Review: Before Your Eyes Is an Incredibly Impactful, Innovative Experience
Before Your Eyes is a game that got a lot of heads turning, even before its release for its unusual mechanics. In Before Your Eyes, players control the story and […]
Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 4/8 and Beyond
Things have been looking a little brighter as the vaccine rollout continues to help the new case numbers stay low (although fears of a 3rd wave haven’t been completely stifled). […]
Review:Narita Boy Places Style Over Substance and Nails It
So many of the 1980s most enduring stories center on youth, its loss and growing up. Stand By Me, E.T., The Goonies–with newer pop culture like It and Stranger Things […]
Review: Another Day’s Begun Recasts Thornton Wilder’s Our Town as a Play That Speaks to Our Time
Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st CenturyBy Howard ShermanMetheun Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Like most theater critics and theater lovers, I’ve seen Thornton Wilder’s Our Town […]
Review: Mysterious and Spooky Cozy Grove Is a Compelling Place to Camp
It starts off innocently enough. You’re a little scout, heading off to a fun little scouting adventure in a little place called Cozy Grove. I hadn’t heard much about Cozy […]
Review: Overcooked! All You Can Eat Is a Big Serving of Co-Op Fun
As much as I love co-op games, especially ones that require lots of precise teamwork, I never played the Overcooked series. Yeah, I know, they frequently come up in lists […]
Review: A Return to Form for Tower Defense Action RPG Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Dungeon Defenders is a long running tower defense action RPG that’s found a dedicated following since its initial release in 2010. With four games under their belt, Chromatic Games (formerly […]
Review: Paradise Lost Is a Slow Walk to Find Obvious Answers
Walking simulator has become a bit of a derogatory term for some. It usually describes a game in which your main activity is walking around, exploring an environment, and interacting […]
Review: Oscar-Nominated Shorts Glimpse Promising, Innovative and Informative Filmmaking
Though the Oscars ceremony celebrating films released in 2020 was pushed back to late April, 2021 due to the pandemic, everything else about the annual Academy Awards is much the […]
Review: A Comedy of Absurd, Dysfunctional Relationships, French Exit Features a Divine Michelle Pfeiffer
Based on Patrick DeWitt’s 2018 novel of the same name, French Exit (which he adapted for the screen) is a film that, in some ways, has no real right to exist. […]
Review: The Unholy, with Cheap Scares and Muddled Story, Doesn’t Live Up to Its Promising Premise
There are times when the premise of a film is far better than its execution; this is particularly true in the horror genre, where great ideas often go ridiculously off […]
Review: Concrete Cowboy Explores the Real-Life Culture of Black Urban Cowboys with Just Enough Heart and Inspiration
Fifteen-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) gets into another fight at his Detroit high school and is on the verge of being expelled when his single mother decides she’s had enough. Initially, […]