Turning off the 'acting' switches, that's a good description. The usually delightful Anthony Wong does some TERRIBLE overacting in this flick.

Eh, I have not even read much of his other stuff, so I won't get much of the fanservice.

I am actually spoiled for the 'controversial' parts of the last two books, so I'm already mentally prepared for, you know, 'that stuff'. One of the only times I was glad I got stuff spoiled for me.

I will definitely finish the series, but I'm afraid it will take me a lot of time. Even though even the first three books weren't perfect, they had some face-meltingly awesome scenes, so I'm hoping for some great moments at least.

The third book was when it worked for me the best so far. Like, you have a Richard Adams homage out of the blue, then a demon house, and then you have that insane climax in the city of Lud that helped to ensured that I will never hear ZZ Top the same way again… This is throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks…

Right now I'm experiencing this with the Dark Tower series. The first book was short and snappy, but now I'm on the fourth one and it's… Not so snappy anymore. And the last one is 1000 pages long, of course!

Do all fantasy writers get this affliction as they grow older? It seems so.

Almost halfway through the fourth Dark Tower book. I have to say that after the constant thrill-ride of the third book, slowing down for a Harlequin Romance story was not what I expected of a prequel, but by now I love the setting enough to find it at least pleasant.

Well now that you are finally finished with entertainment, be relieved! You can finally go out and have a real life!

I have had a kind of similar problem and still do to an extent, and I would say that the solution is to branch out into different genres and mediums and start paying attention to different aspects of the stuff we consume. As I grow older, I am less enamored with pure storytelling - the twists and dramatic climaxes no…

Korean historical dramas have some kind of magnetic quality for me - maybe it's those fabulous Joseon-era hats, maybe it's the unabashed sentimentality.

Regarding what O'Neal wrote, the sad thing about trying to keep up with the "cultural conversation" is that it often prevents me from watching stuff that I *actually* want to see. The thing is, I enjoy the talking about the stuff I see with my friends at least as much as watching it and none of my friends are into…

I plan to consume a lot of horror, a genre that I neglected for a long time but have found myself surprisingly drawn to recently. So I will try to watch all the best stuff from Romero, Hooper, Bava, Carpenter, Argento etc., keep up with new releases that sound interesting and read a lot of Poe, Lovecraft, Barker,…

I loved that match too! It would be a stone-cold classic if the circumstances were different, but it still it was my favourite WWE match in 2016.

It's no wonder that Dean's best WWE matches were with veteran ring generals Regal and HHH. He needs someone who thinks on his level to really work in the ring.

Actually Ignatiy is a great example of how criticism based mainly on analysing the filmmakers' craft, even as he does not ignore the movies' political subtexts, can be very entertaining (on the other hand, when he tried to tried to find Freudian subtext in the most recent X-Men flick, it was unintentionally hilarious).

I have been on a short horror fiction kick lately. It's interesting, because I've long thought that I will never be able to truly enjoy horror fiction, because it lacks immediacy that a visual medium can bring to these kind of stories, but it changed when I changed the way I consumed it. I started listening to it! I…

I don't think there is a way to execute the concept of a meta post-apocalyptic fantasy horror series that does its awesomeness justice… Although now I'm on the fourth book and even though the series is supposed to become a bit of a slog after that, I am grateful for the insane climax of the third book, which is just…

I loved the lighthearted first half. I would love it if they went into the character-focused adventure movie direction instead of focusing on the obligatory epic good-vs-evil showdown. Maybe one of those "side adventures" will be just that?

It absolutely does. The second half really ramps up the tension and introduces a twist that makes everything bazillion times more interesting.