Movie Roundup – October 2021
Free Guy / Black Widow / Charlie’s Angels / The Green Knight / I Think We’re Alone Now / Flash Gordon / Attack of the Clones / The Forgotten Battle / Princess Mononoke / Bloodshot / Godzilla vs. Kong
Tag: anime
Midpoint movie roundup – September 2021
Kate / Army of the Dead / The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf / Shaun the Sheep Movie / Ponyo / Choke / The Empire Strikes Back / A New Hope / Rogue One / Revenge of the Sith / Spoilers, lots of spoilers!
Ghost in the Shell SAC_2049
Anyone who follows me will know that I have a real soft spot for anything to do with Ghost in the Shell, even when it’s a decidedly non-Japanese Hollywood adaptation. So it was with some trepidation but a glimmer of excitement that I watched the trailer for the new Netflix show.
Altered Carbon Season 1, Season 2 and Resleeved
While Altered Carbon is an adaptation of the 2002 cyberpunk novel by Richard K. Morgan it visually seems to owe a hell of a lot to Ridley Scott’s neo-noire interpretation of Philip K Dick’s work in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049…
Film Roundup from March 2020
Spirits in the Forest | Horse Girl | Night is Short, Walk on Girl | The Hustle | Dolemite Is My Name | Shaft | Knives Out | Christopher Robin | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Wild | Incredibles 2 | Aladdin
3 books and 5 movies including Creed II
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a long-winded tale about some historians poring over old manuscripts and letters to find
Love, Death & Robots
A text heavy summary of what’s on offer in Netflix’s new Cert 18 sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology series.
Alita: Battle Angel
Was Alita: Battle Angel a testing ground for a system of three-dimensional high-resolution rendering of computer-animated main characters which will be central to the production of Avatar 2? If so, it looks like a huge success.
Laughing Man, The Predator, Ozark, Chandler and Haig
A post mostly about Ghost in the Shell SAC Laughing Man, Ozark, The Predator, Farewell My Lovely and The Last Family in England.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie and Arise
I’m a big fan of Ghost in the Shell in all its forms, whether it be the original manga by
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