Stop-Motion Splendor – Wildwood Review

There’s no denying it – Wildwood is an absolutely beautiful looking film. Laika’s character design and amazing execution of stop-motion film-making are here in full force, with a clear commitment to making as much of the film by hand as possible. The craft oozes out of every scene, and it’s extra special that in a time of AI-generated slop masquerading as art you can feel the fingerprints of a human on everything bought to life on screen.

It’s All To Play For – Crimson Desert Review

When a friend showed me a trailer for Crimson Desert, I was a bit bemused. He was excited because it looked like a mix of “The Witcher 3 and a Souls game”. I wasn’t planning to buy the game, but a key came free with my new graphics card: So here I am reviewing a game that cost me nothing, but on paper offers nearly everything.

In Space No One Can Hear you Beam – Project Hail Mary review

When Ridley Scott’s The Martian did gangbusters in 2015, adapting another of Andy Weir’s novels was a bankable inevitability. Just over a decade later, the dynamic directing duo of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have brought us the similarly sunny Project Hail Mary. The film follows Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) as he awakens on a spaceship, finding he’s the last alive of a three-strong crew and with no idea who he is or where he is.

Souls-Like, But Not Souls-Love – A Remnant II feature

At time of writing, I have 124.7 hours in Remnant II. I’ve beat the game on the middle-ish difficulty, and all the DLC campaigns on the middle-high difficulty. Despite this, I’ll drop this curious bomb: I only kind of like this game.

Don’t F**k With The Science Team! – Abiotic Factor Review

I’m no stranger to the Survival game bug…I’m happy to report that there’s finally another cool kid on the block: Abiotic Factor (2025) from developer Deep Field Games.

Count Me In – Nosferatu (2024) Review

For newcomers and vampire veterans alike, Nosferatu (2024) presents a gripping tale of romance, loneliness and lust. Eggers has proved that Gothic horror cinema never died – it was just waiting for the sun to set to slink out of its coffin.

Don’t be an Artshole: How to discuss art without being an arse about it

JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK SOMETHING IS GOOD, THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT OBJECTIVELY GOOD.

As I said in March, this goes for any kind of criticism or opinion, but it was another post for another time – and that time is now.

Monsters in the Cupboard – Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities review

An anthology is always an interesting prospect. Whether it’s flash fiction, short films or short comics, sometimes it’s just nice to dig into a collection of bite-sized stories. However, I can see why anthologies may put people of: Not everyone likes shorter media and the potential downsides it brings; it can also be tricky if you don’t connect with many of the stories or overarching themes within a collection.

A Grimdark Launch – Warhammer 40,000: Darktide review

In 2015, Swedish game studio Fatshark stepped into the co-op genre with Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide. I didn’t quite get it at first – it just seemed like a melee-focused, Warhammer knock-off of Left 4 Dead. After a revisit something clicked, and here I am with around 1,000 combined hours across Vermintide and 2018’s Warhammer: Vermintide II. To say I really like these games is an understatement, so when Fatshark announced a Warhammer 40,000 themed entry into the Tide “series”, I was excited.

Just be a rock – Everything Everywhere All At Once review

Whether it’s the 2013’s viral music video Turn Down for What or their more recent Swiss Army Man (2016) you can’t argue the Daniels like to keep it weird. But their latest mouthful of an outing, Everything Everywhere All at Once, solidifies that there’s more to the directors than just wackiness.

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