Swords and Satire

Here we are talking about the ultimate episode of The Wheel of Time, and did we think maybe this was the final battle? Well sure, but it turns out the war has just begun. But at least this season has ...

6 Aug 202249min

This week we cover a quaint isekai anime fantasy movie about an enchanted castle, a cursed prince, an old cleaning lady with a secret, and a young shyster in training, who are all looking for love and...

30 Jul 20221h 15min

Okja is a classic tale about a girl and her super pig, just palin’ around, sleeping in the sun, eating persimmons, until one day an evil corporation comes in to take her pig, which they consider to be...

23 Jul 20221h 37min

We were once again tricked by the Wheel of Time into thinking we would get to follow a character with a more interesting plotline, and we were again left with narrative blue balls. And what we’re left...

16 Jul 20221h 3min

This epic historical fantasy masterpiece set in the 1920s, centers around two legendary and historical revolutionary figures and follows their separate and joined efforts to stop the oppressive Englis...

9 Jul 20221h 17min

This week we cover episode six of The Wheel of Time, about healing and reconciliation, family strife (which we can all relate to), and being punished in public by your domi mommy. But it seems like Mo...

2 Jul 202258min

This week we cover a gothic fantasy romance in which two totally hetero friends co-parent their cherubic daughter, who can never age. But we suppose there’s no point to being catty about this, like th...

25 Jun 20221h 15min

Our traveling companions from the Two Rivers finally make it to Tar Valon to meet their fates at the White Tower, but not before some of them run into the best villain of the series so far, Child Vald...

18 Jun 20221h 13min