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In the Spirit of Gold: a review of Golden Kamuy

Golden Kamuy First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Saichi Sugimoto ゴールデンカムイ (Gōruden Kamui) Manga Written by Satoru Noda Published by Shueisha English publisher Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Young Jump Demographic Seinen Original run August 21, 2014 – April 28, 2022 Volumes 31 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Hitoshi Nanba …

Gorilla-Whale creature feature: a review of G-1.0

G-1.0 Japanese name Katakana ゴジラ マイナスワン Transcriptions Directed by Takashi Yamazaki Written by Takashi Yamazaki Visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki & Kiyoko Shibuya Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Shūji Abe, Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Gō Abe, Keiichirō Moriya Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki Minami Hamabe Yuki Yamada Munetaka Aoki Hidetaka Yoshioka Sakura Ando Kuranosuke Sasaki Cinematography Kōzō Shibasaki …

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream…: a review of Dune Part II

Dune Part II Directed by Denis Villeneuve Screenplay by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts Based on Dune by Frank Herbert Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Patrick McCormick, Tanya Lapointe, Denis Villeneuve Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, the exiled Duke of House Atreides who sides with the Fremen to overthrow the tyrannical House Harkonnen Zendaya …

A Year in review: a review of 2023

A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …

Oppie Oppie Fission Free: a review of Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher Nolan Screenplay by Christopher Nolan Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven & Christopher Nolan Cast Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer’s …

“How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All?”*: a review of Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Peter Tam Lee Starring Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu Ke Huy Quan Jenny Slate Harry Shum Jr. James Hong Jamie Lee Curtis Cinematography Larkin Seiple Edited by Paul …

Pointing fingers: a review of The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin Directed by Martin McDonagh Written by Martin McDonagh Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin Barry Keoghan as Dominic Kearney Pat Shortt as Jonjo Devine Jon Kenny as Gerry Bríd Ní Neachtain as Mrs. …

Where poppies grow: a review of All Quiet on the Western Front

Directed by Edward Berger Screenplay by Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson, Edward Berger Based on All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Produced by Daniel Brühl, Daniel Marc Dreifuss, Malte Grunert, Clive Barker, Marc Toberoff, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Starring Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer Albrecht Schuch as Stanislaus “Kat” Katczinsky Aaron Hilmer …