T Categories Movies Reviews August 23, 2021 The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is best at its bleakest Nightmare of the Wolf is a gorgeously animated, narratively lumpy prequel to The Witcher that boasts an excellent, harrowing climax.
E Categories Movies Reviews July 31, 2021 Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time is an astonishing conclusion to one of science fiction’s greatest works Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time, the finale of Hideaki Anno's sci-fi psychodrama, wraps up with an epic and intimate coming-to-terms.
H Categories Movies Reviews July 20, 2021 Hydra Blu-ray review: strong acting, great fights, killer mood Hydra, from master action director Kensuke Sonomura, boasts both thrilling duels between lethal assassins and warm, skillful character work.
E Categories Anniversaries Movies July 10, 2021 Escape from New York at 40: Snake still stands supreme John Carpenter's Kurt Russell-starring dystopian actioner boasts one of western cinema's a-number-one anti-heroes.
B Categories Movies Reviews July 8, 2021 Blood Red Sky is baleful, boring, and ultimately defanged This attempt to combine a vampire movie with an airborne Die Hard-alike is disappointingly bloodless and dull.
M Categories Movies Reviews July 5, 2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway is a must-watch for fans of the series The latest entry in the venerable anime saga is compelling, thrilling, and rather reliant on series history.
B Categories Movies Reviews June 22, 2021 Blu-ray review: “The Paper Tigers” is one of 2021’s very best films Quoc Bao Tran's dramedy about aging gung fu students' quest to avenge their murdered sifu is funny, thoughtful, and boasts excellent fights.
Z Categories Movies Reviews May 11, 2021 Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” is a zombie actioner par excellence The Las Vegas set action/heist/horror hybrid balances solid character work, delightful gore and welcome brains.
& Categories Movies Reviews April 28, 2021 “Without Remorse” is brutal, icy, and thoughtful Michael B. Jordan plays a merciless avenger to great effect in a fascinatingly anti-Tom-Clancy Tom Clancy adaptation.
& Categories Reviews TV April 20, 2021 “Yasuke” barrels past loads of interesting ideas LeSean Thomas' historical fantasy anime is aurally and visually beautiful and possesses a boatload of cool fights, but its macro-scale story is vexingly overstuffed.
