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Film Review: BigBug
Nicely shot and edited. Looks good. It is amusing with good performances, but the plot is too stagnant and fails to capitalize on the opportunity for some dark and offbeat humor.
Sep 5, 20254 min read


Film ● Review: Blasted (2022)
Looks good enough with solid performances. But the initial pacing is too slow and the comedy falls flat.
Aug 29, 20253 min read


Animation Review: Love, Death + Robots (Volume 2)
Mostly looks good. Doesn’t try as hard as Volume 1, which is a good thing, but nothing special.
Aug 24, 20254 min read


Anime Film Review: Blame!
Dark sci-fi cyberpunk set in a vast, lifeless cityscape in the distant future. Looks good. Not a bad story. Solid worldbuilding.
Aug 21, 20253 min read


Animation Review: Love, Death + Robots (Volume 1)
An anthology that mostly looks good but most of the episodes try too hard.
Aug 18, 20259 min read


Study: AI Can Scheme and Lie
A study by A. Meinke et al titled “ Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming ” published on 6 December 2024 demonstrates that...
Jul 23, 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: Charlotte
Not the worst ever but unfocused and clumsy plotting and pacing with too many conveniences.
Jun 17, 20253 min read


DS9 Protesters “Just a Bunch of People Having Fun Blowing Up Ships and a Space Station”
DS9 (FNS) – Many starships have gathered near Deep Space Nine to protest the expulsion of Cardassians from Federation and Bajoran space....
Jun 10, 20251 min read


Animated Film ● Review: Predator: Killer of Killers
Nothing great but still interesting to see different Predators in different eras. If one walks into this without any expectations, then it can still be enjoyable.
Jun 7, 20253 min read


Aeni Film ● Review: Lost in Starlight
Simple and predictable romance but well-written enough for what it is. Superb rendering.
Jun 2, 20252 min read


Anime Review: Ergo Proxy
Post-apocalyptic cyberpunk with some detective noir inspiration. Visually excellent, dark and gritty. Starts strongly but tries too hard to be cerebral. Too slow and bloated.
Jun 1, 20253 min read


Anime ● Review: Plastic Memories
Looks slick and good voice acting but the plot and themes of this boy and girl android pseudo-romance are contrived. Tries to be emotion porn and fails.
May 28, 20252 min read


Cardassia Accepts Dominion’s Gift of 2,800 Luxury Warships
Cardassia Prime – The Cardassian Central Command has officially accepted the gift of 2,800 luxury warships from the Dominion. Cardassian...
May 24, 20251 min read


Drama Review: Andor
Despite a number of minor issues, a solid series created by Tony Gilroy, the writer of the Bourne trilogy. Nicely shot and edited. Decent pacing and dramatic tension.
May 15, 20256 min read


Animation Review: Star Wars – Tales of the Underworld
Three episodes about Ventress and three about Cad Bane. Style is the same as before. One either likes it or not. However, the writing is much better than previous series.
May 6, 20252 min read


Anime Review: Moonrise
Earth vs Moon rebels. Starts well enough but worldbuilding and structure are not quite right. Overly ambitious and unfocused.
Apr 29, 20255 min read


Film Review: The Happening
Effective opening, then takes a quieter approach. Short and tight. Full of tropes which makes it amusing. Some hate it but is not a bad mild sci-fi horror-thriller.
Apr 21, 20253 min read


Drama Review: Skeleton Crew
Typical coming-of-age children’s story. Two annoying leads but the premise and plot are simple and work well enough. It’s short so it’s over quickly either way.
Apr 16, 20254 min read


Anime ● Review: Planetes
Hard sci-fi that follows a young woman assigned to remove space junk. Classic space sci-fi series with superb visual details.
Apr 8, 20254 min read


J-drama Review: The Hot Spot
A series about a woman and her alien colleague. Takes an ordinary, almost slice-of-life approach. Well-written, deadpan and amusing.
Apr 2, 20253 min read
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