Ready Player One (2018)

Ready Player One (2018)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 29, 2018Virtual Treasure Hunt Through 1980s Pop Trivia
I hugely enjoyed Ernest Cline’s book about a massive virtual treasure hunt through 1980s pop culture trivia. In the film version, Steven Spielberg winds up the pop culture references by a factor of ten, which are fun to watch, but the film misses the book’s compulsive readability

Tomb Raider (2018)

Tomb Raider (2018)
Rating: ★★
Oct 6, 2018Videogame Adaptation
This reboot of the film series adapted from the popular videogame franchise is a mixed affair. On the plus side, the perpetually non-acting Angelina Jolie is replaced by Alicia Vikander who gives Lara Croft living, breathing emotions and actually gets to do engage in some proper tomb raiding

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Rating: ★★
Dec 15, 2018Marvel Comics Miniature Superhero
Ant-Man was a lightweight but perfectly enjoyable entry in the horde of Marvel Comics adaptations. This sequel has amplified the comedy element, seemingly with the intent of being the joker among the MCU pack

Brave New World (2020)

Brave New World (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 10, 2020Dystopian Future
TV mini-series adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic dystopian novel. Developed by Grant Morrison, this freely adapts the novel but does a strong and intelligent job of reimagining it in contemporary terms

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
Rating: ★★
Dec 31, 2021Videogame Adaptation/Zombies and Mutations
A reboot of the Resident Evil film series under a new director with Johannes Roberts who abandons the previous action poses for a far darker and more visceral survival horror approach