Leigh Monson
Leigh Monson has been a professional film critic and writer for six years, with bylines at Birth.Movies.Death., SlashFilm and Polygon. Attorney by day, cinephile by night and delicious snack by mid-afternoon, Leigh loves queer cinema and deconstructing genre tropes. If you like insights into recent films and love stupid puns, you can follow them on Twitter.
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'Herself' is a pretty good movie, even if its lack of personal identity won't likely last the test of time.

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This Star Trek: Lower Decks finale is a very entertaining way to close out a season full of ups and downs.

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'I, Excretus' certainly doesn’t get points for being novel in its execution, but it does bring enough charm and silly sketch comedy sensibility to stay fresh.

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The writers are becoming more comfortable experimenting with the form and function of their weird little stepchild of the Star Trek brand.

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There’s a lot of potential in “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie,” both comedic and dramatic, but it feels disserved by either episode runtime or split attentions.

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For the first time since this season started, I’m actually excited to see where things go from here.

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A hilarious side character carries the humor while the main cast delivers on a promise of found family and emotional growth.

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This episode feels like a dangerous portent for the season to come when two of its three predecessors were only marginally less underwhelming.

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As integral as Boimler and Mariner are to the fabric of Star Trek: Lower Decks, it’s nice to finally have a window into the dimensions of another main character.

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This season is starting to feel half-hearted in its attempts to produce either laughter or pathos.

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While it’s not the show at its best in either hilarity or originality, it’s still a fun time to return to the USS Cerritos.

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It’s easy to nitpick the small things, but “No Small Parts” is such a frantic ride that it’s hard to care all that much.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks' episode 9, Crisis Point, doesn’t know how to balance strong Trek writing with being an animated comedy.

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In Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 8 high-concept change in episode structure yields some mixed results.

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Episode 7 finds Star Trek: Lower Decks being the best version of itself.

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Unfortunately, this week's Lower Decks is a bit of a dud.

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Meet your new favorite character: Badgey!

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Star Trek: Lower Decks feels like a return to form for Star Trek, but maybe just not how you were expecting.

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Star Trek: Discovery is falling back on some unfortunate bad habits this week.

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Star Trek: Discovery season 3 episode 5 review — it’s like two episodes for the price of one!

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Star Trek: Discovery season 3 episode 10 is a predictable but satisfying end to Georgiou’s tenure on Discovery.

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In Star Trek: Discovery season 3 the endgame ramps up spectacularly with one of the series’ best episodes.

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In Star Trek: Discovery season 3 episode 12, Michael does a Die Hard and the Emerald Chain finally gets interesting. This week's episode is a lot of fun.
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