1917 is a breathtaking technical achievement. Producing a “single-take” movie (even one as obviously stitched-together as this—not a...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Wolverine, and Avengers: Endgame; you have been warned!]...

Well, after roughly 117 hours, I have finally conquered Persona 5. My initial impression still stands: this is one of the most...

Started playing Persona 5 on the PS4. I’m only a few hours deep, but I’m digging it so far. In terms of gameplay, it follows the classic...

[The following review contains VERY MINOR SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Much like the cosmos itself, developer Mobius Digital’s Outer...

[The following post contains MAJOR SPOILERS and a whole lot of FANBOY WHINING; consider yourself warned!] The Rise of Skywalker improves...

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...

The taciturn remnant of a near-extinct tribe of warriors that prefers to work alone, but nevertheless inadvertently assembles a makeshift...

The Mandalorian represents everything that I love about Star Wars. From the shadowy hallways of Jabba the Hutt’s palace to the bustling...

[SPOILERS BELOW! You have been warned.] I know it’s faithful to the source material, but Muschietti really shouldn’t have brought back...

Not to get excessively sentimental or philosophical, but I had a rather profound epiphany today—triggered by, of all things, a video...

[Yes, I did endure this cinematic atrocity so that you wouldn’t have to. You’re welcome.] Furry. Obviously. Vore. Perpetrated during...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Well, to quote the late Orson Krennic: “We were on the verge of...

My initial review of Tora-san was already a bit too bloated and unfocused for my standards, but I simply had to rectify my failure to...

I’ve decided to revisit my House of Bamboo review because I somehow forgot to mention that it features one of the most realistically...

Following Rutger Hauer’s death earlier this year, I bought several of his more obscure films, and tonight, I finally got around to...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Looper is a great science fiction film because it uses time travel as a prop rather than...

Nowadays, Wait Until Dark is seldom ranked among the best thrillers ever made, even though it absolutely earns a spot on such a list....

“Tokyo Stories”, Japan Society’s special showcase of Japanese movies made by foreigners, has entered its final weekend. Despite my...

[The following review contains minor SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Knives Out is about as far from a conventional murder mystery as...