Horror

In An Octopuse’s Garden: a review of Squid Game

Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk Written by Hwang Dong-hyuk Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk Starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, O Yeong-su, Wi Ha-joon, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, Kim Joo-ryoung Composer Jung Jae-il No. of episodes 9 There isn’t a description of Squid Game that wouldn’t cause me to take …

After after life: a review of Post Mortem–No One Dies in Skarnes

Post Mortem Norwegian Post Mortem: ingen dør i Skarnes Directed by Harald Zwart & Petter Holmsen Original language Norwegian Production Producers Espen Horn Kristian Strand Sinkerud, Production company Motion Blur Distributor Netflix Starring: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen as Live Hallangen Elias Holmen Sørensen as Odd Hallangen André Sørum as Reinert Kim Fairchild as Judith Sarah Khorami …

A Foci of Loki: a review of Loki

Loki Created by Michael Waldron Based on Marvel Comics Starring Tom Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Eugene Cordero, Tara Strong, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Sasha Lane, Jack Veal, DeObia Oparei, Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Majors Music by Natalie Holt Loki is a pleasant surprise. I’ve only watched a few of the Marvel Comic Universe …

If You’re In a Hole, Keep Digging: a review of Made in Abyss

Made in Abyss Directed by Masayuki Kojima Written by Hideyuki Kurata Music by Kevin Penkin Studio Kinema Citrus Licensed by AUS, Madman Entertainment, BI/NA, Sentai Filmworks Main Characters Riko Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[5] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda[6] (English) Reg Voiced by: Mariya Ise[5] (Japanese); Luci Christian[6] (English) Nanachi Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[8] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski[6] (English) Mitty Voiced by: Eri …

Filipina Freedom: a review of Trese

Trese Created by Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo Based on Trese by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo Written by Zig Marasigan, Mihk Vergara and Tanya Yuson Directed by Jay Oliva, Tim Divar, David Hartman, Mel Zwyer Starring Liza Soberano, Shay Mitchell Opening theme “Balluha’d Bayauhen” (Hudhud) Ending theme “Paagi” by UDD Composer Kiner Brothers Well, Ok, …

Or was that Robots Love Death? — a review of Love, Death and Robots season 2

The animation in all eight offerings in season two is well above average, ranging from a marvelously stylistic 2-D “Ice” to sly caricatures in “Automated Customer Service” to a gritty hyperrealism in “Pop Squad” or “Life Hutch”. The stories themselves had plotlines familiar to SF fans—robot uprisings, grim cops in dystopian cultures, immortality in a …

Lemonade Stand: a review of The Stand 2020

Based on The Stand by Stephen King Developed by Josh Boone & Benjamin Cavell Executive producers Benjamin Cavell, Taylor Elmore, Josh Boone, Will Weiske, Jimmy Miller, Roy Lee, Richard P. Rubinstein Producers Stephen Welke, Jill Killington, Knate Lee, Owen King Production locations British Columbia, Canada James Marsden as Stu Redman Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith …

The Sea Also Rises: a review of Japan Sinks:2020

Japan Sinks:2020 Per Wikipedia: Japan Sinks: 2020, was animated by Science Saru, with Pyeon-Gang Ho serving as the series’ director and Masaaki Yuasa as director. Toshio Yoshitaka handled series composition, Naoya Wada designed the characters, and Kensuke Ushio composed the series’ music. Yuko Sasaki, Reina Ueda and Tomo Muranaka are credited with starring roles. It …