A.A.Rant: Ghost in the Shell may be our last chance at getting great film adaptations of Japanese works
I was elated. It was the summer of ’09, I was back home from college, and I had just got the best news an anime nerd has ever gotten: the rumored Cowboy Bebop film had been confirmed. Not only that, but Keanu Reeves was slated to star as main protagonist, and all around bad-ass, Spike. It wasn’t…
In Defense of: The Shadiest Franchise
With a whopping 25% for the first installment, and a staggering 2% for the second film, the 50 shades franchise seems to be making quite an impression on film critics. The impression is turd-tastic. But, in the age of digital filmmaking and boundless source material, why has this series continued to find success? The Fifty…
Review: “Get Out” Talks to Us, and Enters the Pantheon of Horror Classics (SPOILERS)
Since the genre first found its way onto a silver screen, horror films have often found ways to be bigger than themselves. Back in 1965, a little film by the name “Night of the Living Dead” featured a blackprotagonist that becomes the hero of the film. While the world was deep in fights over segregation, George…
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Revitalizes the Zelda Franchise with Latest Title
Let me be your video game shrink for a second here. Close your eyes. No really. Close them. Wait. How are you going to read this if you close your… Goddammit OPEN YOUR EYES. Okay, let’s start over. When I say Legend of Zelda, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it dungeons with…
We Bought a Pod – Episode 1: X-Men (Explicit)
Inaugural episode of our podcast We Bought a Pod!!!!! Come listen to AJ and Aaron talk about Logan and Legion. Stay til the end for some movie trivia and for Aaron confusing Dances with Wolves with Last of the Mohicans. Enjoy! Spoiler Warning. Explicit Warning. OP – HappyRock by Bensound
Adventure Time: Islands – Cartoon Network’s newest miniseries tries hard to balance plot with pace
Adventure time’s 15 minute episodes have always been a point of contention among critics and audiences alike. While some see this as a restraint, stopping a great show from exploring more of its world and trying deeper more complex stories, others see it as a feature allowing the show to feel stuffed to the brim…
“Legion” is Rising to the Top of the Comic Book Inspired TV Genre
If you’re ready for schizophrenia brought to your TV screen, it’s time to check out FX’s new series “Legion.” Not only has the series quickly emerged as one of the best shows on television, but the slow burn method it has used to deliver narrative will surely benefit the show in the long term. After…
“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore” Channels Coen Brother Caper Comedy with Tarantino Violence
Comedy capers are only as good as the characters that inhabit their world. “Pulp Fiction” is the Hall of Fame entry into the genre, with heavily dark comedy aspects strewn throughout the film. “Barton Fink” remains one of the great Coen Brothers films, despite its diminished popularity among general audiences. “Seven Psychopaths” and “Fargo” bring…
LEGO Batman – How a lighthearted animated kids movie showed up the entire DC cinematic universe.
Whenever my friends and I talk about super hero films there always seems to be a single eventuality. A certainty that no matter who I am talking to, no matter what subject we start with, someone always ends up shitting on the DC cinematic universe. Don’t get me wrong, I love DC comics (and…
