“In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe lies a medium-sized star, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead.” The warning… Continue reading "Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) – An End Times Allegory."
Arguably Hayao Miyazaki’s greatest skill is the way he is able to make us yearn for a place we’ve never even been, such is the transportative nature of his work… Continue reading "Spirited Away (2001)."
Though the titular Labors are central to the franchise, you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise after sitting down for the sequel to Mamoru Oshii’s feature film debut. Made to at… Continue reading "Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)."
Mamoru Oshii has produced genre work that continues to be analysed and discussed to this day, with a level of nuance and ambiguity that’s less narrative and more intellectual. His… Continue reading "Patlabor: The Movie (1989)."
Two men start to go mad when a storm maroons them at the lighthouse they’ve been manning for the past month. Whether it’s the mythic, allegoric depiction of the two… Continue reading "The Lighthouse (2019)."
Professionally, personally and creatively, 2019 has been a roller coaster ride for me and it has at times regrettably lead to some inconsistency in my contribution to the website that… Continue reading "The Film 89′ Year in Review 2019 – Part 5, Haydn."
Nowhere else have I found sound design that’s made me so intensely uncomfortable as in Violence Voyager, and that’s the least of it. This nightmarish Japanese animated film has a… Continue reading "Violence Voyager (2019)."
Skybound Entertainment’s release of the entire Telltale Games’ Walking Dead saga is bittersweet. This series, as a whole, epitomises the legacy of a now dead studio. It’s an uneven collection… Continue reading "Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Definitive Edition (2019)."
Over thirty years ago director Mamoru Oshii and artist Yoshitaka Amano created a seventy-one minute short film with little plot, even less dialogue, and with such little broader appeal that… Continue reading "Angel’s Egg (1985)."
Side quests punctuate part two of Andy Muschietti’s effort to adapt Stephen King’s monstrous 1986 novel, detours that are superfluous in a story that’s thinner than it’s pretending to be.… Continue reading "It: Chapter Two (2019)."
