2.8 Stars My experience playing Starfield was one of initial disappointment followed by a relatively short period of begrudging appreciation which then blossomed into hours open hours of mediocre gameplay in a universe of comfortable dullness. The world building of Starfield is, from a general perspective, pretty decent. Humanity is spread throughout star systems light years away from earth, factions...
3.7 Stars A long slow film with a melancholic tone and forgone conclusion. A narrator guides the audience through the series of events leading up to and after the event the film is named for. The acting and casting are top notch, the subtilty of the character interactions are what makes up for the films unavoidable slow pace and lack of surprises
The action series about aliens was interesting until I realized it was a pretext to show a gay relationship and kisses. I stopped right there. I have little faith in British television after this one.
This is one of the best games I've seen. The game-play is very fast and engaging but rather difficult. It's a sci-fi themed game with giant robots, with an interesting story about interplanetary companies' conflict with each other and other faction. The subject is the extraction of a valuable resource, the main character plays as a mercenary. There are absolutely no woke elements, the feel of the game...
This is a non-woke movie, pretty funny. There is no diversity! The message of the movie isn't really traditional, but it can be interesting for white young audiences. Is is intended to be a youth movie. There is non-traditional values, though no modern woke stuff!
Very very impressed. Really glad Crazando recommended it because when I saw the trailer I wanted to see it. I'm a big fan of David Cho and it seemed intriguing. But I told myself, "It's Netflix. Probably garbage." And never looked again. It's like Game of Thrones and Parasite had a baby. But it was only one season so there was no filler. Just lots of serendipitous connections weaved throughout in...
Ari Aster, writer-director of the overrated ethno-horror Midsommar (2019), delivers another nightmare vision of European atavism, this time from an explicitly Jewish perspective, in Beau Is Afraid,...
3.6 Stars A funny, corny and goofy, self aware Western genre parody, in mostly good ways; Mel Gibson's character, Maverick, has a recurring trait of throwing out quips decrying whites killing Native Americans and casting Native Americans as completely innocent non- combatants. The three main characters back and fourths with each other are pretty entertaining and funny and most of the film is pretty...
I found the show incredibly enjoyable and funny and interesting. Each episode of the series has a lot of intrigue and even in the first episode it is over the top and funny. It doesn't push a lot of annoying politics down your throat trying to make you feel one way or another about things. It does include a homosexual marriage which sucks and it also includes a little but of girl boss and man emasculation....
I wasn't expecting something so high quality even though it is from Angel Studios. The movie's plot and action and drama is not only good but so is the production quality. Although one disclaimer is that even though they don't do anything sexually graphic in the movie most people can understand what stomach turning deeds are being done. The fact I wanted to get out of the movie theater and I felt uncomfortable...
In case you are wondering, this is actually not me, it's some AI app pretending to be me while reading my recent review of "Barbie" from Taki's Magazine. And the AI is doing a pretty good job! For a few...
773 words Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $68,423.84 of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who...
This movie would make my top ten easily except for the propaganda that trotted itself out halfway through, thoroughly trashing the interest. Very few movies manage to do what the first half does, which...
3.8 Stars Follows a hired killer on the biggest job of his career and the French Law Enforcement who are sniffing for his trail. The Day of The Jackal is a slow methodical film, devoid of any introspection into the minds, motives or feelings of the characters, beyond actions happening on screen. That is probably the biggest strength and weakness of the film, everything feels understated, like every...
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The recent film Oppenheimer brought a renewed interest in the history of atomic espionage. The names certainly echo throughout history: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, David Greenglass, Morton...
Started out really good. I never knew much about the movie and thought it was a sh*tty troma film. I was surprised by the intriguing premise and amount of dialogue making you like the characters. Not a typical low budget horror film. It was on par with "They Live" but it all fizzles out half way through and drags on. Still worth watching and supporting. Love this song from the soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWpfCTapvE&list=OLAK5uy_k5uNA6D1tCG4KKZB96i0anaINzpAEZhFs&index=18...
3.7 Stars I went into the Patlabor film thinking it would mainly be mech on mech action, what I found was a surprisingly relaxing late 80s perspective of a near-future sci-fi criminal investigation film. The plot is laced themes of collective and individual worry about industrialization. Fears of losing the past of a civilization or culture do to rapid technological booms. Biblical references and...
Australian films are my new favorite. Always impressed. The "diversity" all felt fitting and they were all great actors. It's hard to articulate why but you can just tell the Black chick in the new Insidious was a diversity hire and doesn't fit. All the ones in this were great actors and the dynamic never once took you out of the movie. Great writing with no exposition, but instead carefully crafted...
When this first came out the obvious analogy is about STD's. But upon second viewing years later, I realized it's more about an emotional contagion. About how damaging it is to have shallow meaningless sex. And how the cycle continues and you hurt others to cope with the pain and begin to push people away and not trust loved ones. It's that incel graph that shows the correlation between sexual partners...
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