Fullmetal Alchemist was a wonderful, engaging manga and anime series that proved to be a stellar entry point to the medium for many young people in the early 2000s, myself included. FMA was able to transcend the silly nature of…
The Ritual Movie Review: A visually beautiful yet average horror experience
What happens when you take The Blair Witch but remove the found footage and self-awareness? You end up with The Ritual, a creepy horror flick set in the dark forests of Sweden. You still get the hair-raising and thought-provoking elements…
When We First Met Movie Review: Netflix takes aim at the friend zone
When We First Met is a lot better at the “rom” than it is the “com.” Though it borrows heavily from Groundhog’s Day, Back to the Future, Just Friends, and even About Time, this time travel war on the friend zone has a handful of…
On Body And Soul Movie Review
Ever since I was a child, I’ve felt that pretty much the entirety of social conventions and interactions is something dense, awkward, and even physically painful at times. Every step of my school experience and every job I’ve had so…
Movie Review: The Cloverfield Paradox
Um……what? No seriously………WHAT? There’s obviously going to be some air of mystery surrounding the sudden arrival of The Cloverfield Paradox, the third installment of the very loosely tied together Cloverfield universe. While 2008’s Cloverfield and its pseudo-sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane in 2016 had rather hushed and rushed…
The Open House Movie Review: An unsatisfying and tonally messy affair
Netflix Originals can be hit-or-miss. Sometimes you strike lightning in a bottle and achieve a great success, like with Stranger Things or Orange Is The New Black. Other times it can be campy and simply offer a good time, like…