Film Torments: Anonymous (2011)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at an insulting fabrication of history. Full disclosure: I studied English Literature at university – I know, the shame – which involved a considerable deal of William Shakespeare....
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A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy X-2 (PlayStation 2)
SPOILERS ahead. It’s showtime, girls. Final Fantasy X-2 is not an aberration. Since it’s no longer the only direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game, it cannot be classed as such. But let’s not...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)
SPOILERS ahead. Y2K. The Millennium Dome. A crushing sense of existential dread. The war on terror. The sweeping, all-consuming tsunami of the internet. This, among others, was the advent of the year 2000, one...
Film Torments: Sex and the City 2 (2010)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a facile mess. The original Sex and the City television series, from the scant few episodes I caught on Bravo past midnight as a teenager, was an occasionally...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation)
SPOILERS ahead. In many ways, Final Fantasy – the series – was always leading up to Final Fantasy IX. Though the road was long and circuitous; though the path diverged in unforeseen directions; though...
Film Torments: After Last Season (2009)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan stares into the void of avant-garde a clue. When I was 13 or 14, some friends and I decided we were going to make a movie. We had no...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)
SPOILERS ahead. Be warned. So. Final Fantasy VII. The game that made Square a household name. The game that sold the Playstation. The game that redefined the Western world’s conception of an RPG. The...
Film Torments – Foodfight! (2012)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a disgusting piece of awful garbage. Much has been made of The Emoji Movie this past month. A brazen advertisement made to propagate its sponsored content with...
Film Torments: Showgirls (1995)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan watches an all-time camp classic. How do you describe Showgirls to someone who hasn’t seen it? That can be a difficult question to answer – there are so, so many...
Film Torments: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at the bastard child of a cultural milestone. Final Fantasy VII was kind of a big deal. If you read my absurd two-part dissection of both the game...
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