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K-drama Review: When the Phone Rings
Stereotypical cold male lead and soft female lead. Intriguing premise but the plotting and pacing need to be better. Relies too much on Chae Soo-bin to carry the show.
Aug 17, 20254 min read


Film Review: The Menu (2022)
Excellent black comedy horror that satirizes fine dining. Nicely shot with good performances.
Aug 15, 20253 min read


Dall’alto Dell’apostolico Seggio by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (b. 2 March 1810 – d. 20 July 1903), born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, began his pontificate on 20 February...
Aug 11, 20255 min read


Film Review: Brick (2025)
German mystery-thriller in which a couple in an apartment wake up to find themselves walled in. The “closed world” premise is fine but the story is not planned out well.
Aug 10, 20253 min read


Film Review: The Watchers (2024)
Young woman is trapped in the forest with mysterious beings. She meets three others, and they eventually try to escape. Looks good enough. A little clumsy but not bad. Lacks wow factor.
Aug 7, 20253 min read


Mariology by M.J. Scheeben
Mariology is a two-volume text in English, first published in 1946, of the work by German priest Matthias Joseph Scheeben (b. 1835 – d....
Aug 6, 20253 min read


Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Edited by Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking & Pieter W. van der Horst
Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible , also referred to as DDD , is a single-volume reference text of almost one thousand pages....
Aug 3, 20253 min read


Sapientiae Christianae by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (b. 2 March 1810 – d. 20 July 1903), born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, began his pontificate on 20 February 1878. His papacy is the fourth longest in the history of the Church. He is known for having composed the Prayer to Archangel St Michael and for the encyclical “ Humanum Genus ” on freemasonry published on 20 April 1884. As humanism and materialism were (and still are) promoted by freemasonry and its tentacles, spiritual matters get neglected i
Aug 1, 202511 min read


Film Review: The Chinese Feast
Solid production and performances. Nicely shot. Thoroughly entertaining and funny film on cooking and the hospitality industry.
Jul 30, 20253 min read


Anime Film Review: Demon City Shinjuku
Simple dark fantasy-horror: kill the bad guy with a sword and save the world. Looks great but it’s a bit flat.
Jul 29, 20253 min read


Anime Review: Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Good production and performances. Not bad and I want to like it more, but the writing is just not quite right.
Jul 26, 20254 min read


Manga Review: My Broken Mariko by Hirako Waka
Young woman learns of best friend’s suicide from years of abuse. She then steals her ashes to give her a proper send-off. Tight, good pacing. Solid effort. Nicely drawn.
Jul 20, 20252 min read


Manga Review: Yotsuba&! #1 by Azuma Kiyohiko
This series follows five-year-old Yotsuba and her father as they settle into their new home. Simple and innocent slice-of-life comedy. Nicely drawn.
Jul 15, 20252 min read


Film ● Reviews: The Old Guard & The Old Guard 2
A form of the superhero genre with “immortal” warriors. Tries too hard with action and grit, so it just comes across as bland cheese. Meh.
Jul 11, 20254 min read


K-drama ● Review: Squid Game 3
As before, good production, decent pacing and moderately entertaining. But conclusion is somewhat rushed. Not that I expected much to begin with.
Jul 7, 20253 min read


K-drama ● Review: Our Unwritten Seoul
Twins swap places in a story about survival and finding one’s direction. Solid performances all around. Shot conventionally but nicely edited. Simple plot but the characters, relationships and themes make it more complex than it appears.
Jul 2, 20255 min read


Anime ● Review: Muv-Luv Alternative
Guy wakes up in a parallel timeline dealing with an alien-infested world. Harem genre cheese with mecha. Looks clean but at times a bit cheap.
Jun 30, 20254 min read


Anime ● Review: Death Parade
Afterlife and judgement psychological thriller. Visually solid. Mildly intriguing initially but not particularly gripping. Overall, tries a bit too hard.
Jun 24, 20253 min read


Anime Film ● Review: The Silent Service
Visually excellent. Intriguing premise. Entertaining enough military action-thriller with politics even if it is far-fetched.
Jun 20, 20253 min read


Anime ● Review: Charlotte
Not the worst ever but unfocused and clumsy plotting and pacing with too many conveniences.
Jun 17, 20253 min read


Comics Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin – The Lost Years
A decent follow-up to The Last Ronin. Does not have the same emotional impact but does not cheapen the work either. Nicely produced.
Jun 14, 20253 min read
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