To save their beach, elite lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and a former Olympian probe a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay. Directed by Seth Gordon IMDb page Interesting, this one, from a story/character perspective. I don’t like to… Continue Reading
The Ritual Directed by David Bruckner Screenplay by Joe Barton Story (novel) by Adam Nevill IMDb page The story, as told in the Netflix blurb: Four friends with a long-standing — but strained — connection take a hiking trip into… Continue Reading
We hear a lot about character arcs in screenwriting/novel/creative writing – the idea is, of course, that a character changes based on what happens to them over the course of the plot, that they decisions they make at the beginning… Continue Reading
Been meaning to put some time into this one – it’s from a few years ago (2014), and is best described as X-Com (old-timey X-Com, like UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep) meets Ghostbusters, a turn-based-and-grid-based strategy affair that… Continue Reading
There are some video games that excel at treading that fine line between “I’ve GOTTA play just ONE MORE LEVEL because this is FANTASTIC” and “I’m going to take this controller, run it over with my car, gather up the… Continue Reading
Not sure about you, but I just don’t trust that guy there. As an aside, if, by any chance, one of the side effects of the Innsmouth Curse is the ability to play a 12-year-old FPS without getting motion sickness, sign… Continue Reading