Tag: Review
The Last Question; A Short Review
A short review of Isaac Asimov's The Last Question: the story that has lived rent free in my head for years.
Belkin’s Charging Case Pro for Nintendo Switch 2
The battery life on Nintendo's Switch 2 is fine. Not great by any means, but not awful either. However, if you tend to play more in handheld mode over docked (like myself) then it can sometimes be a sticking point, especially if you find yourself waiting around somewhere with time to kill. Belkin's new Charging...
Review - Attack of the Karens (Nintendo Switch)
Written by Joe I was lucky enough to get an early look of the upcoming roguelite bullet hell shoot ‘em up Attack of the Karens by indie developer Studio Primitive The premise is an evil alien pathogen has mutated four entitled women and turned them into cyborgs, the Karens which is a satire of the popular memes you may of seen on Youtube, TikTok and the like with your aim being to defeat them to save the world.
TV & film at the end of the year
Watching a bunch of tv because I'm tuckered out and I just want to lie on the sofa and have someone tell me a story.
Conclave (2024)
A good movie for like 105 minutes and then a pretty mediocre one for 15.
Now
It's getting cold. We're getting on with work around the house. I'm still training for a marathon. We got covid.
Ad Astra
A tonally weird movie, with 1-dimensional characters, no plot development, and a truly awful script: 2/5.
Soul
Everything they've said is true: Pixar is back in form. Beautiful and meaningful.
Metropolis (2001)
As a romp through a visually-spectacular world, it's a fine film, but don't expect any poignant messages at the end.
1998 space disaster movies
No one made any good space movies in 1998, I'm pretty sure. Armageddon: 3/5 and Deep Impact: 2/5.
The Devil Wears Prada
The very best totally messed up no-good flawed film I've watched in a while.