By Dave B.

The Autobots and Decepticons are reaching the final stage of a war that has ravaged their homeworld. The Autobots are on their last legs. When they learn of a Decepticon plan to decisively end the war once and for all, they throw the last of their resources into a desperate gamble that may save their race, but destroy their species. 

By Dave B.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (Netflix), finds most of Major Kusanagi’s team working in the United States as mercenaries. When they are absconded by a secretive branch of the American government, they discover the emergence of the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. At the behest of their American allies, Japan reconstitutes Section 9 the team is all that stands between the world and utter ruin. 

By Dave B.

The second season of The Hollow finds Adam, Mira, and Kai back home with their respective families. But something is wrong and the teammates find that the “real” world is filled with unexpected nightmares. The trio go off in search of answers as to why, despite their victory, they can’t seem to escape the virtual world. 

By Dave B

​Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Netflix) is an animated story that takes place in the same world as the Altered Carbon television series. For those familiar with the series, Resleeved takes place shortly after the betrayal and destruction of the Envoys, a significant amount of time before the events in Season One and Two. Takeshi Kovacs is hired to find the killer of a Yakuza boss’ brother and is tasked with protecting a young girl (the Yakuza clan’s tattoo artist who is being hunted my mysterious assassins) to gain entry into the organization. 

By Dave B.

The third season of Netflix’s Castlevania takes place about a month after Dracula’s defeat. Eastern Europe is in chaos with various vampire and human factions vying for power. Trevor and Sypha roam the countryside killing demons and doing their small part to make the world a safer place. Meanwhile, Alucard wallows in loneliness, searching for purpose after accomplishing his lifelong goal of slaying his father, Dracula. As the vampire king’s loyalists plot their revenge against his betrayers, Trevor and Sypha find themselves battling religious zealots whose sole goal is Dracula’s return.

By Dave B.

​Seis Manos (Netflix) follows three martial arts students in a small Mexican town as they team up with a local police officer and an American DEA agent to find justice for the murder of their master who was slain by a man who was genetically mutated by magical tears from a statue. Their mission is further complicated by a mysterious visitor from their master’s past who holds the key to unlocking the truth behind untold mysteries. Does all of that make sense? 

By Dave B.

​Seoul Station (2016, currently on Amazon Prime) is the animated prequel to one of the greatest zombie movies of all time, “Train to Busan”. In the prequel, viewers see how the zombie outbreak begins aand follow a young woman as she desperately seeks safety from the undead while her boyfriend and father search throughout Seoul, South Korea for her. 

By Dave B.

​In the third season of Netflix’s animated fantasy series The Dragon Prince, the quest to return the dragon heir to his mother continues while the war between the human and magical realms, that has been prevented throughout the first two seasons, finally bursts forth in all of its vengeful fury. With their enemies closing in, will Callum, Rayla, and Ezran be able to protect the young dragon prince? Or will the powerful forces arrayed against them finally succeed in gaining ultimate power?

By Dave B.

Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (Netflix) takes place in a world torn apart by incomprehensible wars. The 41-minute feature begins with a gorgeously animated, but brutal attack on a monastery. Years later, a Ronin seeks revenge on the perpetrators. Through various vignettes (most of which are fully animated) viewers experience the war from the perspective of various individuals (such as a skateboarding scavenger and a slave worker in a forced labor camp), while the Ronin story remains the movie’s central thread.

By Dave B.

In Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018, currently on HBO), while every other superhero is getting their own movie, the Teen Titans languish in obscurity, viewed as a joke by their peers. The Titans, determined to prove their worth, journey through time (and to Hollywood itself) in an effort to get a movie of their own.