Some time in 2017, between filming seasons of Game of Thrones, Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau grew out his mustache to be the leading man in a gritty prison drama, this week’s movie club pick, Shot Caller (2017). When stockbroker Jacob is sent to prison for killing someone in a drunk driving accident, his survival depends … Continue reading Movie Club: Shot Caller (2017)
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Game Review: Pokémon Scarlet – The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask
I’m not sure how satisfied I am that Pokémon Scarlet’s first wave of DLC, The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask is already upon us. On the one hand, more content is exciting, and the teaser visuals alone had me pretty excited for this DLC, more than what was teased for … Continue reading Game Review: Pokémon Scarlet – The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask
Game Review: Dragon Quest
Originally released in 1986 in Japan, and released three years later under the name Dragon Warrior, Dragon Quest is the first major attempt at translating the dungeon delving experience of Wizardry for the Apple II to the Japanese home family console–the Famicom. It was an ambitious task considering the Famicom’s limited interface. However, Yuji Horii … Continue reading Game Review: Dragon Quest
Game Review: Baldur’s Gate 3
Dungeons & Dragons, and in fact tabletop role playing games in general, are the most difficult games to play in the world. I write that with confidence; no other game requires its players to be as collaborative and creative, as anyone coordinating when their playgroup will next meet can tell you. Coordinating schedules and conquering … Continue reading Game Review: Baldur’s Gate 3
Movie Club: Memories (1995)
This week for movie club Mikel picked an awe-inspiring anthology from Japan: Memories (1995). Clocking in at just under two hours, Memories is an animated collection of manga short stories written by Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of Akira and Steamboy. The film is divided into three segments, each directed by a different person: Magnetic Rose directed … Continue reading Movie Club: Memories (1995)
Movie Club: Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
The following review contains descriptions of sexual content. I love suggesting animated movies when it’s my turn to pick for Movie Club. I am seldom more captivated by film than I am when watching animation, and I love learning the stories about the production that goes into making an animated feature. I had heard about … Continue reading Movie Club: Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Movie Club: I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
This week we took a step away from the emotional for something more hysterical, the action-comedy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. This film is a parody of blaxploitation films in the style of Shaft (1971) and Petey Wheatstraw (1977), and in the same vein as Black Dynamite (2009). When … Continue reading Movie Club: I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Movie Club: Pig (2021)
A truffle hunter in rural Oregon is forced to return to the city in search of his kidnapped foraging pig. When we heard that Nick Cage was in the starring role, that premise inspired images of revenge and action, like something more in the vein of John Wick. That isn’t what we got, but the … Continue reading Movie Club: Pig (2021)
Movie Club: History of the World: Part I (1981)
When people wax poetic about how comedy has become sanitized, and that you can't say the things you used to on television anymore, one name always naturally comes into peoples' minds: Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Producers (1967)/(2005) all rank among some of the funniest and raunchiest comedy classics, and … Continue reading Movie Club: History of the World: Part I (1981)
Game Review: Pokémon Scarlet
In the months leading up to its release, if you’d asked me if I was interested in the upcoming ninth generation of Pokémon games, I would have told you I had aged out. Catching and battling the collectable monsters is a core nostalgic memory for me, but the prospect of a new slate of creatures … Continue reading Game Review: Pokémon Scarlet
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