Breaking it all Down

Alexander CaseOctober 16, 2021September 27, 2021Leave a comment

The Skull: Film Review

I have come to the conclusion that my first non-anthology Amicus film I watched, Scream and Scream Again, may have been an outlier, in terms of quality. By contrast, The Skull, while very light on narrative, has some very nicely done imagery and well done cinematography, which makes it an incredibly fun film.

Alexander CaseOctober 15, 2021September 26, 2021Leave a comment

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 57 – Hostage Rescue I

We go on to rescue our third Liberation Army member, blissfully unware of the horrible fact that my audio is still muted.

Alexander CaseOctober 14, 2021September 26, 2021Leave a comment

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 56 – Against the Pirates III

We finish off the pirates, and agree to rescue another member of the Liberation Army – but little do I know that I’m still muted.

Alexander CaseOctober 13, 2021September 25, 2021Leave a comment

The Sentinel (1977): Film (Video) Review

I’m following up on my review of Paperbacks From Hell, with a video review of a novel covered in that book – 1977’s The Sentinel.

Alexander CaseOctober 12, 2021September 26, 2021Leave a comment

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 55 – Against the Pirates II

We continue trying to rescue the mage, while I continue to forget that I’m muted.

Alexander CaseOctober 11, 2021September 26, 2021Leave a comment

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 54 – Against the Pirates I

We go to take on some pirates, and I fail to notice that I’m muted.

Samurai film

Ghost of Yotsuya (1957): Movie Review

Ghost of Yotsuya is arguably a conventional horror film, though it’s one that also takes a little bit to get to the spooks. Like Kwaidan, it’s an adaptation of an existing horror story, in this case, one from a Kabuki play.

Alexander CaseOctober 10, 2021October 14, 2021Leave a comment

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Legend of the Mountain: Film Review

Legend of the Mountain is King Hu doing a ghost story. Not in the sense of a work of cover-to-cover overt horror, but more in the sense of a general vibe of dread, but never quite getting a heavy level of spookiness beyond a few moments.

Anime, News

My Hero Academia Season 5: Anime Review

From the discussions I’ve seen online as the season went on, My Hero Academia Season 5 is probably the most divisive season of the show thus far, between those who have been reading the manga, and those who have been watching the show, and a lot of that comes down to the decisions made around the final arc of the season, the My Villain Academia arc. It’s not that the season is bad, it’s that the narrative decisions that were made about where they would include that arc in the season was very controversial.

Alexander CaseOctober 8, 2021October 8, 2021Leave a comment

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S: Anime Review

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S is Kyoto Animation’s big return to television after the horrific fire of 2019, along with the pandemic, so it feels right for them to come back with something as cheerful and heartwarming – and also horny on main – as Dragon Maid.

Books

Paperbacks From Hell: Book Review

This week I’m starting off my Halloween horror reviews with a review of a nonfiction book about horror fiction.

Alexander CaseOctober 6, 2021September 18, 2021Leave a comment

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The Detective Is Already Dead: Anime Review

There’s a point, in a flashback sequence in The Detective Is Already Dead, where the titular Detective, Siesta, is asked by our protagonist and her sidekick, Kimihiko, why she calls herself a detective when she’s closer to being a spy. Siesta responds that she protects the interests of her client, which what a detective does, so she chooses to identify herself (professionally) as a Detective. This kind of encapsulates the show in a nutshell.

Alexander CaseOctober 4, 2021September 18, 2021Leave a comment

Girlfriend, Girlfriend: Anime Review

Many romantic comedy anime series use misunderstandings as the focus of their humor. Something is misheard, or not told, and it sets up a snowballing series of events, like in Maison Ikkoku. Girlfriend, Girlfriend is the exact opposite of that. It is a series based on the fundamental premise of “What if people were maybe just a little too open and direct?”

Alexander CaseOctober 3, 2021September 13, 2021Leave a comment

Saturn 3: Movie Review

Saturn 3 feels like a film coming off of the environmental dystopia films of the 1970s – like Silent Running – combined with a bit of horror. However, having a cast smaller than that of Alien – just 3 actors – ultimately ends up working against the film.

Alexander CaseOctober 2, 2021September 13, 2021Leave a comment

It Came From Beneath The Sea: Film Review

It Came From Beneath The Sea is the kind of giant monster movie I can enjoy mostly guilt free. No appliances glued or stapled onto animals – just good old fashioned, cruelty-free Ray Harryhausen stop-motion. It’s how Willis O’Brian did it – it’s how the movie industry had done, and at that point in the ‘50s it had worked pretty well so far.

Alexander CaseOctober 1, 2021September 18, 2021Leave a comment

HameFura Season 2: Anime Review

My Next Life As A Villainess All Routes Lead To Doom X (or HameFura Season 2 for short) – continues the adventures of Katarina Claes. In the first season she successfully survived the events of the otome game “Fortune Lover” after being reincarnated as that game’s antagonist – and in the process got every possible route (and rival, and the game’s protagonist) to fall for her, all without deliberately trying to do so, and she is still unaware of this fact. Now with a bright future ahead of her, clearly it’s all just slice of life comedy, right? Well… not exactly.

Alexander CaseSeptember 30, 2021September 17, 2021Leave a comment

Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory: Anime Review

I have been known to enjoy a fan-service anime or two in varying circumstances – even series with premises that, at first glance can be skeezy, can be executed well – as with What The Hell Are You Doing Here, Teacher? I had hoped that Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory would fit into that criteria – and it almost does. However, it has a few points that don’t quite make it work.

Video games, Where I Read

Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 116

At long last, we have come to the N64.

Alexander CaseSeptember 29, 2021September 13, 2021Leave a comment

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Night Head 2041: Anime Review

I normally don’t review shows when I drop them, though considering my reasons for dropping Babylon in 2019, I probably should have done so. Considering that, and with how far I got in Night Head 2041, I feel I’ve watched enough of the show to make it worth reviewing. And, much like Babylon, it had done enough to draw me in, in spite of some serious red flags, that I do want to talk about it.