We have Inferno, the middle installment of the Three Mothers series after Suspiria, this week, and it’s sadly inferior to the first film.
Read moreInferno (1980): Film (Video) Review
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 8 – Peace and War
After a time skip, we go to Oscar’s settlement to ask for help.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 7 – The Damn Fool That Shot ‘Em
We learn JD’s dark secret.
Read moreLupin the Third Part IV: Anime Review
Lupin the Third is a character who refuses to be tied down. Like Tom Servo, he’s like the wind, baby. His various earlier anime series and films have set him up as a consummate flirt and womanizer, and his adventures have spanned the globe. Lupin the Third Part IV upends that status quo immediately in both respects. In the second, Lupin’s adventures in this series are generally limited to Italy. In the first case, the series opens with Lupin getting married, and not to Fujiko Mine.
Read moreO Maidens in Your Savage Season – Anime Review
Occasionally, I watch an anime series that I feel utterly unqualified to review. Sometimes it’s something like Angel’s Egg, where I can clearly feel the concepts flying over my head and ruffling my hair – where I can tell what I’m seeing is art, but I lack the vocabulary to properly expand on the concept. In the case of O Maidens in Your Savage Season, it’s life experiences.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 6 – Flock Off
We make our way through the crash site to the Hotel.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 5 – Pear Shaped
We make our way to Carmine, only for a new type of Swarm to show up.
Read moreSuspiria (1977): Film (Video) Review
My October Horror reviews begin with the 1977 version of Suspiria, as we make our way through Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 4 – On the Ropes
Another settlement is under attack by The Swarm, so it’s up to our heroes – and Fahz – to come to the rescue.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 3 – SOL
We launch our orbital death ray and get a new robot friend.
Read moreFruits Basket Season 1 (2019): Anime Review
When I was in High School, Fruits Basket came out in the US and it was a phenomenon. the manga was the flagship of Tokyopop’s unflipped manga (or “100% Authentic Manga”) initiative, and its success led to the majority of manga in the US being published unflipped, and also cemented a longstanding partnership between Tokyopop and Borders which lasted until both went bankrupt – all of that fueled as well by the success of the anime. Now, about 18 years later, long enough for the high school kids who grew up on FuruBa to have kids of their own, there is a new anime adaptation of Fruits Basket, with the first season airing this year.
Read moreHow Heavy Are the Dumbells That You Lift?: Anime Review
I’m a sucker for anime series that are intended to be somewhat educational. So, when How Heavy Are the Dumbells That You Lift came up on the seasonal anime charts, it ended up on my to-watch list. While there is some debate about how healthy this show is, I’m glad it exists.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 2 – Vacation Spot
J.D and his team head to Azura to launch a prototype Hammer of Dawn.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 1 – Refresher Course
We get a recap of the controls and the mechanics of the last game.
Read morePromare: Anime Review
This past week I saw the theatrical release of the first film from Studio Trigger – Promare. Here are my thoughts.
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 16: Pyrrhic Victory
Master Chief and Blue Team have been saved, but will the Galaxy be able to fight back?
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 15: When All You Have is a Hammer
As Cortana dispatches her forces to conquer the galaxy in the name of The Created, Osiris Team does one final push to get to the Master Chief
Read moreAstra: Lost in Space – Anime Review
A while back, when I had started my fanzine with the intent of getting established science fiction fans, in particular, those who read fanzines (a demographic that is generally more likely to vote and nominate in the Hugos), to watch and nominate speculative fiction anime – I started with a list. I gave a list of anime series that had come out since the turn of the millennium which I thought literary speculative fiction fans would enjoy. Among them was Bodacious Space Pirates, a science fiction anime which I felt took the sense of adventure and wonder that was a fixture of ‘50s and ’60s YA Space Adventure science fiction, kept that, and dropped the obsolete political and social views that fill so many works of that period. Astra: Lost in Space is the next anime that tries this and pulls it off spectacularly.
Read moreGBP: Pool of Radiance Part 11 – Kovel Mansion
The Koval Mansion isn’t the last City Hex we have to go – Stojenow Gate and Valjevo Castle still remain. However, it is the last city hex we have a quest for – and indeed there are no official quests for those areas, so theoretically we can just push through right now. But, first, let’s get this last city hex.
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 14: Crossing the Rubicon
Negotiations with Cortana break down and she sets her plans in motion, causing Osiris Team to race to the rescue.
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 13: Overprotective Much
The Warden takes drastic measures to keep Blue Team from Cortana.
Read moreLegend of the Galactic Heroes Part 9: Book Review
This month we have the penultimate volume of Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 12: It’s the Stop That Gets You
Osiris arrives on Genesis and makes a new friend.
Read moreLet’s Play Halo 5: Guardians – Part 11: Hitch A Ride
With the help of the Promethean Repair Droid, it’s time to hitch a ride on a Guardian to wherever Master Chief & Blue Team went.
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