Review: Kong: Skull Island – Slick and sharp but lacking a larger scale
MONSTERS are real CGI. I don’t really want to talk about Kong: Skull Island. That may lead you to think I didn’t enjoy it or that I think it’s a bad film but neither...
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Breaking Down the Backlog: The Fall
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog; I fought against the system with all my might just to try to save someone. The Fall is an odd game. All I knew was that it won...
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia still finds fertile ground after Twelve Seasons.
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY in Philadelphia finished its twelfth season last week and it has been one of memorable episodes, breakthrough character moments & a continuing dissent into chaos by Dee, Charlie, Dennis, Mac and...
Cheap shots at Pop music: a review of Ed Sheeran’s ÷
OK LET’S clear this up, yeah, it’s pretty cheap and easy to pick on an artist like Ed Sheeran as a target for negative responses to popular music. Some people might view this article...
Man Seeking Woman succeeds by flipping its script
FOR TWO SEASONS, those of us who’ve been watching FX’s Man Seeking Woman have watched as Josh Greenberg (Jay Baruchel) comes constantly close to happiness, never to quite reach it. It’s always been a programme...
Netflix’s Shadowhunters – It’s terrible, but it makes me happy
YOU’VE DONE IT. You’ve been ill and stayed at home all week watching some honest-to-god-terrible TV show. You’ve invested that entire week in one programme and kept it like a dark secret because it...
Review: Logan – A flawed, compelling conclusion
THE TALE of Wolverine has been one of the most enduring narratives provided by Marvel comics in their lengthy history. This is evidenced by the sheer number of comics dedicated to the character and the...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy II (Famicom)
A quick note: Since Final Fantasy II never received an official English localisation in its original form, I relied on Demiforce’s excellent fan-translation for the purposes of this write-up. HIRONOBU Sakaguchi was in a pickle....
BDTB: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, not to feel left out, I went on my own legendary adventure and saved Princess Zelda from the evil Ganondorf. Before this game, I had only played one...
US Late Night Satire: Jon Stewart’s Legacy
“LAWS, LIKE SAUSAGES, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” – Jon Saxe Politics has gotten really weird. I mean, it’s always been a bacon-bowl mouth-burn of conflicting human interests...
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