This is a gorgeous, darkly beautiful work of film that’s probably the most surreal work that Oshii has made (helped by the fact that Yoshitaka Amano did much of the art for the film and co-wrote the story). It is the first film I’ve seen that I don’t feel qualified to analyze. Continue reading
Film Review – TMNT (2007)
TMNT is a film that has the heart that the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film had (and the other two sequels lacked), but it falls short in a few significant places. Continue reading
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 9 – Salvage Run
We expand the number of options we have for navigating environments this episode.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 50
This week we continue with the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s fourth year, with the 6 Game Boy titles that made the top 30 (or 20) but weren’t featured in the magazine. Continue reading
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 10 – Working In A Heat Mine
This time we get around to staking out a new heat… vein… thingie.
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 8 – Giant Enemy Crab
Another mission, another giant crab monster.
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 7, Station to Station
It’s rare when a game gives you an opportunity to make a timely David Bowie reference in the title.
Film Review – The Short Life of Charles Beaumont
This time I’m taking a look at the documentary, Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man. I was provided with a copy of this documentary at no cost for purpose of review from the film’s director at OryCon 2014. Continue reading
Film Review: Executioners from Shaolin
It’s been a while since I reviewed a martial arts film from Hong Kong, and even longer since I reviewed a film from Shaw Brothers. With Netflix including more and more of the Shaw Brothers filmography, now is as good a time as any to revisit the studio and their works. Continue reading
This episode we have the hardest fight I’ve encountered thus far.
Film Review: The Yakuza Papers Pt. 3 – Proxy War
Proxy War, along with the second film in the series, Hiroshima Deathmatch, are really where the Yakuza Papers series really kicks into high gear with showing the real nature of the Yakuza life. Where the sophomore film in the series introduced a new character, followed him through his induction into the yakuza, until his ultimate death, Proxy War returns us to following Bunta Sugawara’s character, Shozo Hirono, as factions within the old guard start playing the new generation of yakuza against each other, while Hirono himself tries to reconcile this current chain of events with the yakuza code of honor. Continue reading
You’d have thought that on the ice planet people would have realized that extreme cold causes things to freeze on the machinery, so maybe we should do something about that. Nope! Continue reading
This time we’re retreading some old ground to get some new Thermal Energy.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 49
This week we start with the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s fourth year, with the 6 NES titles that made the top 30 (or 20) but weren’t featured in the magazine. Continue reading
Where I Play: Lost Planet 3 – Part 3, When Extraordinary Repairs Become Commonplace
We’ve got a lot of stuff to fix on this planet.
Where I Play: Lost Planet 3 – Part 2, Ice Planet Repairman
This time I deal with all the crud that needs to be fixed on this planet.
Where I Play: Lost Planet 3 – Part 1, Dirty Snowball
I’m starting a new Let’s Play, as the Dragon Age II LP wasn’t really working for various reasons. I’m doing Lost Planet 3 because the game has a more conventional level structure, so it makes it easier to have more conventional chapter stops. Continue reading
Book Review – Fire In The Valley
This week I have another non-fiction book review, as I take a look at “Fire in The Valley”, a book about the history of the computer industry. Continue reading
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 48
This week we continue with Nintendo Power with issue #36 for April of 1992. Due to restrictions on my YouTube channel, this episode has been split into two parts. Continue reading
Sealed Envelope – Star Wars, The New Era, and The Prophecy
This week I’m putting together a video with some speculation on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and how The Prophecy from the prequel trilogy might tie in to the film’s plot (if it comes up at all). This was recorded Thanksgiving Weekend, well before the film came out, as a little sealed envelope – if my predictions are right, then I’m a genius! If I’m wrong, I look like a moron! Either way, you win! Continue reading
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 47
This week we continue with Nintendo Power with issue #35 for March of 1992.
Due to restrictions on my YouTube channel, this episode has been split into two parts. Continue reading
Film Review – A Christmas Carol (1999)
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is probably the work of literature that has been most frequently adapted to the screen that wasn’t written by William Shakespeare. With so many adaptations, it’s probably hard to pick the best. I’d probably put the Muppet version at the top of my list, but aside from that, the 1999 made-for-TV version starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge is my number two pick. Continue reading
Tabletop RPGs for Video Game Fans II
This time I’m revisiting a concept did a video on a few years ago – recommendations for Tabletop RPGs for people who play video games. Continue reading
Film Review: The Yakuza Papers Pt. 2 – Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
After the original The Yakuza Papers came out and did incredibly well at the box office, a sequel came out with a relatively fast turnaround. Unlike the first film, the sequel, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, bypasses Bunta Sugawara’s character, Shozo Hirono (who does appear in this film as a cameo appearance), for a new character, and new story of induction into the world of the Yakuza.
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