MY FAVORITE FILMS OF 2019
Joonatan Itkonen Today is the last day of the year and what feels like a very, very long decade. For film it has seen some interesting developments to say the least. It…
December 2019
My favorite games of 2019
It’s that time of the year again.
The Two Popes remain elusive and superficial
★★ | Two popes walk into the Vatican...
The Witcher Season 1 is a superlative adaptation of a cult classic
★★★★★ | Witcher? I hardly know her! It took all of five minutes after Game of Thrones ended for audiences to ask, “What’s next?” What’s next is a dangerous question,…
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Note: this review talks about the first ten minutes of the movie. It features nothing that hasn’t already been shown in the trailers. If you’re avoiding all spoilers, it is…
6 UNDERGROUND
I’ve seen bad movies. I see probably more of them than most average viewers. This year I’ve watched almost four hundred films, out of which a quarter I’d call at…
THE EXPANSE: SEASON 4
Canceled shows rarely come back to life. In the rare cases that such has happened, they’re usually empty husks of what they once were, quickly forgotten as failed attempts to…
Blasphemous is a griefers paradise
★★★ | Jesus wept
WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE!
Matvey has a problem: he’s about to meet Andrey, the father of his girlfriend, Olya. Andrey is a head taller, built like a brickhouse, and has the disposition of an…
MARRIAGE STORY
I didn’t enjoy this film. That doesn’t mean it’s not well made. By all accounts it is. The acting by everyone involved could easily be called career best work. The…