Project Power (2020) Nate Zoebl August 21, 2020 Movies, Reviews The Project Power playbook is pretty familiar and underwhelming in its creativity and development.
Space Force: Be Best … In Space The Final Girl July 10, 2020 Reviews, TV Space Force gives us five hours of comedy, where we can fantasize about a life that doesn’t so closely resemble hell.
Life, Love, and Sing Yesterday for Me Jose San Mateo June 12, 2020 Reviews, TV Sing Yesterday for Me follows four characters intertwined by love in its various forms.
The Last Days of American Crime (2020) Nate Zoebl June 10, 2020 Movies, Reviews, TV The Last Days of American Crime is a staggering waste of 150 minutes.
Carole and Tuesday Jose San Mateo June 5, 2020 Reviews, TV Carole & Tuesday is science fiction at its best, using the thread of music to give us a snapshot of the future.
Hi Score Girl Jose San Mateo June 4, 2020 Reviews, TV Hi Score Girl, one of the many popular anime titles Netflix has picked up, leans heavily into nostalgia for its appeal.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Jose San Mateo May 22, 2020 Reviews, TV Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 isn’t a bad show; it just doesn’t work.
Extraction (2020) Jose San Mateo May 13, 2020 Movies, Reviews Extraction is an action movie that hits just enough of that sweet spot to be satisfying.
The Platform (2019) Nate Zoebl April 19, 2020 Movies, Reviews I’m glad Netflix is able to bring small, strange, foreign movies like The Platform to, arguably, the biggest audience platform in the world.
Dracula (2020) Jeffrey Roth January 12, 2020 Reviews, TV Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss adapt another classic work, this time Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Lost in Translation 301: The Infinite Channel Universe, or the Balkanization of TV Scott Delahunt July 19, 2019 Lost in Translation As the balkanization grows, the best hope an audience has is word of mouth and happy accidents.
EZMM 2019 Day 9.1: Cargo (2018) Paul Brian McCoy April 23, 2019 Zombies 101 Cargo helped to elevate the marathon above the standard zombie fare, and that’s really what makes this annual event worth it.
EZMM 2019 Day 7.1: Black Summer Episodes 1.06, 1.07, 1.08 Paul Brian McCoy April 21, 2019 Zombies 101 I almost don’t want a second season at this point. I’m perfectly happy with Black Summer standing alone as a 4 hour and 40 minute long zombie epic.
EZMM 2019 Day 5.2: Kingdom Episode 1.06 Paul Brian McCoy April 19, 2019 Zombies 101 The first season finale of Kingdom was pretty much up to the standard of each episode so far.
Lost in Translation 290: Godzilla – Planet of the Monsters Scott Delahunt April 19, 2019 Lost in Translation The theme of the Godzilla franchise has always been about the dangers of destroying the planet, either through nuclear war or through environmental damage.
EZMM 2019 Day 4.2: Kingdom Episode 1.05 Paul Brian McCoy April 18, 2019 Zombies 101 This episode was a bit of a return to the slow burn of the opening chapters but does a good job maintaining and building tension while also laying out new mysteries to unravel.
EZMM 2019 Day 3.1: Kingdom Episodes 1.03 & 1.04 Paul Brian McCoy April 17, 2019 Zombies 101 The way Kingdom leans into the different threats during the days and nights is really one of its main strengths.
EZMM 2019 Day 2.1: Kingdom Episodes 1.01 & 1.02 Paul Brian McCoy April 16, 2019 Zombies 101 The first episode is a bit of a slow burn, but the series director, Kim Seong-hun, has a beautiful eye and every shot of Kingdom is gorgeous.
EZMM 2019 Day 1: Black Summer 1.01 & 1.02 Paul Brian McCoy April 15, 2019 Zombies 101 Black Summer isn’t about the emotional impact of watching someone you’ve grown to like or love suddenly turn into a monster.
Lost in Translation 289: Titans Scott Delahunt April 12, 2019 Lost in Translation The characters are recognizable, but Titans is putting its own spin on them, something to be expected in a cinematic universe.