In this Movie-Go-Round Netflix Roulette, we checked out the world’s introduction to actor Jaime Bell: Billy Elliot. This movie, about a rebellious tween boy drawn to classical dance in a blue-collar mining town, joins last week’s film in an exploration of what it means to be a “masculine” man. Nicole, Brett, and David dug into the political backstory, the unsung lives of the women in this … Continue reading 72: Billy Elliot
In this Movie-Go-Round New to Two, Brett brought our first Spike Lee joint and introduced David and Nicole to the quasi-musical School Daze. We discuss the up-front themes of masculinity, sexuality, colorism, and the thorny issue of where some funding of historically black colleges can come from. As an all-white crew, we did our best to tread with sensitivity while keeping our cinematic choices inclusive, and … Continue reading 71: School Daze
In this Movie-Go-Round You Did This to Us, the audience chose our film for this week, 2008’s Step Brothers. Two adult losers, enabled by their aging parents, are forced to become roommates when their parents get married. Will they ever get along? Will they ever get jobs? Will they ever release their song, Boats and Hoes? Sigh… the man-child trope is alive and well and apparently will … Continue reading 70: Step Brothers
The Summer of Visual Novels, RPGs, and Killing Nazis This month brings us a weird selection of games. We’ve got ports of classics (and some not-so-classics), a cool new indie game, and a good number of Switch releases. However, the month still feels pretty light. Maybe it’s because Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the only big multiplatform release of the month, or because a lot of these titles target … Continue reading Ten Games to Look For in July 2019
It should go without saying: massive spoilers for Evangelion are ahead. Read at your own risk. Last Friday, the classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion launched on Netflix with a new English translation, marking the first time in years Studio Gainax’s 26 episode series, and their original movie counterparts, have been easily available in North America. While I don’t have a Netflix account (but have the … Continue reading What The Last Three Episodes of Evangelion Mean to Me
The Craftaceous Period The best way to describe Yoshi’s Crafted World is that it’s a 3D platformer trapped in a 2D side-scrolling body. It does things that a lot of 2D platfomers don’t. Levels are not so much mad dashes from left to right as they are opportunities to explore, get the lay of the land, and grab as many objectives as possible in one … Continue reading Review – Yoshi’s Crafted World (Switch)
In this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, Brett cheats the system again to bring the British/American In the Loop as his pick. Nicole and David watched it anyway, and enjoyed Peter Capaldi and his blisteringly creative cursing, as well as the gruff but witty James Gandolfini and the bumbling British leader performance by Tom Hollander (not the Spider-Man guy). Did they also enjoy its “exuberant, boundless cynicism” … Continue reading 69: In the Loop
E3 2019 saw the announcement of several un-localized games finally coming to the West, and Square Enix lead the way with three big titles. Between Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3), Romancing SaGa 3, and SaGa: Scarlet Grace Ambitions, fans of Square’s back catalogue outside of Japan have plenty to look forward to in the next year. Even more exciting are the recent comments by … Continue reading Why Square Enix Should Localize Radical Dreamers Next
In this Movie-Go-Round Future Classics, Edgar Wright’s love letter to video games and comics, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was Nicole’s nominee. Although in a new relationship with high schooler Knives Chau, 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim falls in love with the mysterious delivery girl Ramona Flowers. To win the right to date her, however, Scott must defeat her seven evil exes, manga style, which is quite a … Continue reading 68: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Since I’m not able to play games on the show floor and report back on them this E3, my coverage ends with the last of the press conferences. To call the panel that Netflix held today a press conference is pretty misleading though, which means technically my duties are over. But, who cares? I want to record anyway. I give my Top 10 games of … Continue reading Revengeance: The End of E3 2019
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