For Future Classics this week, David asked Nicole and Brett to watch “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” This elaborately constructed, nested diorama of a film is populated with some of the best character actors working today, a couple of up-and-comers, and a few just past their leading-role prime. Lobby boy Zero Moustafa, a foreigner to the fictional country of Zubrowka, becomes the apprentice and friend of … Continue reading 28: The Grand Budapest Hotel
With the magic of E3 and all of those surprise announcements behind us (I wish I could have known about them, but what can you do?), we now head into the heat of summer. Literally – right now, it’s the hottest it’s been all year and there’s a huge incentive to staying home and playing as many games as possible. Whether you’re sitting in front … Continue reading Ten Games to Look For in July 2018
We spun the virtual wheel for “Netflix Roulette” and wound up with a movie we had trouble approaching: 2015’s “The Gift.” What at first seems like a “creepy guy starts getting too close to the nice couple” thriller begins to take unexpected turns as the wife starts digging into the creepy guy’s past. The tone of the film is odd, and gets darker and more … Continue reading 27: The Gift
In this round’s New to Two, Brett introduced David and Nicole to Clint Eastwood’s last good (possibly great) movie, “Gran Torino,” a variation on the “crusty old guy teaches young punk lessons about life and manhood while learning a few things himself” story. We took an admiring look at the film’s craftsmanship, and a harder look at its portrayal of the Hmong culture. Does this … Continue reading 26: Gran Torino
We finish this round, as always, with You Did This to Us, in which our audience chooses (translated: punishes us with) a film for us to watch and discuss. This week, winning handily in the poll, was the Wachowskis’ “Jupiter Ascending.” This sci-fi soap opera, which bombed in the US and juuuust made its budget back overseas, has eye-boggling visuals, a brain-boggling script, and the … Continue reading 25: Jupiter Ascending
We’re back! So sorry for the delay the last two weeks. We’ll stick around regularly here on out. Enjoy a marathon of three make-up / “sorry we’re so late” episodes, beginning with this show! We so appreciate all of our listeners’ support; we hope you enjoy this marathon before a return to Monday afternoon releases. We went Around the World again for this episode, stopping … Continue reading 24: A Hard Day’s Night
A Gem Made of Fish and Happiness Sushi Striker is what happens when you let the imagination run wild. It’s the kind of game you’d never believe was real, like your friend made it up and in your mind you’re going “yeah, that sounds really good, but it’ll never get made.” It’s what Nintendo does best. Through a collaboration with indieszero (Electroplankton, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy), … Continue reading Review – Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (3DS)
E3 2018 has officially come to an end, and as more and more reveals trickle out as things die down, it’s always good to remember the amount of time, effort, and hard work that goes into making a production like this, something special. All the game developers who had their work shown off deserve credit, all of the event staff who worked to make things … Continue reading The Great E3 2018 Directory – Master List
Today, E3 saw the end of presently scheduled press conferences with Nintendo’s latest Direct presentation. Nintendo Directs, for those who don’t know, are pre-recorded videos that Nintendo puts out every few months to explain what games they’re making and when we may see them. Usually, they come out every quarter or so, and focus on the most immediate games Nintendo is working on, with a … Continue reading The Great E3 2018 Directory – Part Three
Today is Monday, and this E3, that means we got an armful of press conferences from Square Enix, Ubisoft, PC gaming, and Sony. While three of these entities listed are companies, the one outlier here is PC gaming, which represents the concept of playing games on your personal computer as a whole. Whereas the others give you an idea of which games you’d see, PC … Continue reading The Great E3 2018 Directory – Part Two
Tilting Windmill Studios 