"I am the Elder King: Melkor, first and mightiest of the Valar, who was before the world, and made it. The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it bends slowly and surely to my will. But upon all whom you love my thought shall weigh as a cloud of Doom, and it shall bring them down into darkness and despair. Wherever they go, evil shall arise. Whenever they speak, their words shall bring ill...
Back in 1982, even the movies that flopped became classics. Imagine that for a second, you go to the Googleplex Theater and have to pick between Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Tron, Blade Runner, or The Dark Crystal, and these were the misses. As for the hits, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was a box office win but E.T. left it so far in the dust that the dust had settled before the Enterprise could reach it. ...
The reviews are in and I'm so relieved to find out that my fears were completely unfounded. and that... "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power may not be everything we hoped it would be – how could it? But for now, it’s enough." NPR Clearly, a stellar production that will vastly outshine the first season. Most of the reviews are like this. Just enough praise to qualify as a good review, while at the same time bringing up everything that's...
The year is 1981, Berlin is the divided capital of a divided country. For decades this has been the place World War III would start once the Cold War turns hot. At any given moment gunfire from the East will snap out into the night air as someone makes a life-or-death dash across the border to escape the socialist workers' paradise of East Germany. The Berlin Brigade is a division-strength US Army garrison permanently stationed on the West side. As...
This is the Japanese trailer for War of the Rohirrim, and it would appear to be for an entirely different and much better movie. This film looks like it was directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the guy who made Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. and the Ultraman TV series. I am now more than a little curious about which version of this flick is going to show up in the theaters. Was this Warner Brothers marketing department being honest about this being a...
I. Hate. You. All. The Darkness is descending upon us. Season 2 of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will sweep over the world in less than a week now. Amazon is making the laughable promise that they will be truer to the lore this season. The problem is they can't be because they wrote themselves into a corner two years ago. Judging from the trailer they are clearly hoping you forgot all about it. Unfortunately this...
I can’t believe this is still trending on X. It’s been three days and the Sith Shipper Simps are still sobbing about The Acolyte being canceled. Normally I wouldn’t still be covering this but the latest line complaint is too funny to ignore. “The Star Wars Incel Dude Bros won!!!!” Okay, ladies first of all it’s fundamentally impossible to be both an Incel and Dude-Bro at the same time. A guy is pretty much stuck being one or the other. Also,...
This 2007 Spanish movie is proof that you don’t need a big budget to make a good film. It’s really more of a thriller than science fiction, although there are a few sci-fi concepts regarding time travel and paradoxes. It’s nothing you aren’t already familiar with if you’ve read Heinlein’s All You Zombies. Hector and his wife live in the Spanish countryside. One day Hector is scanning the forrest surrounding their house and sees young, beautiful blonde girl. Since he was...
Four years in the making and Disney’s Star Wars: The Acolyte is scrapped. I reported on it briefly last night and I figured that was all that would needed on the subject. However, there are people who seem to be genuinely upset by this. I could understand Lesley Headland and her crew being down in the dumps but these are people who aren’t paid by Disney, I know that because Disney wouldn’t throw money to shills for a failed product...
One of the most versatile voice actresses in the field of anime has passed away. Atsuko Tanaka died last night at the age 61. Her 292 credits stretch back 30 years, during that time she voiced everything from Black Jack and Ghost in the Shell to Miss Marple and The Cat Returns.
