Going where several other blogs have gone before.
I guess there really is a light at the end of the tunnel. After the cinematic drought that was 2020, cinemas have begun to slowly reopen over the past year. While the ability to go to the theaters again is surely a propitious comfort, we now have to deal with the return of region-locked films… Continue reading Best Movies of 2021
How do we escape nihilism in hopes of a better future, not just for ourselves but for society? Well, I don’t claim to be a philosopher or psychiatrist, so I can’t give an easy answer for that. Like everyone else, I have my own philosophies on life but no definitive answers. But sometimes it’s important… Continue reading How ‘Smiling Friends’ Escapes Nihilism
Child’s Play is a franchise near and dear to my heart. I’d actively avoided the murderous doll wherever I went growing up whether I was online, at the video store, or even if it was just mentioned by name. Dolls used to (and still sort of do to this day) terrify me. There’s just something…… Continue reading Child’s Play: Toy Story of Terror
WarioWare has always been a deceptively simple and engrossing game. Sure it’s quick video game junk food that you can complete over a lunch break, but each game’s expansive and eccentric library of rapid-fire minigames and challenges that require exceptionally fast reactions and problem solving makes it such a unique and insane experience. WarioWare Gold… Continue reading WarioWare: Get It Together – Fun, Frantic, Frustrating
There was a point a long time ago that DC appeared to struggle from an identity crisis. Trying to play catch-up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC seemed desperate to compete with their filmography, clashing ideas and rushing projects in a bid to imitate their competitor, while also promising to offer something different. There's the… Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’: Catalyst for Chaos
I would like for you to go back and imagine yourself back in 2006. You’re home and you see an advertisement on TV. A disfigured, bulky man is on-screen, and you hear a sentence uttered: “So easy, a caveman can do it”, followed by the GEICO signature. In these ads, a troglodyte man is usually… Continue reading That Time the GEICO Cavemen Got a Sitcom
The promise of a non-stop action film can certainly sound enticing, but you may be surprised just how stale and directionless that idea may be the longer the film goes on.
In my review of Close Enough’s first season, I called it a breath of fresh air for the animated adult sitcom; a quirky and surreal experience that portrays the true importance of family, all without the nasty cynicism and grotesque art styles of other adult-centric animated series. With the likes of modern day Family Guy… Continue reading Close Enough Season 2 Review: Family Matters
What more is there to even say about 2020? Critics and bloggers alike everywhere are coming up with the openings to their end-of-year lists with snide and dismissive comments, commenting on how weak and underwhelming this year has been for film. The fact is, 2020 was an unforgettable year for cinema, and it has nothing… Continue reading Top 10 Movies of 2020
I’m not alone in saying Goosebumps was a pivotal part of my childhood. While they’re certainly no Stephen King-level writing, the young audience-targeted horror series by R.L. Stine have a lot of cheesy, juvenile entertainment that both adults and children can attach to and find some level of fun in. The stories themselves aren’t horribly… Continue reading All 62 Classic Goosebumps Covers RANKED
Peter Jackson is a household name. After all, he’s only the guy who hand-crafted the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, garnering up nearly 5 billion dollars collectively and earning himself a nice handful of those sweet Oscars. He’s up there among the greats. The New Zealand filmmaker began his film career with nothing… Continue reading A Weird, Weird Look at Peter Jackson’s “Splatter Saga”
Glass Animals was something that I accidentally stumbled upon years ago during my awkward and cynical high school years, back when I had no money or a stable job. Everything I wanted to get into had to come to me, so I rarely sought anything out. One rainy night, I drove home and put on… Continue reading Glass Animals Albums: Ranked, Reviewed
As a lonely college sophomore, I didn't have much to occupy my time aside from hours of Overwatch and my Doritos-greased controller and the occasional evening walk to have the illusion of productivity. Because I lived alone, I certainly needed to find ways to occupy my time. On my evening routine of finding something on… Continue reading Adulthood Made Simple: A ‘Close Enough’ Review
It seems like once in a lifetime where a movie comes out that transcends human life - a movie so beyond understanding, artistic form, and the human language - that whatever can possibly describe something so quaint, abstract, romantic, and extraordinary cannot do it justice. Under the Skin is all these and more, proudly and… Continue reading Discovering Humanity in ‘Under The Skin’
Victiny's Thoughts E3 is like the prom of video game presentations. The who’s who is there, the music is charmingly dated, and the show floor has barely been updated since the summer of ’98. It has the exact same energy as prom where one could say “I wasn’t there, but I got all… Continue reading Cringe Culture and You! A Guide to E3 Past, Present, and Future