The Toad's Burrow

      I have officially watched Citizen Kane . I'll admit, I've been holding off all month trying not to watch this movie. Not because I have anything against it in particular, but it was released in 1941. Like there's simply no other way to put it but after a certain threshold the likelihood of me enjoying a particular piece of media just drops dramatically. Like if you told me to listen to an album earlier than maybe 1960 I think it starts to get dicey and the odds of me enjoying it are just much lower than you'd like. In that sense I think I have a pretty clear line of demarcation when it comes to older films. Just technologically, pacing wise and especially sonically with the dialogue quality I tend to just simply not care about it at all. But this film managed to defy it all. Let's talk about it.     Now, I'm going to get ahead of everything and say I don't think this movie is some all-time great in my eyes. It's a fine enough film for my modern sta...

      Well there it is. Man I remember when this show first came out. It just had an immense level of juice it was ridiculous. The writing was great, the music was riveting, the camera work and the pacing were excellent. They just kept everything to a nice, crisp 20-25 minutes and you really never had to worry about anything. It was intense, it kept you on your toes, and it had you watch nearly the entire series all in one sitting if you tried. That's what I remember most about the first couple of seasons of The Bear. Then season three happened, and season four, and you just wondered where it all went wrong. The showrunners gave up the tight, snappy scenes for long, very character-driven scenes in which dialogue became everything. It sort of lost it's way. But now it's over, Let's talk about it.     I will say, this is probably my third favourite season of the show though. It doesn't exactly quite right the ship completely, but at the very least they understood ...

      Ok fine. I'll be the first to admit it. I had absolutely no faith in this movie being good. Like at all. When I first saw this trailer in theaters I thought it was ridiculous. Why would such a famous actor like Hugh Jackman attach his name and star in such a ridiculous premise. A whodunnit but the main characters are actually sheep? Like really? I think it was the CGI animals that threw me off. So often are movies with CGI animals slapped on it so bad these days. I was simply too wary. Yet, now I come out a changed man, I see the vision. My sister even cried during this film, I don't think I was moved that well, but for a relatively short and compact film for everyone, it's unsuspectingly good. Let's talk about it.     The humour was, actually good? Like surprisingly decent? It's so easy for those made for everyone films to simply start doing the same old-tired gags of like fart jokes or butt jokes. I am thankful to report that there is none of that. No jo...

    I did not expect to love this little graphic novel as much as I did, but boy does it have it all. The art style is fine, if not acceptable, that's probably the most I'll have to say about it. It's nothing crazy. But premise-wise, story-wise, execution-wise, thematically. I'll say this was a very, very interesting sort of pseudo-horror, near-future, sci-fi kind of graphic novel that asked a lot of interesting questions. I remember reading the first two chapters and putting it down going huh, that's pretty neat. Then I picked it up before I went to bed and I simply devoured the rest like it was nothing. Let's talk about it.     By far the most interesting part about Upgrade Soul  is the premise. It's fresh, it's great, and it really makes you think a lot about ownership, individuality, and sort of the cost of immortality. Basically, without revealing too much. An elderly couple Hank and Molly, who in their twilight years (and thanks to their considerab...

      I regret starting this season so much. It's not even funny. Take this in. I wrote my review for season three on July 20th, and now I'm writing my review for season four of The Boondocks  on August 15th, nearly a month later. That's how bad this season is. 10 episodes, twenty minutes a piece, and I still couldn't stomach more than like an episode a week. It got so bad that after I finished Dread Delusion  I just decided to stomach the last six or so episodes and finally get it over with. I kid you not when I say this season of The Boondocks  basically killed any desire for me to finish off any sort of TV in any capacity. I have like five other shows just sitting in limbo because I couldn't bring myself to finish this show. Let's talk about it.     By far the biggest reason this season was worse was because showrunner and creator  Aaron McGruder was no longer at the helm and you could really feel it. What do you take when a show predicate...

      Yeah I probably could have and should have written a review for  Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow , but I guess I just had less to say about it. Even still, I think I'll start writing reviews for even the smaller comics that I come across. The premise for this one was simple. I saw a twitter post with someone posting a bunch of independent comics. I can't quite remember what for, I think it was because another poster was complaining about serialization being too big of a hurdle to cross when it came to the big two (DC and Marvel). And so I was like sure, let me give it a try. After all, Now that I've slowly eased myself back into comics (and oddly eased myself out of manga?) I find myself trying to expand my horizons as I try to make myself read more. So, I picked this comic up and read it to myself at night, let's talk about it.     I think my biggest issue with this graphic novel is that it's almost too short? I'm not saying you need to exhaust every si...

    This movie, is so, so bad. It's shameful really. I kid you not when I say this is a very, very sad attempt at a rom-com. It's not complete garbage, there are bits and pieces here and there that make you perk your eyebrow up and go "huh?" But by and large, this movie is just so, so, so, painfully bad. I don't even want to spend that much disparaging it, because while yes there's a lot to go through, you do eventually have to ask yourself, is it worth the time? My sister asked me to watch this film, and honestly I think we both regret it deeply. I mean I already had an inkling it was going to be bad. We had actually seen the trailer for this film in theaters, and I swear they had to spend half of the trailer explaining the bizarre premise of this film. Let's talk about it.     One of the main issues with this film is it's simultaneously too short, and also too long at the same time. Too short in the sense that this film is only 1 hour and 45 minutes,...

    I remember when I first added this game to my Steam wishlist. It was a couple years ago before the game was even released, yet still in early access. I just wanted to keep tabs on it since it was far from being the fully fledged game you see today. After all everyone kept on drawing comparisons to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, a game from one of my favourite franchises of all time. So how couldn't I resist it. So I waited, and I waited, until eventually a summer sale came on and I decided you know what? Maybe I will buy this game. So I bit the bullet, and I found myself honestly? A little underwhelmed. Let's talk about it.     Look look, I already know how I have a strong tendency to write these reviews, I spend a good 70% of it nitpicking the game, then spend very few words actually praising it, yet it still ends with a good rating. Even still, I truly do mean believe this when I say that the only reason I'm a bit tepid in my praise is has the bones for some...

      I've never done this sort of review before, at least not usually, so I thought it might be interesting to just write about it, even if it's largely a one paragraph footnote talking about what I found interesting. After all, this is basically just supposed to be an archive of everything my singularly-focused mind goes through, since I seemingly hate the idea of multitasking too many hobbies at once (do not ask me how The Boondocks  season 4 review is coming along). And in addition to that Twitter has just been loving to feed me comic book content as of late, which makes sense since the NBA offseason is in full swing, so, The Immortal Hulk , let's talk about it.     First off I will say you probably want at least a little bit of general comic book knowledge before going into this run. I'm not saying you need to be some expert in Hulk knowledge, but in fact knowing what comes before this run will be a pretty good way to build a solid foundation so that y...