Stray Dog is one of the earlier film noir styled films from Akira Kurosawa. It’s an interesting example of the genre, and it also makes for an interesting snapshot of post-war Japan. The premise has Toshiro Mifune playing a rookie homicide op whose weapon is stolen by a pickpocket while on the bus. The detective ends up being partnered with a veteran detective as they make their way through Tokyo’s underworld to find the gun. Continue reading
Movie Review: The Searchers
I never really watched many western films with plots based around Native Americans when I was a kid. Not even The Searchers. I kinda knew, at a fundamental level, that most of those films had something of a simmering undercurrent of racism that would leave a bad taste in my mouth. Even after I got older, and started hearing people talking about The Searchers in particular as one of the best Westerns, if not one of the best films of all time, I couldn’t quite quell those lingering doubts. However, after much deliberation, this year I decided to get around to watching this movie. Continue reading
The Nandesco Alliance brings down the last of the enemy forces. Continue reading
Ghuli goes down as Hokushin joins the fray. Continue reading
This week I’m taking a look at book 6 of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, as the status quo changes once again. Continue reading
We move to take on Ghuli as the Dragons turn on the Successors. Continue reading
Things get more complicated when some Dragons and Ghuli show up. Continue reading
Book Review: Six Wakes
Man, this is the year for really interesting SF murder mysteries getting nominated for the Hugo awards. In The Best Novella category there’s “Then There Was (N-One)” – and in Best Novel, we have Six Wakes from Mur Lafferty. Continue reading
Book Review: The Corellian Trilogy – Part 2 – Assault at Selonia
We continue with the Corellian trilogy as we branch out to a larger exploration of the Corellian system. Continue reading
The Nadesico Force launches their rescue attempt for Yurika. Continue reading
Zambot 3 has to make a tough decision, and Hoi Kow Low gets what’s been coming to him. Continue reading
This month I’m covering the next installment of Dark Horse’s Droids comic.
Opening Credits: Star Wars Theme from Super Star Wars on the SNES.
Closing Credits: Chiptune Cantina Band from Chiptune Inc. – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvJtiGFudFlvYMfjiU1NKJg
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The crew of Zambot 3 gets into the weeds a little over how they’re fighting, and what they’re fighting for. Continue reading
The ZZ Gundam Crew tags along on a mission to defend supplies coming to Arzenal. Continue reading
Movie Review: Fate/Stay Night – Heaven’s Feel – Part I, Presage Flower
It is important to say this out of the gate, even more so than with Fate/Apocrypha – this is a film for people who have been watching Fate/Stay Night from the beginning. This, to a large degree, has to do with the structure of the original game. Heaven’s Feel is the third route of the game, played after (in order) the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes. Consequently, the story of the route has a lot less focus on explaining the Holy Grail War, Servants, or mages, because you’ve played through the game twice already. Continue reading
Book Review: The Vinyl Detective – Written in Dead Wax
Back when I was in Middle School, I discovered the Lovejoy Mysteries, first through the TV series and then through the novels. However, some aspects of the books, such as Lovejoy’s attitude towards women, have aged poorly. So, while I enjoy going back to the books (and I should get around to reading them at some point in the future), they are kind of hard to recommend. Continue reading
Re-united, and it feels so good.
Theme: JAM Project – The EXCEEDER (From Super Robot Wars V)
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We launch our counter-attack to save the Yamato.
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This time I’m reviewing one of the films that got me into anime.
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It’s time to go save the Yamato.
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We encounter an opponent who goes full edge-lord (never go full edge-lord)
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Movie Review: The Mask of Zorro (1998)
I love the swashbuckler film genre and have ever since I saw The Princess Bride and several of the Zorro films as a kid. Consequently, I’m somewhat surprised that I never got around to seeing Mask of Zorro until just now. Continue reading
Film Review: Point Break
Cops & Robbers movies have been a part of cinema for as long as there has been cinema, though prior to the 1990s, the general tack was to either have the robbers be the good guys (going back to various western films), or to have the cops be the good guys, but with a few exceptions generally not really both. Continue reading
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 62 – Lies and Feelings I
Our three ships (not that kind of ships) end up in the middle of an ambush.
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