Only in the 70s: All This and World War II (1976)
ONLY in the 70s is a feature where we take a look at films that could not have existed in any other decade, as true products of their time. This time, Hollywood hubris comes...
Author: Daniel Abbott
Film Torments: Garzey’s Wing (1996)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan examines an anime disaster. In the world of anime, Original Video Animations (OVAs) are straight-to-video releases usually made to serve as a sidebar for an ongoing series. They often...
Final Fantasy VII Remake – A monumental, occasionally maddening achievement
THIS review will not contain spoilers and was written having played the game on a standard PlayStation 4. For a full tech breakdown of the differences between PS4 and PS4 Pro, check out Digital...
Film Torments: Dragonball Evolution (2009)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan powers up to take down the Mr. Satan of Dragon Ball media. If you’ve been on the internet – or happened to be growing up at the turn of...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: The Coda
WE STARTED with a Prelude: here’s the Coda, in which Dan finally, mercifully, concludes this three-year project. In 1987, Hironobu Sakaguchi and a ragtag band of scrappy developers inadvertently created a monster. This bizarre,...
Review: Cats – Cosmic horror in musical form
YOU KNOW what a cat is. A cat is a sleek, elegant creature that licks itself and bounds across its world in apathetic fashion. It preens. It mewls. It doesn’t know whether it wants...
Parasite wins Best Picture… but does it matter?
OSCAR history was made last night with Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite victorious as the first Best Picture winner in a language other than English. Bong also netted Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, to waylay...
Film Torments: Barb Wire (1996)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a rightly forgotten relic. For those who grew up in the 1990s, Baywatch hit its peak just outside of the collective memory. Asserting itself into international pop-culture...
Film Torments: The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)
THIS TIME on Film Torments, Dan takes a look at a standard-bearer for a forgotten sub-genre. Exploitation as a cinematic phenomenon comes in all forms and fashions. As the name implies, films that snuggle...
Review: Dolemite Is My Name – A joyous celebration of Blaxploitation
BLAXPLOITATION is, to put it mildly, a fascinating snapshot of 70s cinema. Providing real opportunities for aspiring black artists, hits like Shaft, Coffy and Black Caesar proved that there was a fierce demand for...
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