The ramblings of a wannabe cineaste. Join me as I dissect the art of storytelling in films, comics, TV shows, and video games.
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2023: A Year in (Movie) Review(s)
Every cinephile has at least one Holy Grail. It's a common story: interest in said rare movie is piqued by a fleeting allusion in the...
My Five Favorite Movie Villain Deaths of 2022
[The following list contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Way back in 2020, I wrote: I firmly believe that a villain is only...
My Five Favorite Movie Villains of 2022
[The following list contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] De Guiche (Cyrano): A pompous, foppish aristocrat that wields his...
Best Supporting Performances of 2021
Thanks to the valiant efforts of talented character actors, supporting roles are often far more memorable than any given film’s supposed...
Dario Argento's Guide to Being a Giallo Protagonist
Be a foreigner with very few friends in town. Stumble across a violent crime in progress. Immediately touch everything as you fruitlessly...
Further Thoughts on Ghost of Tsushima
[The following observations were originally posted to my Twitter account on August 22, 2020. However, as the character limit is no longer...
Top 10 Movies I Would Have Watched if Fantasia Film Festival Wasn’t Region Locked
Thanks to COVID-19, this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival is exclusively online! I was looking forward to exploring the...
Revisiting Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Tonight, I revisited Rugrats in Paris: The Movie for the first time in… oh, probably decades. Here are a few random, disconnected...
Currently Playing: Ghost of Tsushima
Synopsis: After Mongol invaders wipe out his entire clan, samurai Jin Sakai is forced to confront the fact that his rigid “code of honor”...
In Defense of The Witcher’s Nonlinear Narrative Structure
[The following essay contains SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Both fans and critics of Netflix’s recent adaptation of Andrzej...
The Phantom Menace: Japanese Archetypes and Iconography in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
I’m an unapologetic fan of The Phantom Menace (though I must confess that I used to be a bit embarrassed to admit it). In the past, I...
Five Memorable Movie Moments from 2019
Now that the dust from the holiday season has settled, I’d like to give the old year a proper sendoff. Rather than compiling a generic...
My Top 3 Cinematic Character Archetypes of 2019
The taciturn remnant of a near-extinct tribe of warriors that prefers to work alone, but nevertheless inadvertently assembles a makeshift...
Additional Thoughts on It: Chapter Two
[SPOILERS BELOW! You have been warned.] I know it’s faithful to the source material, but Muschietti really shouldn’t have brought back...
A List of Fetishes Present in the Film Adaptation of Cats
[Yes, I did endure this cinematic atrocity so that you wouldn’t have to. You’re welcome.] Furry. Obviously. Vore. Perpetrated during...
Thoughts on Captain Marvel
I saw Captain Marvel last Saturday, but it’s taken me a few days to completely digest the experience. After much deliberation, I’ve...
Some Notes on Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
The glorious cinematic saga that is Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil is a definite guilty pleasure, but I currently lack the energy to...
Thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War
I won’t be writing one of my usual reviews for Avengers: Infinity War. I have two big reasons for this: I am incredibly biased when it...
The Beauty of Silence
Last night, Jean Dujardin took home the Best Actor Oscar for his work as George Valentin in The Artist—an almost entirely silent role....





















