Latest in: TV And Movies

  • The Balls Are Gathered & Then Scattered Once Again

    We’re finally at the end of a long journey. I’ve watched 291 episodes of anime and written 12 articles about them – including this one. That’s a lot. Easily the biggest undertaking I’ve had as a writer thus far. I actually dread to think about the word count of...
  • Ted Lasso – Or Why You Are Watching the Wrong TV Shows

    In this lecture, I will be outlining precisely why Ted Lasso is one of the finest shows on TV, and if you haven’t seen it, will demonstrate why you are watching TV entirely incorrectly. I will be dodging spoilers as far as possible, but the odd one from the...
  • The Problem with Castle Rock was the Town Itself

    Unless you’ve been living under a (castle) rock you know that Castle Rock has been cancelled. The Stephen King anthology series mixed and matched characters, locations, and plot points from the authors’ works for two seasons on Hulu. Essentially, it tried to be a horror version of Fargo but...
  • The Mess & Kid Buu

    Season Nine is, in a word, a mess. A meandering mixture of interesting, inexplicable, cool and downright ridiculous twists and turns. It feels aimless at times because it simply doesn’t have the overarching structure that most of the other seasons had to keep it focused. We get to a...
  • Geek Out Weakly 18 – Nick Box: Indie Filmmaker, game developer, and more

    Aadil sits down with indie horror filmmaker turned game developer Nick Box. We chat about making independent films in the 2010s, the rise of indiscriminate platforms like amazon and turning to games development to put his art out in new ways and to new audiences. We also touch on...
  • Why Obi-Wan and Vader’s “Rematch of the Century” Makes Sense

    “The rematch of the century”. Those words, used by Kathleen Kennedy to describe Vader’s appearance in the upcoming, unimaginatively titled Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, caused millions of voices to suddenly cry out in either enthusiasm, concern, or confusion. We’ve all long since presumed that Obi-Wan’s confrontation with...
  • The Directionless Villain

    My previous article in this series ended where I feel Season Eight should have, with Vegeta’s sacrifice, his final atonement. In this article I’m going to wrap up Season Eight and really dissect the reasons why this saga runs into so many problems compared to the others that preceded...
  • First Looks – Dracula vs the Ninja on the Moon

    Aadil takes a first look at the movie based on a cult bad-movie “Dracula vs the Ninja on the Moon” Several loops and some tracking problems ensue....
  • Geek Out Weakly 17 – Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    Aadil and Ben chat about the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. What we like, dislike, and the worries we have with respect to the heavy issues they bring up and the loose writing seen already. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC...