Beautifully emotional, understated animation. Flow is the sort of animation we need more of. A household cat is forced to leave home as the world floods around them. So begins a boat-bound adventure with a group of unlikely friends. Directed and co-written by Latvian Gints Zilbalodis, starring the vocal talents of Miut, the orange pet…
Tag: 2024
Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
In a rare turn of fate, the third in a film series is the best one? Sonic, a high speed creature from another world, has a new adversary: Shadow. But even with his friends, he might need to make an unlikely alliance to thwart this new foe. Director Jeff Fowler has had exclusivity of the…
Best and Worst of 2024
2024 has been a real rollercoaster of movie quality. Sometimes it swings one way or the other, but this time it has been fairly samey with big swings and big misses. For every Monkey Man there was a Borderlands. The samey-ness came from Hollywood just churning out unnecessary stuff. A sequel to Beetlejuice? A sequel…
Video Games of 2024 (with only three being from 2024)
Looking over my list of games… almost none of them are from 2024. So that’s a warning for you! “Epics” have been taking all of my game-playing time this year. From Dragon Age: Inquisition (ahead of this years Dragon Age: Veilguard) and Larian Studio’s Divinity and Baldur’s Gate 3. I definitely feel a bit wiped….
Review: Wicked
You know what…? It was quite fun. Before Dorothy fell from the sky and into the land of Oz, two aspiring witches of very different backgrounds meet. A conspiracy lurks as well, but can they settling their differences and discover what is wrong in the wonderful world? Wicked has quite the history. Unfortunately I personally…
Review: Gladiator 2
A movie that’s perhaps 15 years too late. A man loses his home and his wife to the conquering Roman Empire. Enlisted as a gladiator, he seeks revenge. But his past will rise up to greet him, setting him on a different path. Academy Award winning movie Gladiator was released in the year 2000, and…
Review: Heretic
A surprisingly moody, well-paced horror, written like a debate rather than scares-per-second. Two Mormon missionaries arrive at a house owned by a religiously-curious man. However, once they enter, they find this man to have unsettling ulterior motives… Written and directed by duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (creators behind 65 with Adam Driver) and starring…
Review: Transformers One
The bruised and beaten franchise waves a cheery flag. A prequel following the origins of Optimus Prime and other Transformer characters, Orion Pax, a worker on Cybertron, discovers a world-shaking conspiracy. The awkwardly named Transformers One is directed by Josh Cooley, who recently made Toy Story 4. The writing team is entirely from Disney/Marvel MCU…
Review: Abigail
Delightful, contemporary horror movie that keeps things simple. When a cherry-picked squad of kidnappers abduct a young girl, they discover they are in for a lot more than they bargained for. Directed by the minds behind Scream, Matt Bettinelli and Tyler Gillett, and also written by Scream author Guy Busick, Abigail has a similar flair…
Review: The Substance
Never has something been so excellent and disturbing in equal measure. Elizabeth Sparkle was once in the Hollywood limelight. Now older, she hosts fitness videos and is despised by producers for being too old. Facing rejection she turns to The Substance, a serum that promises to create a younger version of herself. French director Coralie…