Tag: action
REVIEW: Arrow Season 6 (2017-2018)
Arrow season 6 is like a Hot Pocket; parts are hot, parts are cold, and you alternately enjoy it and curse it for not cooking evenly. Certain elements of the new season are handled very well, with a character who’d lost her way of late acting like her old self again, another becoming a much &helli...
Read MoreWhat Happened to Action Films?
I love action films, and have since I can remember. From the landmark The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day to Inception (the movie that made me fall in love with how films are made), there are so many classic movies in the genre. However, I don’t think we’ve had a lot of action ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld, Season 2, Episode 5 “Akane no Mai”
*Spoilers* “Akane no Mai” opens with Karl Strand telling the Delos team to find and bring Peter Abernathy to him. One underling tells him that a third of the hosts they’ve analyzed don’t have any data to pull. In Shogun World, things don’t go Maeve’s way as she and her friend...
Read MoreWhat I’ve Been Playing: Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs is one of those games that, after you see the trailer, you quickly roll your eyes and start whining about open world games. Then you get over yourself and actually play it, and before long you want to smack yourself because of how great the experience you almost denied yourself really ...
Read MoreEscape Plan 2: Hades Gets Trailer
Bohemian Rhapsody wasn’t the only trailer to be released today; Lionsgate unveiled the first look at Escape Plan 2: Hades, a direct-to-video (aww) sequel to the 2013 action film that saw two genre legends share the screen. Sylvester Stallone is back, but Arnold Schwarzenegger sits out this prison ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld, Season 2, Episode 4 “Riddle of the Sphinx”
“You only live as long as the last person who remembers you.” *Spoilers* “Riddle of the Sphinx” opens up with William’s father-in-law Jim entertaining himself and waiting for William to show up. When he arrives they have a drink and discuss using their biotech to save Jim’s life. In ...
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