Predator
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
Lolita
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
(Warning: novel and film’s overall story and narrative twists discussed in close detail)
NABOKOV’s Lolita — about a middle-aged...
More hit than miss
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
NIGHTS OF AZURE 2: Bride of the New Moon (NotA 2) is the sequel to the action...
An interesting, yet annoying combination
By Alexander O. Cuaycong and Anthony L. Cuaycong
FOR LONGTIME GAMERS, a new release with the Fire Emblem badge invariably means yet another foray in...
This very long, super-nerdy NBA podcast is making money
This very long, super-nerdy NBA podcast is making money
A TYPICAL EPISODE of one of the most popular podcasts about professional basketball includes no music,...
The premature burial
By Noel Vera
Video Review
A Quiet Passion
Directed by Terence Davies
IF YOU ATTEMPT something often enough once in a while you’ll get it right. The biopic...
Utterly ridiculous, and utterly satisfying
By Alexander O. Cuaycong
SOUTH PARK: Stick of Truth was a game that was much, much better than first impressions conceded. While its graphics were...
Walking Dead zombie game seeks Pokémon-style success
HELSINKI — Finnish game studio Next Games said last week that it will launch a new augmented reality smartphone game in the coming months...
Ghost story
By Noel Vera
See
Ugetsu Monogatari
(Tales of Moon and Rain)
1953
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
(Warning: plot details and narrative twists discussed in explicit detail)
KENJI MIZOGUCHI’s Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales...
A flawed masterpiece
By Alexander O. Cuaycong
THERE’S SOMETHING to be said about StarCraft. This real-time strategy game was released by Blizzard in March 1998 to critical acclaim,...
The beguiling mystery of the unknown
By Corazon A. Ong
RAISED by parents who love literature, Czech scientist and science fiction (SF) writer Julie Novakova, an only child, grew up in...
A game to try again, and again, and again
By Anthony L. Cuaycong
WHEN BLAZING STAR was introduced in the late ’90s, arcades were already replete with shoot-em-ups. In fact, it could be reasonably...
Misbegotten
By Noel Vera
Video Review
Begotten
Directed by E. Elias Merhige
E. ELIAS MERHIGE’s Begotten has sprouted a few legends since it emerged in the 1990s -- how...