael Johnston), my mind kept going to the internal exp

Curry Barker’s Obsession is one of the strongest exercises in pure tension building I ever seen in a while, placing the audience in a horror story where the villain repeatedly refuses to accept that he’s the villain

All while his victim screams from the pain of what he’s done to her

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd

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A ★★★½ review of Mortal Kombat II (2026)

A major issue with the 2021 film reboot of Mortal Kombat was how it dedicated its entire runtime to over-complicating the basic set up of "A

Mortal Kombat II is a sequel that verges on being a little too eager to please, but damn if it isn't a fun time at the movies!

Check out my full review on my Letterboxd page!

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A ★★★★½ review of The Sheep Detectives (2026)

There's a tonal balance being managed in The Sheep Detectives that's embodied within Hugh Jackman as the shepherd George Hardy, whose murder

The Sheep Detectives is one of the best family films of its kind to be released in ages!

Finding the right balance among every element at play to serve up a poignant film about how our best and worst memories are often unavoidably intertwined.

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★★½ review of The Sheep Detectives (2026)

There's a tonal balance being managed in The Sheep Detectives that's embodied within Hugh Jackman as the shepherd George Hardy, whose murder

The Sheep Detectives is one of the best family films of its kind to be released in ages!

Finding the right balance among every element at play to serve up a poignant film about how our best and worst memories are often unavoidably intertwined.

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★½ review of Mortal Kombat II (2026)

A major issue with the 2021 film reboot of Mortal Kombat was how it dedicated its entire runtime to over-complicating the basic set up of "A

Mortal Kombat II is a sequel that verges on being a little too eager to please, but damn if it isn't a fun time at the movies!

Check out my full review on my Letterboxd page!

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Episode 64: "Jim Henson Was Right." - Shin Ultraman / Project Hail Mary by Make Me Watch It

The Brendans are amaze amaze amazed by a returning special guest and a brace of hope-punk sci-fi adventures this week as A.J. Wilden climbs

I once again joined the Brendans of the Make Me Watch It podcast to discuss thematic parallels between 2026's Project Hail Mary and 2023's Shin Ultraman

The conversation was an absolute blast and also got into the topics of recent blockbuster movie trailers, punk rock magical girls, the latest Gorillaz music video, and how the general reputations of movies from popular directors shift over time!

If you have the time, please give it a listen!

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Episode 64: "Jim Henson Was Right." - Shin Ultraman / Project Hail Mary by Make Me Watch It

The Brendans are amaze amaze amazed by a returning special guest and a brace of hope-punk sci-fi adventures this week as A.J. Wilden climbs

I once again joined the Brendans of the Make Me Watch It podcast to discuss thematic parallels between 2026's Project Hail Mary and 2023's Shin Ultraman

The conversation was an absolute blast and also got into the topics of recent blockbuster movie trailers, punk rock magical girls, the latest Gorillaz music video, and how the general reputations of movies from popular directors shift over time!

If you have the time, please give it a listen!

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Episode 64: "Jim Henson Was Right." - Shin Ultraman / Project Hail Mary by Make Me Watch It

The Brendans are amaze amaze amazed by a returning special guest and a brace of hope-punk sci-fi adventures this week as A.J. Wilden climbs

I once again joined the Brendans of the Make Me Watch It podcast to discuss thematic parallels between 2026's Project Hail Mary and 2023's Shin Ultraman

The conversation was an absolute blast and also got into the topics of recent blockbuster movie trailers, punk rock magical girls, the latest Gorillaz music video, and how the general reputations of movies from popular directors shift over time!

If you have the time, please give it a listen!

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A ★★★★ review of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

The main thing that drags Ready or Not 2: Here I Come down from being a full on match for the first Ready or Not is the fact that its setup

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come has wound up one of those cases where writing my review of it made me wind up liking it even more!

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★★ review of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

The main thing that drags Ready or Not 2: Here I Come down from being a full on match for the first Ready or Not is the fact that its setup

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come has wound up one of those cases where writing my review of it made me wind up liking it even more!

Check out my full review over on Letterboxd!

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A ★★★★½ review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson embodied the spirit of that film in his limited screen time. The message of “Memento Mori/Memento Amoris” el

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a movie about the healing power of empathy, expressed by Ralph Fiennes dancing around with a naked Rage Zombie while singing "Rio" by Duran Duran If that's not enough to get you to watch it, you can read my full review of the film over on my Letterboxd

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A ★★★★½ review of All You Need Is Kill (2025)

"Nothing has changed after all." The simple adjustment of having Rita and Keiji going through the loops together sets this apart from the pr

Studio 4°C's stunning adaptation of the time loop light novel All You Need is Kill makes sizable changes to the narrative that help grant it new emotional depths