Been a Resident Evil fan from the beginning, and while I was initially skeptical of VII, I ended up loving it in the end. Definitely not my favorite RE game, but I really dug the fresh take that almost felt like it was in a different universe save for a couple subtle callbacks and the Umbrella/Chris reveal at the end.

what cat and mouse gameplay? the people that stalk you occasionally? they work exactly like Mr. X and Nemesis in the old games. when you run into them fill them will bullets and they’ll leave you alone until the next scripted moment when they have to appear.

Yeah, I’m real curious to see how they explain Kong, who was 104 feet tall in Skull Island, now being roughly equal to Godzilla, who was 393 feet in KotM.

The first time I heard his name, I thought it was just a tool. “Do they have a different kind? Why?” In hindsight, that’s about right.

Wow, Fincher’s response is a masterclass in emotional intelligence. I guess I’m so used to today’s endless, vapid Twitter bitchslaps that I wasn’t expecting it.

“Blood represents family,” McQuoid told EW. “Blood represents a connection. Blood represents who we are. Without getting too overcomplicated, what we did is use blood executionally.”

“Blood represents family,” McQuoid told EW. “Blood represents a connection. Blood represents who we are. Without getting too overcomplicated, what we did is use blood executionally.”

People tend to treat the blood and fatalities as the sole appeal, but that stuff was a means-to-an-end in establishing the franchise’s distinctive B-movie martial arts grindhouse tone.

The Hannibal series will be hard to top, and but I will probably end up checking this out. Judging by the trailer, they are at least taking the imagery in a different direction.

When has this type of thing ever propelled an accuser to fame and riches? There is no way, when he started this, he didn’t think it was probably going to be career suicide.

I’m slowly making my way through Valhalla, but I might take a break this weekend to finish up Mortal Shell. It’s not as polished as the mainline Souls games, but what I played before was really satisfying.

WW84 was entirely Patty Jenkins’ beast. Oof

Mr. Hamada explained that creative differences are a normal part of the production process, and that a film’s writer/director ultimately has to be in charge of these matters.

News of the assault on the Capitol broke when I was teaching a remote high-school class. Being reassuring and terrified at the same time is my new least favorite thing.

I think that’s exactly the right comparison. Especially because I can imagine all of WW84's problems could have been fixed in editing, like there are some things that shouldn’t have been cut out or alternate takes that should have been used.

I’m constantly hearing stories out of Hollywood where the director has a strong vision and ability to create something of quality and then these film executives cut the thing to pieces and ruin the movie. Is there any stories of this situation improving the final product?

Question - does Nick Spencer still suck out loud? Cuz I’m willing to forgive, but... I really hated Secret Empire...

Sputnik is interesting. Underwater is pretty lousy. Haven’t seen Synchronic, but I’m looking forward to it after the last movie from the same filmmakers.

I’m not often in agreement with the opinions of the reviewers on this site - but having The Old Guard included in The Best of 2020 is shocking.

All movies are genre movies, it is about what genre category they fit into.