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Month: April 2016

  • Miitomo

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    A lot of people are playing with this right now (it came out outside of Japan on Thursday), and youā€™re hearing a lot ofĀ ā€œwhatā€™s the point here,ā€ and the thing is that there isnā€™t one, really. Itā€™s just a way to spend some time looking at funny things, with a light level of interaction (answering…

  • Insidious: Chapter 2

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    When I started watching this, I realized that I couldnā€™t really remember what had happened in the first one, but I did remember liking it. This though, it just tries too hard to establish some sort of ā€œworldā€ for the franchise, focusing too much on powers and the otherworld, instead of on creepiness and scares.…

  • The Visit

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    I really do want Shyamalan to make a good movie again, and The Visit does have some nice creepy moments, but alas it still falls short overall. The biggest annoyance for me was the setup of found footage (the daughter is making a documentary about whatā€™s happening) which just feels so clichĆ© and uninteresting these…

  • Paragon

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    I canā€™t say that Iā€™m hugely into MOBAs – Iā€™ve barely tried League of Legends and DOTA 2 because they didnā€™t play great on my MacBook Air, although I should maybe try again on my current MacBook Pro – but I do like to dabble in the ones that come out on console. In the…

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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    Iā€™ve been on a Ghibli run of late – the only film left to watch that I havenā€™t seen yet is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – but I decided to side track and go through the films of Mamoru Hosoda. The only film of his Iā€™ve seen is Summer Wars, which I really…

  • When Marnie Was There

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    So this is the last Ghibli film weā€™ve gotten, for now, and although on the surface it doesnā€™t feel as strong as The Wind Rises, I was completely drawn into its story and atmosphere, and enjoyed it just as much as From Up on Poppy Hill, if not more. The main character is one of…

  • The Wind Rises

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    As I mentioned the other day, Iā€™ve decided to catch up on recent Ghibli releases Iā€™m embarrassed to say I hadnā€™t watched. Following From Up on Poppy Hill, I watched The Wind Rises, which at the time was possibly going to be Miyazakiā€™s final film – something heā€™s said a few times though, and already…