Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Civil War (2024)
[Insert lack of Marvel superheroes joke here.] Now that that’s out of the way, Alex Garland’s Civil War is a surprisingly smart movie, a film not about right and wrong so much as what would happen if a hellish civil war of the kind we mostly associate with third-world nations came to America, a...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch Season 3, Episode 12, “Juggernaut”
*SPOILERS* In “Juggernaut,” Omega arrives on Tantiss. She is met by Dr. Hemlock and brought to a surprised Emerie. Back on Pabu, Crosshair suggests the Batch find Vice Admiral Rampart and interrogate him concerning Tantiss’ location. Once they arrive at Aramis, an Imperial prison planet, Phee ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the mess you probably thought it was, with useless human characters, inconsistent special effects, shoddy editing, laughless humor, desperate attempts to be cool, and mostly underwhelming action. But there are moments, even whole segments, that suggest a better mo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 3, Episodes 10 and 11, “Identity Crisis” and “Point of No Return”
*SPOILERS* “Identity Crisis” introduces a Force-sensitive baby who gets reported to a bounty hunter. Meanwhile, on Mount Tantiss, Emerie is promoted to head scientist, Nala Se’s former post. Despite getting exactly what she wanted, Emerie is shocked to find that the “specimens” she will b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Gothix (2023)
The streamer Gothix has been making the rounds lately as the Black Girl Gamers story grows and their practices are discussed. But she’s been around for a while, and she’s had a tumultuous journey since starting her online streaming career. She even has a documentary, titled Gothix, about her evo...
Read MoreREVIEW: Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024)
It’s been nearly twenty years since this princess has had her own solo game (which I haven’t had a chance to play), but being a huge Nintendo fan, you bet your bottom dollar I was stoked for Princess Peach: Showtime! when it was announced during the last Nintendo Direct. And the theme being desc...
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