The fight goes on, as Team Londo Bell takes on Leonard Testarossa and his enforcers. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 119 – An Invitation to the Future II
Bad News! The Jupiter Empire and Gamillan forces have just joined Amalgam. Good news! Londo Bell and the Yamato have arrived and with reinforcements. Read more
Movie Review: Inferno (1980)
Suspiria was what I’d describe as one of the best films Dario Argento ever made, with a tremendous visual esthetic, particularly through the use of color in the film, combined with the excellent score by Goblin. So, it’s not surprising that Dario made a semi-spiritual sequel. The second film, Inferno, introduced the thematic series that Argento named “The Three Mothers” trilogy, with the films based around three witches drawn from Thomas De Quincey’s Suspiria de Profundis. Inferno aims to basically be “like Suspiria but more so,” but it doesn’t quite work. Read more
Film Review: Suspiria (1977)
When it comes to giallo, the work of Dario Argento is something of a gap in my knowledge, which is a shame since he, like Bava and Fulci, are legends of the genre. Indeed, Argento probably had the greatest mainstream penetration of any work of Italian horror, through this work – Suspiria.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 118 – An Invitation to the Future I
Sousuke and Kaname head back to their old school, to think about the future – only to get an unpleasant interruption. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 117 – Parting of the Ways
It’s time for the Nadesico and Celestial Being teams to try to head back to their universe, and in turn, figure out if they’ve found a reliable way to universe jump. Read more
Film Review: House of Usher
I start off my October House of Horrors with a look at Roger Corman’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic “The Fall of the House of Usher” Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 116 – A Grudge Among Men
Some of the Londo Bell crew are rather annoyed by all the bishounen they’re finding themselves surrounded by. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 115 – Acting the Part II
Beecha is doing well in command of the Argama… aside from moving way the hell out into the open. Read more
Book Review: The Run-Out Groove
The Vinyl Detective was an interesting launch to a mystery series, with a mystery novel steeped heavily in 1940-50s jazz music, and in record collecting. The question to a book like that is how do you follow a work like that up and keep the framework fresh? Read more
Film Review: Krull
Krull feels like a film that is trying to cash in on a variety of trends. It’s a fantasy film like Conan. It’s a grand heroic epic like Star Wars, but it doesn’t quite pull all of them off. However, Krull has its strengths that make it worth watching. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 114 – Acting the Part I
In our next DLC mission, Beecha returns to the commander’s chair of the Nahel Argama… just in time to fend off a Neo Zeon attack! Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 113 – Thought Patterns II
Fu mo fu Mo fumo fu, fo mo fu fu mo fu mo fu… Fumo-fu!
(Translation: It turns out Gates isn’t dead, so it’s time to put him in his place… with Bonta-Kun!) Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 82
We return to our regularly scheduled issues of Nintendo Power with a lot of SNES games. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 112 – Thought Patterns I
Fu Fumo fu fumo-fu fumo, fo mo fu fumofu!
(Translation: I’ve unlocked the Bonta-Kun mission, so it’s time for some wackiness!) Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 111 – The Way Home
The crew reflects on Tetsuya’s betrayal and the new options which have opened up. (And also Nine is unexpectedly mean to Ryoko from Nadesico). Read more
Comic Review: Superman Vol. 1 – Son of Superman
I am someone who likes Superman, but who has not read a lot of Superman stories. I’d read some Superman pre-New-52, and I read a bit of the Post New-52 Superman in the trade, but kind of fell off of reading that series. I decided recently to jump back on to Superman with the post Rebirth DC Comics universe and was interested in seeing how this turned out. Read more
Comics Review: Batman/Flash – The Button
When Flashpoint ended, the comic dropped a little hint suggesting that the new DC Multiverse could end up incorporating the world of Watchmen, because in the Batcave, embedded in a wall, was The Comedian’s Button. Batman/Flash: The Button follows up on that revelation, as Batman and The Flash try to figure out what The Button exactly means. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 110 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond IV
The Getter Robo Team is reunited, but we still have the mysterious Para-mail to contend with. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 109 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond III
Ashura may be defeated, but now we face Great Mazinger. Read more
Anime Review: Hayate the Combat Butler – Cuties
This week I’m covering the last Hayate series to date, with Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 108 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond II
We finish off Baron Ashura and their troops. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 107 – An Iron Blade and a Steel Bond I
We start off our fight with Baron Ashura and their golems. Read more
Comic Review: Batman/The Shadow – Murder Geniuses
I’ve been a fan of The Shadow for a long time. I’ve enjoyed his outings in the pulps, the radio plays, and even the film featuring Alec Baldwin. However, at least in the late ’80s and early ’90s on, comic book writers haven’t quite known what to do with him. The best depictions of the character after that time I’ve encountered have effectively skipped over any idea of characterization for the character, in favor of making him a force of nature, or an unknowable cipher, instead of giving him grounded motivations. Read more