Tag: Review
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Review: Halloween Ends
This was a weird one. Not bad-weird, but strange enough that a one-sided discussion like this necessitates the disclosure of… *From far away, across a desolate, blasted land, comes the tolling of ancient bells* …spoilers (the spookiest thing of all). Away we go. Part the First: Some Grisly Context You’re probably aware that Halloween Ends…
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Review: Andor, Episodes 4-6
[Oh, yeah, there’s some spoilers in here, but I tried to avoid anything too specific…apart from the ending of Rogue One.] Something about these three episodes rubbed me the wrong way…but, much like the clitoris, I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it. Oh, well. Let’s give it the old college try. Andor’s…
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Review: Deathloop (PS5/Xbox Series S)
I played Deathloop back when it came out on PS5, but its recent release on Game Pass gives me a good opportunity to write a review of the thing while still being somewhat topical. Once more into the breach…shit, wait, wrong time loop game.[1] At the end of the (repeated, over and over again) day,…
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Review: RRR (Netflix)
Fuck yeah. This shit right here? It’s pretty damn good. I mean, it’s also completely bonkers, but since when is that a bad thing?[1] Even the dance number was entertaining, and I’m not usually one for those, particularly when they show up in the middle of a historical action epic (imagine what Braveheart would have…
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Review: Andor, Episodes 1-3 (Disney+)
Here’s a pitch that may or may not have actually happened: “this is a TV series that’s a prequel story about a character who dies in a separate prequel spinoff to a classic science fiction trilogy.” Or, if you want to be more specific: “it’s a series covering basically the entire adult life of one…
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On (the) Campaign: Horizon Forbidden West
Since I last wrote about Horizon Forbidden West,[1] I’ve had the honor of joining the elite club of gamers who have played the game’s story through to its conclusion…even if I did turn the difficulty way the fuck down and then “forget” to adjust it back up. Who cares that I got to the end…
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Review Showdown: The Gray Man (Netflix) vs. The Terminal List (Prime Video)
Yes, I know one of them is a movie and the other is a TV show. Thematically, though, the two properties are similar enough to warrant comparison: both stories are centered on laconic special forces types who are on the run after being betrayed by their superiors; the leading man has to rely on a…
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Review: Resident Evil (Netflix)
Remember when I opened up about my collection of Lance Reddick body pillows? I saw that as a fun way of connecting with my audience (and removing the stigma from gettin’ snuggly with Lance). What was the harm? Resident Evil was the harm. See, if I’m going to be able to show my face at…
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Review: The Boys, Season 3, Episode 7
After last week’s “Herogasm” blowout (blow-up?), The Boys took things down a notch this week to spend an episode focusing on how the various characters deal with the fallout from. Homelander, ego (and face) bruised, pays a visit to the (unsurprisingly) still-alive Maeve, who’s been imprisoned in a room similar to the one Homelander was…
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A Note on Review Scoring
Hi all. I wanted to drop a quick explainer re: what’s going on with the review scores. You’ve probably noticed by now that all the scores include a “spread,” the application of which I don’t think I’ve adequately articulated. Let’s look at an example: I rated the most recent episode of The Boys a 9/10…