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Amaze. Amaze. AMAZE!
Once I realized they were releasing a movie based on a book sitting in my backlog, I quickly picked it up and tried to finish it before the premiere.I missed that deadline by a mile, but I did manage...
The best of humanity
Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi novel set against impossible odds, a lone survivor must 'science' his way out of the biggest problem in his life. The difference between Astronaut Mark Wayney and Dr Ryla...
A refreshing horror movie
I will keep this one a bit short and sweet because I don't want to possibly give any spoilers as this movie subverted my expectations (in a good way). I think Hokum is the best original (as in not a r...
This could have been SO MUCH MORE
What happens when you blend inspired art direction, a fun narrative steeped in the pulp literary tradition of the Western canon, turn-based tactical strategy, and terribly unbalanced gameplay?You get...
Lets try again
Iron Man 2 is the first real Disney Marvel film. The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man had already come out in 2008. Surely the negotiations had been happening for years, but Disney did not officially buy...
No one saw this coming
It was the ’90s. Our president was cool and played the saxophone, I was a lot shorter, and Saturday mornings were reserved for cartoons. It was a glorious time that I got to enjoy whenever my mother d...
Uva Uvam Vivendo Varia Fit
Spoiler “I’m glad I’ve been wrong enough to keep in practice… You can’t avoid it, you’ve got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life, it’s bound...
Review of Alone With Heaven
What makes The Saddest Landscape stand out among their peers in the emo/screamo scene is their ability to capture the tension of hope and despair so viscerally. They utilize massive, melodic wall-of-s...
Cameron's First Classic
Aliens. That’s a pretty good summary of this movie, especially if you’ve seen Alien. This is Aliens. A rare sequel that switches genre, increases the enemies and makes another great film.Alien is a go...
Another great DLC
A two‑part DLC would irritate me were it not for the sheer amount of fun it delivers.You jump straight back into Daud’s story. He has solved the mystery of Delilah’s identity, but her motives remain a...
A Knife in the Night
The Knife of Dunwall might be the best DLC I have ever played—not the best for Dishonored 1, not the best in the entire Dishonored series, but the best DLC I have ever experienced.What the Knife of Du...
An Exceptional Game
I did not like Dishonored when it was first released. Coming out shortly before Bioshock Infinite, it was not the game I wanted it to be. It wasn’t easy or forgiving—no, it was an immersive sim sold t...
All of a Sudden I Want to Dream
Explosions in the Sky is not shy about evoking the unnamed emotions that exist between your initial reaction and deeper introspection—those first flashes of excitement, the tension of a held breath. A...
A Perfect Blend
If Ridley Scott’s Alien were just science fiction, it would rank among the very best in cinematic history. If it were purely horror, it would still stand among the best. It’s the confluence of these s...
Emotions for Rent by Hour
Spoiler Rental Family raises poignant questions about the commodification of loneliness, the impact of genuine connection, and what it means to be a friend, family, lover, or community - questions that are ul...
Wow... What a Let Down
I was 7 and I was the problem. I liked Robocop and I was the problem. I was too little to have seen it. So many of us were just to young for the violence and satire. So a movie studio did what they sh...
A Book and Game Worth Your Time
Sports only matter if you care. If you care about the team, the school, franchise, the players. Gene Wojciechowski makes you care about Duke and Kentucky. He makes you care about Duke's rise and Kentu...
Ron Swanson to the darkside
If you want to mess up your YouTube algorithm for a while—and make yourself a little dumber—go on YouTube and search “Sovereign Citizen.” There’s no shortage of compilations and short documentaries ab...
The French Connection, Heat, Bullitt, Dirty Hairy....HAWK JONES
I was merely a child when I first found this movie in the local video store. I would rent this film once a week. My parents would try to talk me out of it, but it was too no avail.Hawk Jones is the st...
Review of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?” A well-lauded, if somewhat overlooked classic of 20th century American literature, what’s left to be sa...
The Best Action Movie of the Decade
I was completely on board with Fury Road when I saw the trailer in early 2015. It looked bombastic and fun. When I walked out of the theater on May 17, 2015, I had gotten everything I wanted—and so mu...
Back for More
I have to admit something. It’s a little embarrassing, and from it you might make some assumptions about my parents. Despite their attitudes about respect, responsibility, accountability, and integrit...
To Protect and Serve
Inspired by the resurgence of sci-fi and the emergence of more mature-themed comics in the 1980s, RoboCop tells the story of a police officer in a decaying Detroit. He is assigned to the most violent...
More Than Just a Movie
I was sold on the film the moment I saw the trailer and heard Michael B. Jordan say, “Naw, we cousins.”Set in the Jim Crow South, Sinners tells the story of a juke joint (think club in Prohibition-era...