The Snarky Cats of Ulthar

We've recently watched Season 1 of  Island , a 6 episode K-drama featuring magic, demons, exorcisms, reincarnation, and a prophecy. It was based on the eponymous webcomic that was turned into a webtoon. Won Mi Ho is the heir to the Daehan Group. After falling for her treacherous aunt's tricks and being filmed fighting in public, she takes a teaching job in Jeju island to rehabilitate her reputation. However, what she doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of Won Jeong, whose destiny is to create a protective barrier and imprison the demons of the island. This makes her a target, but she's helped by Van, a demon slayer with a mysterious past, and Johan, an exorcist priest with ties to Mi Ho's teacher/employee Butler Jang. However, the demons refuse to give up, looking for different ways to get to their target. Island is big and flashy, offering high stakes, cgi monsters, cgi-enhanced fights, and cool characters. We know they’re cool because of how they'

Pinocchio (2022), the story everyone knows about a wooden puppet that wants to become a real boy... Except this one is the Guillermo Del Toro version. So, get ready for fascism, demanding fathers, WWII bombs, and fantastic creatures with unexpected ocular placement. After losing his son, Carlo, in a WW1 bombing, carpenter Geppetto becomes a depressed drunk. One day, he tears down the tree that sprouted from a pinecone Carlo had found and makes a boy puppet in an attempt to get his son back. Along with the pine tree comes a wordly cricket, Sebastian, who had chosen that particular spot as the best place to write his memoirs. As Geppetto lies in a drunken stupor, some wood sprites take an interest in his creation. The wood sprites are floating eyes that assemble into a blue many-eyed, many-winged, feathered mermaid who uses her powers to give life to Pinocchio. She tasks Sebastian, whose house is now inside the puppet's torso, with making him good. If he accomplishes that, she'l