Below are a series of reviews of books, movies, videogames, and other media I've encountered and liked. There are no bad works reviewed here -- this page is about reviewing what I think you should see, read, or play. If I've bothered to write a review here, it means I really enjoyed the work and I think others would as well.
Here's to happy hours of media consumption in your future!
| A Hundred Years of Japanese Film (Book) by Donald Richie |
What You Need to Know |
| An Instance of the Fingerpost (Book) by Iain Pears |
The best historical novel ever |
| Battle Royale (Movie) |
Cult Cinema from Japan. Thank you! |
| Black Hawk Down (Movie) Directed by Ridley Scott |
War is literally interpreted hell |
| Blade Runner (Movie) Directed by Ridley Scott |
The basis for dystopia since |
| Embracing Defeat (Book) by John W. Dower |
Transformation through Betrayal |
| Grand Theft Auto III (Videogame) Take Two Interactive |
Immersive Amorality |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel (Book) by Jared Diamond |
Why do some people have all the cargo? |
| Kiki's Delivery Service (Movie) Directed by Hiyao Miyazaki |
My favorite piece of animation of all time |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline (Videogame) DreamWorks Interactive |
A Grittier Kind of Shooter |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Movie) A Film by Joel and Ethan Coen |
The mythic South that never was |
| Perfect Blue (Movie) Directed by Satoshi Kon |
Hitcockian in Tokyo |
| Pikmin (Videogame) Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto |
Quirky and Fun, What more do you need? |
| The Economist (Magazine) |
The best-written magazine in the world |
| The March of Folly (Book) by Barbara Tuchman |
History for those who don't read History |
| The New Japan (Book) by David Matsumoto |
Sayonara, Sarariman; but what's next? |
| The Selfish Gene (Book) by Richard Dawkins |
Greetings, Survival Machines |
| The Sopranos (Television Series) An HBO Production |
Move over, Godfather |
| The Way Things Go (Movie) |
Rube Goldberg, plus Chemistry 101 |