Streaming Reviews

We know how isekai stories work. Protagonist gets into an accident, gets transported to a fantasy world, and in that world he gains some unique abilities, meets new friends, and embarks on a grand quest.   But what happens when your isekai adventure has ended and you return to the real world only to find out that 17 years had passed? You wake up on a hospital bed and are told your adventures in another world were just dreams while in a 17 year coma after your accident. To add insult to injury your family had broke apart during the time with only your nephew willing to take care of you?   Said nephew is our protagonist Takafumi, and his Uncle is the one claiming to have been a magical warrior in another world for the past 17 years. While skeptical at first, Uncle proves his claims by conjuring up magic leading Takafumi set Uncle up as a YouTuber performing said magic and regaling his viewers of his past adventures. Hijinks ensue when Takafumi himself and his old frien...

Thunder. The surround sound speakers rumbling like thunder. Acoustic waves pound through the theatre seats, vibrating, trembling.  Lightning. Of the flashing projector and the glowing screen. Wind. The ethereal vocals that permeate the soundtrack. Lightning again. Brilliance.  I sit humbled in the brilliance that is Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY. We know the name of Odysseus, hero of the Trojan war. Some of us know the children’s fairy tale of a cunning leader, others perhaps know past screen adaptations showing a champion who was father to both his biological son Telemachus, as well as the men who served with him in the war. And some perhaps know him from the myths, the legends, the original poems and songs.   This movie is not all of that. As with Oppenheimer before this, as with Batman before that, and as with the Prestige even further back, Nolan deconstructs the myth of Odysseus to present us not just the man of Odysseus, but the story of the ones left behind....

In 2025, season two of the Fallout streaming series premiered on Amazon Prime. I was excited for it as I loved season one and wished to see a resolution to the cliffhanger that season one ended on.  After some startling revelations about her past and her father Hank McLean, naive idealistic Lucy now travels with Cooper Howard aka The Ghoul to the ruins of Las Vegas in pursuit of Hank. While Lucy is intent on bringing her father to face justice back home, Cooper seems to be harbouring other plans.  As they journey, Lucy has run ins with various warring factions like the Roman inspired Legion, all while her faith in the goodness of others continues to be tested.   Meanwhile Maximus, now the reluctant hero of the militant cult The Brotherhood of Steel, witnesses a falling out among the Brotherhood’s leaders over the cold fusion diode he retrieved in the last season.  This diode is able to grant unlimited energy in the fuel scarce wasteland and various parties wish ...

MORTAL KOMBAT LEGENDS: SNOW BLIND is the third in a line of direct-to-video animated movies based on the Mortal Kombat franchise. SNOW BLIND does not function as a sequel to the previous two movies but is a standalone tale, though a certain revelation does hint at its connection to the games.   In a post apocalyptic world clearly inspired by Mad Max and Avatar the Last Airbender, the remnants of humanity eke out a living in isolated communities but are constantly under threat from the Black Dragons.  Led by the mysterious Kano, the Black Dragons are a clan of super powered criminals who blackmail, intimidate and terrorise all.    When they raid their latest community, a young fighter named Kenshi stands up to them.  The reprisal attacks by the Dragons is brutal. Consumed by vengeance, Kenshi is easily tricked into tracking down the mystical Well of Souls and a sword within it called Sento which is rumored to grant untold power.  Unfortunately it was...