Film Review – Jackpot! (2024)
Who wouldn’t want to win big on the lottery? Rhetorical question. But put yourself in 2030’s California, the setting for...
Film Reviews
Anime Review – The Imaginary (2024)
Studio Ponoc was founded by Yoshiaki Nishimura, a former lead film producer at Studio Ghibli. The studio is a spiritual...
Film Review – The Commandant’s Shadow (2024)
The Commandant’s Shadow is a film you have to see. As good as it is, it shows us the way one...
Anime Review – Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi (2024)
Recap films are widespread in Anime. From Code Geass to Haikyu to Attack on Titan these anime have all had...
Film Review – Poolman (2024)
This one’s a heartbreaker. Chris Pine, arguably the best of the Hollywood Chrises, (have any of the others made a...
Anime Review – My Oni Girl (2024)
Studio Colorido made debatably one of my favourite anime films of recent memory with Penguin Highway. It is an utterly...
Anime Review – Marboroshi (2024)
Women writers and directors are underrepresented in anime. It is still a male-dominated industry, so I feel it is important...
Film Review – The Idea Of You (2024)
It’s a meet-cute that promises something slightly different. The soon-to-be lovers run across each other in what appears to be...
Film Review – Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
An epic action tale set across different planets in a galaxy ruled by an evil imperialistic power seems like a...
The Overlook Film Festival – Film Review – Arcadian – (2024)
Immersive realism and stupendous creature design give this apocalyptic family drama an added bite. Nicolas Cage plays Paul, a pragmatic...
Overlook Film Festival 2024 – Film Review – Things Will Be Different (2023)
This thoroughly engaging Sci-Fi thriller is a lovingly written thank-you note to the bonding power of creative cinema, and those...
Film Review – Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
Nature cannot defend itself. We are unquestionably causing irreversible harm to the planet and destroying nature. However, nature can do...
Film Review – We 12 (2024)
When heading into We 12, I knew one thing about this film: I am not the target demographic. I had...
Film Review – The Lyricist Wannabe (2024)
Everyone has a dream; mine is to be a good film and anime critic. I adore film and anime, and...