I’ve had some free time lately (hah), and have used said free time to see some movies I’ve never seen before. I meant what I said about keeping up with mini-reviews of new (to me) movies, so here we go:

Maniac: Elijah Wood continues being the creepiest little hobbit ever by stalking women and brutally murdering them. The P.O.V camera is ingenious ( Read more... )

Drive By Movie Reviews:

Moana: Amazing performances (it still astounds me that Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson can act and sing) all around. Gorgeous visuals, great music, and surprisingly mature storyline. Moana is one of Disney’s most active female protagonists, is extremely likable, and doesn’t get a shoehorned romance. Her relationship with Maui ( Read more... )

Last night we went to see Nerve, which was basically the teen friendly lovechild of Thirteen Sins and the episode White Bear from Black Mirror. Unlike a majority of stories that portray the internet and social media, this surprisingly tight little tech-thriller has a much closer idea to the actual impact such interactions cause for real people. ( Read more... )

Because Steam was having a sale, and FFXV is still a bit off, I bit the bullet and decided to finally pick up the terribly named The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. Despite the incredibly generic title, I’ve heard a lot of good buzz around this game, especially over at Kotaku, and decided it was about time I gave this beloved modern-classic ( Read more... )

The last two weeks have been a maelstrom due to health reasons, of which I'll go into more detail...eventually. But in the effort to cope, last night we decided to catch the new Ghostbusters. We went with Bex, Bev, and a surprise appearance by Bev's husband Jacob ( Read more... )

Captain America: Civil War.

See it.

It was excellent. As always, the continuity with the other movies in the MCU is impressive, and the overall story is really well executed. With so many characters (the number of important named characters actually exceeds Age of Ultron) it’s mind-boggling that it felt like enough time was spent with everyone ( Read more... )

I actually watched, and finished, an anime!

Er, no, not Psycho Pass. I’m still on episode twelve of that. Where I’ve been for like three months.

I actually picked up Shiki while I was ill. I had originally heard of it an ABcon a few years ago during a “horror anime” panel and the name stuck with me. It was an interesting show, not my favorite, ( Read more... )

I got to see Batman v. Superman yesterday with Joe (who *hated* it) and was left with a very conflicted collection of feelings. If I had to talk about the movie on the whole I would say…it was okay. I mean, I’ll probably buy it. That’s a positive, right? The more I thought about it, the more I came to the realization that for nearly every event in ( Read more... )

Batman: Bad Blood is the newest addition to the DC’s animated movie line, and the sequel to 2015s Batman vs. Robin. It continues the plot begun in Son of Batman and brings many of the events and characters full circle, all the while expanding the scope of the story and characters and making some bold choices in terms of both story arc and ( Read more... )

It’s a struggle for me to sit down and watch start a new show even though my Netflix queue is full of programs that I’m quite interested to see. Anime is especially tough, since I tend to find many of the less inspired tropes tiresome while also wanting to enjoy the more creative aspects of the medium that make it unique. Attack of Titan has been ( Read more... )