Dexerto: Reviews
All of these reviews were published on the Dexerto website between May 2022 and January 2024
Mean Girls, 2024’s musical remake, will certainly find itself a die-hard audience – but it won’t be sitting with the original at lunch.
Ted the Series brings back the titular bear, though while there are some occasional laughs, this show is more stuffed with fluff.
Percy Jackson is finally here, and for fans of the original books, it’s definitely worth the wait.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a new anime adaptation of the cult classic, and we can certainly expect this series to take off in the best way.
The Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, takes us back into Panem, and back into the hype of the original film franchise.
Spy Kids: Armageddon is a perfectly serviceable kids movie, but perhaps only for very young wannabe spy kids.
Evangelion has always been an iconic anime, so it seems fitting that its finale movie would be of equal spectacle and introspection.
A Haunting in Venice may leave some unsatisfying loose threads, but its haunting atmosphere makes for a perfect Halloween watch.
Grab your holy water and your rosaries, as the demonic Nun 2 is finally in cinemas. However, this sequel is far from your horror salvation.
Live-action One Piece may struggle with the tone of its mediums, but that doesn’t stop it from being a fun-filled and heart-warming ride.
The DCEU’s Blue Beetle is a movie you’ve seen before, but it’s also a movie worth watching again.
Good Omens Season 2 has a lot to live up to, and in some ways it does, but this forces other aspects to the wayside.
Barbie is Greta Gerwig’s newest movie, and arguably her magnum opus, being just as imaginative and thoughtful as a young girl playing with dolls.
Psycho-Pass: Providence gives new insight into this high-stakes sci-fi world, but the stakes are often resolved a little too quickly.
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, has a unique enough premise to overlook its somewhat basic characters.
No Hard Feelings doesn’t go as hard as it could and should, with only Jennifer Lawrence bringing anything substantial.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had a tough act to follow, but manages to raise the stakes, both in style and the sheer amount of Spider-People.
The Little Mermaid live-action movie proves that life is better under the sea, even if there’s a plethora of unnecessary remake additions.
Peter Pan & Wendy has many great ideas of updating the classic animated Disney film, but its execution often falters.
Suzume no Tajimari comes from the same studio as Your Name, and provides just as much whimsy, though maybe not as much satisfaction.
Hell’s Paradise is just about to drop on Crunchyroll, but does the first episode live up to the hype?
For its finale, Riverdale Season 7 goes back to the beginning, starting its penultimate season in the 1950s, to more success than you’d imagine.
Yellowjackets promised that Season 2 would be darker, and the first two episodes already prove that.
Scream 6 proves its worthy place in the franchise, with a great mix of comedy, scares, heart, and of course, kills.
Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 3 Episode 1 is the beginning of the end, but does this beginning pack a punch?
Hello, Netflix’s You. We see you’re back for Season 4, but you’re appearing somewhat lost. Let us help you. Or at least review you.
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night, the newest movie in the franchise, is a great continuation of the anime – it’s just too bad that the anime is far from great.
While it doesn’t pack much of a punch, Netflix’s Lockwood & Co. still has enough smiles and spooks to stand on its own two feet.
Teen Wolf: The Movie is a film that clearly cares about its previous show, but you may find it hard to care about the film.
The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 opens with a bang, quite literally. But do all episodes hold up against the first season?
The That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime movie is likely going to be an enjoyable experience for fans of the show, but not for anyone else.
Considered to be one of the best harem animes of recent years, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie is a good send-off to these girls.
Goodbye, Don Glees! is a new coming-of-age road trip film from the makers of A Place Further than the Universe. Is it just as good?
Disenchanted, as the long-awaited sequel of the 2007 film, may not be as good as the original, but is still a ton of fun.
1899 may have a few mysterious issues, but this mind-warping Netflix series is intriguing enough to pull you through it all.
One Piece Film: Red is an enjoyable sideshow to one of the longest-running animes, and it could easily be classed as a musical.
Enola Holmes 2, which is about to drop on Netflix, is a delightful if inconsequential sequel to the Millie Bobby Brown-centred original.
Doctor Who has reached another end of another era, but how well does it work as a bookend, or as the start of a new chapter?
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself is an addition to the YA supernatural genre that peaked in the early 2010s. Perhaps it should have stayed in that time.
Episode 1 of Chainsaw Man, the highly-anticipated anime, shows that it knows its own hype – and is prepared to deliver on it.
Hocus Pocus 2 brings back a lot of fun and iconic moments from the original, but it lacks what made the first one a cult classic.
Mobs Psycho 100 is back, and better than ever – and after three years of waiting, Season 3 Episode 1 strikes the perfect balance of humor and heart.
Pinocchio’s latest live-action adaptation aims for charm and whimsy, but fails to become a “real” good film.
The new Amazon series The Rings of Power brings the world back to Middle-earth, and it’s almost like we never left.
Only Murders in the Building just wrapped its second season, but does it live up to the killer-acclaimed first season?
The first four episodes of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, while nothing incredible (pardon the pun), shine as a quirky workplace rom-com.
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is big on action and characters, but suffers from the pitfalls of many anime movies.
While occasionally operating on style over substance, Bullet Train is an action-packed romp worth the cinema ticket price.
Season 4 of Stranger Things ended today, but what kind of note does it finish on? And does the finale compare to Volume 1?
Ms Marvel’s first episode just premiered on Disney+, which shows the origin of the new MCU superhero., and it’s a charming start to the series.