The Memorial Day countdown reaches #4. Oliver Stone served in Vietnam and spent ten years trying to get Platoon made. That urgency is in every frame. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen are all exceptional. Full review. Continue reading Platoon Review (1986)
The Memorial Day countdown continues with #5. Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of Desmond Doss, the unarmed medic who saved 75 men at Okinawa. Mel Gibson directs it with ferocity. Andrew Garfield is extraordinary. Full review. Continue reading Hacksaw Ridge Review (2016)
Top Gear on SNES was my first console racing game and one of the best multiplayer experiences of my childhood. Simple, fast, and still a blast. Here’s why it holds up. Continue reading Top Gear Review (SNES) (Retro WedNESday #7)
The Memorial Day countdown rolls on with #6. Full Metal Jacket is two movies in one. The Parris Island half is Kubrick at his absolute peak. The Vietnam half is excellent on its own terms. Both together are essential viewing. Continue reading Full Metal Jacket Review (1987)
Our Memorial Day countdown continues with a review of The Longest Day. This beast covers D-Day from every angle with one of the greatest casts ever assembled. It’s three hours of old Hollywood ambition that still holds up. Continue reading The Longest Day Review (1962)
Patton isn’t really a war film in the traditional sense. It’s a character study of one of history’s most complicated military minds, anchored by George C. Scott’s all-time great performance. Continue reading Patton Review (1970) (Throwback Thursday #5)
Stanley Donen directs Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in their only film together — a mystery thriller dressed up as a romantic comedy, and one of the most underrated films of the 1960s. The Audrey Hepburn Rewatch series rolls on, this time doubled up as the fourth Throwback Thursday feature. Continue reading Charade Review (1963) (Throwback Thursday #4)
Lord of Hatred is the expansion Diablo IV needed. The Warlock is phenomenal, the Horadric Cube gives you real gear agency, and the War Plan revamps the endgame without adding a single new activity. This is the best Diablo IV has ever been. Continue reading Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred Review
Blake Edwards directs Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in one of the most iconic performances in cinema history. Charming, beautiful, and a little melancholy in all the right ways. Continue reading Breakfast at Tiffany’s Review (1961)
William Wyler directs Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine in one of the darker films either actress ever made. A child’s malicious lie destroys two women’s lives, and the ending doesn’t pull its punch. Continue reading The Children’s Hour Review (1961)
Mouse P.I. For Hire is exactly the kind of game the industry used to make before everything had to be a platform. Gorgeous visuals, a genuinely funny noir story, and the heart of a PS3-era gem. Continue reading Mouse P.I. For Hire Review (PS5)
Mel Gibson at his peak, Jodie Foster at her most charming, and one of the most likable supporting casts of the nineties. Maverick (1994) is still an absolute blast. Continue reading Maverick Review (1994) (Throwback Thursday #3)
Retro WedNESday finally features an actual NES game. Gun.Smoke swaps the spaceships for cowboys and the result is one of Capcom’s best early shooters. Here’s why it still holds up. Continue reading Gun.Smoke Review (Retro WedNESday #4)
Starfield on PS5 is the best version of the game that’s ever existed. The shooting is great, exploration rewards patience, and Free Lanes fixes the biggest launch complaints. Continue reading Starfield Review (PS5)
The Housemaid is now streaming on Starz and it is worth your time. Amanda Seyfried gives the best performance in the film, Sydney Sweeney is as hot as ever, the twist earns its reveal, and it is one of those films with high rewatchability. Continue reading The Housemaid Review (2025)
One course, not many modes, but hundreds of hours played. Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics is a simple N64 golf game that earns its legacy through memories as much as gameplay. Read the review in the third installment of Retro WedNESday! Continue reading Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics Review (Retro WedNESday #3)
With a new Mummy film on the way, it felt like the right time to revisit the 1999 original. Twenty-five years later it holds up remarkably well. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah are all excellent, and nothing that followed has come close. Continue reading The Mummy (1999) Review
Dragonkin: The Banished looks like Diablo IV and plays in the same ballpark, then quietly does several things better. The Ancestral Grid alone is worth the price of admission for any ARPG fan. Continue reading Dragonkin: The Banished Review (PS5)
Lars and the Real Girl is not what you think it is. It is sincere, warm, and quietly beautiful, carried by a Ryan Gosling performance that never winks at the audience once. One of the most underrated films of the 2000s. Continue reading Lars and the Real Girl Review (2007)
The Glass House got a raw deal when it came out in 2001. Revisiting it now, it holds up better than its reputation suggests, carried almost entirely by a Leelee Sobieski performance that deserves far more recognition than it ever received. Continue reading The Glass House Review (2001)
