I vaguely remember having seen “Le voyage de Kirikou”, Ocelot’s previous masterpiece. When asked for the plot, I wouldn’t be able to recall it, but I remember feeling endeared by the movie. For me, that’s a good thing – connecting a movie […]
I’ve always had a weakness for those damned Grand Theft Auto games. They were incredibly fun to play. Sure, they were moral garbage, but for a last-generation video game, that garbage was very fulfilling and immersive. I had one gripe, though: as […]
Preface I know I start many a review by saying this, but I’m not a big reader. Then again, every time I check out my book review section (at one of those moments where I also have the irresistable urge to smell […]
“Well, this is war”, a good friend of mine sitting next to me said. “It is. War.” I replied. In all its darkness. In all its gruesomeness. And in all of its absurdity. It’s the beginning of the end. Aka Harry Potter […]
Who would have thought? Well, actually, with the succes of movies like High School Musical, pretty much everyone. But still! For those not in the know (shame on you!): Glee is Fox’ hit comedy. It’s a musical series set in high school. […]
There is a lot of things you might have against “The Event”, NBC’s replacement for Heroes (and the self-proclaimed spiritual successor to LOST). It’s very complicated, it follows a set of rules unknown to the viewer and it scrambles the plot around […]
You might argue that FlashForward was ill-fated to begin with. Surely, it had a stellar cast, some fine people in the writer’s room and a pitch to end all pitches: the entire world blacks out at the same time and gets a […]
As far as telling stories goes, there’s certain things video games can do that movies can’t. Because video games are a relatively new medium, however, we rarely see these things. Video games tend to copy movies in their way of telling stories: […]
Whoever had thought it would become so big, back in 1998? I surely didn’t. I was thirteen when I first became acquainted with Starcraft: no zits yet, but hair growing already. I had been a fan of the Warcraft franchise (Warcraft 2 […]
Sometimes, I can’t help but wonder whether Christopher Nolan will ever make a bad movie. It’s only been a month since I first heard about Inception, but when reading through the list of people involved with it, it had me psyched from […]