Review: Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla (2014) Dir: Gareth Edwards Rel: May 16th 2014 After Roland Emmerich’s disastrous 1998 Godzilla, there was, quite understandably, much concern over whether another American reboot/remake was a good idea on any level. Gareth Edwards, director of the slow but thoughtful Monsters (2010), seemed like a promising choice to helm this new attempt, and the…

Review: Gone Home

Gone Home Developer: The Fullbright Company Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux Release Date: August 15, 2013 Gone Home is a bit of a challenge to write about for an audience that hasn’t played it yet. Everything that makes it special is in the experience of playing it and unfolding its world and narrative piece by piece,…

The Wolverine: Surprisingly Strong in His Not-So-Weakest Days

Just a few [non-plot descriptor/spoiler] thoughts on the latest entry into the filmverse version of The Wolverine, the eponymous and latest installment in the X-Men’s lone spin-off franchise, and wielder of damn near all the good lines in the X-Men films (incidentally, is that just fortuitous script development, or the result of some contractual rider…