May 14 Breaking Takes: What I've Been Watching I had to take a break from the longform reviews, so here are some short ones instead. May 14, 2024 6 min read
Apr 26 Columbine Media: Traumatis Personae Trying and failing to engage with media that tries and fails to engage with the Columbine shooting. Apr 26, 2024 7 min read
Apr 19 Civil War: What We've Got Here is Failure to Communicate Alex Garland's vivid portrait of a war-torn America imagines how much worse things could get, but is that enough? Apr 19, 2024 8 min read
Apr 12 Apocalypto: Tell-Tale Eclipse of the Heart Mel Gibson's Mayan bloodbath is probably evil, but it is also unstoppably watchable. Apr 12, 2024 8 min read
Apr 05 Final Fantasy VI: Esper Studio Years before the tragically misbegotten Final Fantasy movie, the series' sixth entry perfected its cinematic storytelling. Apr 5, 2024 7 min read
Mar 29 Final Fantasy Rewind: Famicomedy The most recent Final Fantasy movie's charming story of familial reconnection is undercut by garish games industry commercialism. Mar 29, 2024 7 min read
Mar 22 Final Fantasy Rewind: The Ultima Flavor Experience Against all odds, a piece of Final Fantasy XV side content is the best adaptation the JRPG series has had yet. Mar 22, 2024 7 min read
Mar 14 Final Fantasy Rewind: Dilly Dally Shill Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children remains a travesty of its source material, and thus can be seen as a prototype for modern IP-driven pop culture. Mar 14, 2024 6 min read
Mar 04 Final Fantasy Rewind: A Vast Image Out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles My Sight The first cinematic adaptation of the popular Japanese RPG series remains an ambitious, one-of-a-kind catastrophe. Mar 4, 2024 7 min read
Feb 26 Final Fantasy Rewind: Cracked Crystals A retrospective of Final Fantasy movies begins with an obscure and bonkers anime video. Feb 26, 2024 7 min read