I’m sorry, but there absolutely is not an agreed upon "soft spot" for Dragon Age 2. There are a few things I like about that game (Varric, Aveline, the time jumps) but other than that... The game is a hot mess.

Cool list, but you’re missing a lot of stuff, I’d say.

Don’t be an asshole.

I loved it. I'm a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a fan of weighty, ambitious, arthouse science fiction and I thought the film was a fantastic combination of those two elements. I can understand why it won't appeal to everyone, but it's one of my favorites.

No. Why would I?

Actually, it looks like Goulet and Waititi met when they were both first starting out. She's continued making shorts since they first met in 2004, while he's obviously gone on to greater success. This is her debut feature. 

“...most of Waititi’s scripted and directed humor has been more miss than hit in my tastes, which is fine.”

I don’t even consider Carpenter’s film a remake of the 1950s film. I consider it a fresh adaptation of the original Campbell novella Who Goes There?. I also don’t think the 51 adaptation was all that great, since it stripped away the most interesting part of the story (that the alien can change its form and mimic…

There are a number of actresses that are quite a bit older than you’d think by looking at them who are still doing fantastic in action-heavy roles, and I think it’s great since older male actors in action roles have been a thing since forever (Moore and Connery and Craig playing Bond into their 50s, Schwarzenegger,…

Since, sadly, Criterion Channel isn’t included in these lists, here’s the science fiction, fantasy, and horror stuff coming to it next month (and it is quite a stacked month):

“which is written and directed by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)”

This sounds fantastic! I’m definitely ordering that box set. The only one of the films on there that I’ve seen is Anne Turner’s Celia, and that movie is dark and delightful -- all about a child’s attempt to navigate the horrors of life and adults and the national political situation by escaping into her own fantasy…

“...everyone says ‘Lamb’ is a horror movie. It’s not!”

“What’s one more non-Game of Thrones project for the pile, am I right?”

That’s pretty unfortunate.

Right. I mean, we're getting a Boba Fett TV show featuring a character people thought was dead for almost 40 years, played by an actor who played a character that's been dead for 20 years.

“You don’t kill off the first Black woman to ever have a real role in a Star Wars movie. “

It’s not surprising he’s got a great few years coming up considering how on fire his career has already been for years. He had roles in Aquaman, Black Mirror, Us, and Watchmen, plus he received critical acclaim for The Trial of the Chicago 7. Guy is definitely going places.

Since I try to add this every month, here’s the science fiction, fantasy, and horror stuff being added to my favorite streaming service, The Criterion Channel, in August:

Domee Shi previously directed the Pixar short, Bao (which you can watch on Disney+), which was incredibly creative, well animated, and a real gut punch of a film. So I'm pretty interested in this one.