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Elijah Gonzalez

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Biography:

Elijah Gonzalez is an associate editor at Endless Mode, where he covers video games, television, and film. Previously, he was an assistant TV editor at Paste Magazine, where he wrote about a range of works, from anime to arthouse. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Alabama, where he studied media effects, issues of diversity and representation in art, and more.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
All You Need Is Kill (2025) 82% B- EDIT “If most modern remakes aim to repeatedly squeeze every drop of existing magic out of a beloved property, this one at least escapes that unfortunate loop.” – AV Club Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage (2025) 8.7/10 EDIT “Still, even with its brevity, Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II – The Ashes of Rage lives up to this series’ considerable legacy, delivering a tightly constructed mystery tale that investigates its historical setting with empathy and style. ” – Endless Mode Oct 31, 2025 Full Review 100 Meters (2025) 100% 8.7/10 EDIT “We watch these runners grapple with the exaltation and absurdities of basing their entire existence around running 100 meters in a straight line, each bump in the road portrayed with dynamic, shifting animation.” – Paste Magazine Oct 20, 2025 Full Review The Colors Within (2024) 92% 8.5/10 EDIT “Yamada and Science Saru’s latest is an empathetic coming-of-age tale that leverages animation firepower to eulogize connections born from music.” – Paste Magazine Jan 24, 2025 Full Review The Return (2024) 78% C+ EDIT “While The Return only partially succeeds at reframing Homer through the lens of anti-war cinema, some excellent performances ensure it doesn’t get as lost as its central hero.” – AV Club Dec 2, 2024 Full Review Look Back (2024) 100% A- EDIT “Look Back exudes love for its source material, this medium, and the very act of creation in every frame. It’s crushing and visually vibrant in equal measure, so much so that it may even help AI art freaks inch back a bit closer to the light.” – AV Club Oct 3, 2024 Full Review The Front Room (2024) 40% D EDIT “While The Front Room has a couple of blessings in a big performance from Kathryn Hunter and a handful of well-presented shots, none of it coalesces in any meaningful way, and it ends so quickly that it feels like a crucial 15 minutes of footage got lost.” – AV Club Sep 6, 2024 Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% 6.0/10 EDIT “In its attempts to emulate every shifting form the series has taken over the years, it ends up less a perfect organism, and more a flawed creation that doesn’t meet company standards.” – Paste Magazine Aug 14, 2024 Full Review Chicken for Linda! (2023) 94% 7.8/10 EDIT “Chicken for Linda! is a delightful picture that uses splashes of color and frantic turns to immerse us in its quest for poultry.” – Paste Magazine Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Fancy Dance (2023) 96% B- EDIT “A drama from director Erica Tremblay that portrays life on the Seneca-Cayuga Nation reservation in Oklahoma through an unflinchingly real, non-idealized lens. ” – AV Club Jun 20, 2024 Full Review Ultraman: Rising (2024) 86% 7.6/10 EDIT “Utraman: Rising doesn’t hit quite as hard as its hero’s Spacium Beam, but the adorable movie looks great and works perfectly as a standalone story for series newcomers.” – Paste Magazine Jun 7, 2024 Full Review My Oni Girl (2024) 63% 6.9/10 EDIT “While its plotting can’t quite keep up with its fantastical flourishes, My Oni Girl still proves a pleasant, albeit slight production with just enough going for it to appeal to 2D animation enthusiasts.” – Paste Magazine May 23, 2024 Full Review The Monk and the Gun (2023) 94% 7.8/10 EDIT “The Monk and the Gun is a light but well-delivered political satire about the country’s first democratic elections following their king’s abdication. ” – Paste Magazine Feb 8, 2024 Full Review The Promised Land (2023) 97% 8.3/10 EDIT “A stirring historical epic that balances its grandiose framing with something surprisingly grounded and genuine. A bountiful harvest indeed.” – Paste Magazine Feb 2, 2024 Full Review Maboroshi (2023) 67% 7.9/10 EDIT “Part elegy and part celebration of the past, it makes for an evocative, unusual ghost tale. ” – Paste Magazine Jan 25, 2024 Full Review I.S.S. (2023) 61% 7.4/10 EDIT “I.S.S conveys the dangers of space and human desperation in a way that will leave you gasping for oxygen.” – Paste Magazine Jan 16, 2024 Full Review The Settlers (2023) 94% 8.0/10 EDIT “It presents obfuscated truths about colonial atrocities, using its austere direction and sun-bleached color palette to firmly place us in the middle of man-made horrors.” – Paste Magazine Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Godzilla Minus One (2023) 99% 8.5/10 EDIT “Godzilla Minus One cements itself among the best entries in the series by successfully operating as both an evocative disaster flick and a more human-oriented drama, using each half to bolster the other.” – Paste Magazine Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Deep Sea (2023) 88% 7.6/10 EDIT “Deep Sea‘s lavish visuals bring to life its fantastical aquatic daydream.” – Paste Magazine Nov 24, 2023 Full Review Resident Evil: Death Island (2023) 71% 4.5/10 EDIT “Over the years, Resident Evil has cultivated many distinct strains of action-horror. Unfortunately, Death Island makes for one of its least-potent variants.” – Paste Magazine Jul 27, 2023 Full Review Sympathy for the Devil (2023) 60% 4.0/10 EDIT “By leaving little room to elevate its initial stakes and putting too much weight on its finale to redeem its blasé characters, Sympathy for the Devil makes for an unremarkable drive.” – Paste Magazine Jul 27, 2023 Full Review
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