Sitemap - 2024 - Fade to Lack
Review: Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" holds up 20 years on
Interview: Talking Time, Tech, and Fandom with Kanzenshuu, Anime's Greatest Fansite
Review: "Joker: Folie à Deux" is a soporific musical at war with itself
Review: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" still feels revelatory at 40
Star Trek Sundays: "Beyond" gets back to basics, and it rocks
Review: "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is Coppola's expressionistic masterpiece
Review: Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" is a joyously messy paean to creativity
Reviewing the "Hashira Training Arc" of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Star Trek Sundays: "Into Darkness" is a glorious guilty pleasure
Review: "The Godfather Part III" is bad, and Coppola's tinkering has made it worse
Star Trek Sundays: "Star Trek" 2009 is fast, aggressive, and hollow
Reviews: "The Godfather," "The Godfather Part II," and Cinematic Inheritances
Weekly Suit Gundam Reviews Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
Star Trek Sundays: "Nemesis" makes a valiant last stand
Introducing PURELY ACADEMIC! Reintroducing Ourselves and our new monthly podcast!
Review: "Beetlejuice" and the power of the Controlling Idea
Japanimation Station Season Finale! Kyoto Animation Tier List, Favorites, and more!
Star Trek Sundays: "Insurrection" is a bad movie, but a decent episode of TV
Podcast Updates! Our New Series 'Purely Academic' Premieres Next Week!
Review: Making Sense of Brian De Palma's "Scarface"
Reviewing MISS KOBAYASHI'S DRAGON MAID Seasons 1 and 2
Star Trek Sundays: "First Contact" has no imagination and no flair
Review: Michael Mann's "Manhunter" is evocative, sensual, and unforgettable
Reviewing VIOLET EVERGARDEN: THE MOVIE (Spoiler: It Made Us Cry)
Star Trek Sundays: I Hate "Generations," and you should too
Review: "Alien: Romulus" is 'Alien' as theme park ride
Review: "Alien: Covenant," "Prometheus," and the Duality of Ridley Scott
Reviewing VIOLET EVERGARDEN: ETERNITY AND THE AUTO-MEMORY DOLL
Star Trek Sundays: "The Undiscovered Country" is a rousing send-off
Review: Learning to Love Tim Burton's BATMAN (1989)
Reviewing Kyoto Animation's VIOLET EVERGARDEN Review
Star Trek Sundays: "The Final Frontier" is far from the worst Trek film
Review: Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon" Explodes With Personality
Review: "Deadpool & Wolverine" is plenty of fun, and almost something more
Star Trek Sundays: "The Voyage Home" is a joyous victory lap
3 Versions of "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" Reveal a Masterpiece in Crisis
Review: Prince's "Purple Rain" Shines Brighter Than Ever at 40
Fade to Lack is going Paid to Lack
Reviewing SOUND! EUPHONIUM Season 3!
Star Trek Sundays: "The Search for Spock" showcases the cast
Star Trek Sundays: "The Wrath of Khan" gives Trek new life
Reviewing Sound! Euphonium The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
Star Trek Sundays: "The Motion Picture" is an unsung masterpiece
Reviewing Yamada Naoko's LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD
Star Wars Saturdays: "The Rise of Skywalker" scrapes below the bottom of the barrel
The End of the Weekly Stuff Podcast
The 500th Episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast
Reviewing SOUND! EUPHONIUM Season 2
Star Wars Saturday: "The Last Jedi" is pop culture mythmaking at its finest
Miyazaki Madness, Part 15: "The Boy and the Heron" sees the return of a master
SOUND! EUPHONIUM Season 1 Review (2015)
Star Wars Saturdays: Two takes on "The Force Awakens"
Miyazaki Madness, Part 14: "The Wind Rises," and a career (almost) ends
Our Top 10 Favorite Anime Opening Theme Songs!
Reviewing Kyoto Animation's A SILENT VOICE (2016)
Star Wars Saturdays: "Return of the Jedi" sticks the landing
Miyazaki Madness, Part 13: "From Up on Poppy Hill" is a marriage of past and future
Star Wars Saturdays: "The Empire Strikes Back" and the brilliance of Yoda
Miyazaki Madness, Part 12: "Arrietty the Borrower" is a quiet revelation
The Weekly Stuff (Finally) Reviews Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Star Wars Saturdays: The original "Star Wars" remains perfect 47 years on
Review: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" is ferocious, brilliant, and challenging
Miyazaki Madness, Part 11: "Ponyo", Ponyo, Little Fishy in the Sea
Star Wars Saturdays: Why "Revenge of the Sith" is great, actually
Miyazaki Madness, Part 10: "Howl's Moving Castle" is beautiful and beguiling
Doctor Who Season Premiere Reviews & Xbox Studio Closures
Star Wars Saturdays: Why "Attack of the Clones" is also good, actually
Miyazaki Madness, Part 9: Why "Spirited Away" is my favorite movie
Review: "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom" is a treat from another era
Reviewing "Love, Chuunibyo & Other Delusions: Take On Me"
Star Wars Saturdays: Why "The Phantom Menace" Is Good, Actually
Miyazaki Madness, Part 8: "Princess Mononoke" and the challenge of seeing with eyes unclouded
Jonathan’s Criterion Essay, Berserk, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth & More
Reviewing "Myriad Colors Phantom World" from Kyoto Animation
Review: “Challengers” is a tennis three-way with one hell of a climax
Miyazaki Madness, Part 7: "Whisper of the Heart" and the joys of creativity
Read my essay on Makoto Shinkai in The Criterion Collection
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 12 - The Story That Ends In Light (And Murder)
Review: Love, Chuunibyo & Other Delusions! ~HEART THROB~ (Season 2, 2014)
Review: "Spy x Family Code: White" is obscene amounts of fun
Miyazaki Madness, Part 6: "Porco Rosso" is one of my favorite movie memories
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 11 - The Name of the Pharaoh!
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Analogue Pocket, Ripley, and Anime Galore
Reviewing KyoAni's BEYOND THE BOUNDARY TV Series & Movie
Review: "Civil War" is challenging, confrontational, and shatteringly powerful
Miyazaki Madness, Part 5: "Kiki's Delivery Service" and my Ghibli origin story
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 10 - Two Volumes, 165 Kills
TAMAKO MARKET (2013 TV Series) & TAMAKO LOVE STORY (2014 Movie) Reviews
Review: "Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus" is a marvel of sound and silence
Miyazaki Madness, Part 4: "My Neighbor Totoro" is the definitive Ghibli classic
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 9 - Murder in Ancient Egypt!
LOVE, CHUUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS! Review (Season 1, 2012)
Miyazaki Madness, Part 3: "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" is adventure movie perfection
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 8 - Kaiba's Leavin' On a Blue-Eyes-White-Dragon Jet Plane
PS5 Pro, Sand Land, Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and more!
Miyazaki Madness, Part 2: "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" Changes Anime History
"Dragon Ball Super: Broly" and the softening of Akira Toriyama
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 7 - Shadow Games in the Sky!
Tactility, or, Why We Love the Humanity of Hand-Drawn Images
Miyazaki Madness, Part 1: "Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro" is essential Miyazaki
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 6 - What is a Duelist Chastity Belt, anyway?
Remembering Akira Toriyama & Ranking Dragon Ball Story Arcs
Ranking the 2023 Best Picture Nominees & Predicting Oscar Winners
Rocky in Review, Part 5: The Creed Trilogy Is Wall-to-Wall Greatness
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 5 - Do You Want To Play a (Card) Game?
Review: "Dune: Part Two" is an epic of Biblical scale and Old-Testament horror
Re-Reviewing "DUNE Part 1" ahead of this weekend's "Part 2"
Rocky in Review, Part 4: Why Rocky Balboa Is an Lifelong Favorite
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 4 - Pegasus Gets Got
Reviewing Kyoto Animation's HYOUKA - The Slice-of-life mystery sensation!
Rocky in Review, Part 3: Why Rocky V Is Better Than You Think
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 3 - Kaiba on Fire
The Future of Xbox, Fantastic Four, Persona, Like a Dragon & More!
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Review – 2011 Kyoto Animation TV Anime
Rocky in Review, Part 2: Rocky IV and Sylvester Stallone's Improved Director's Cut
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 2 - The Terror of Death T!
Our Top 10 Favorite Superhero Movies!
Rocky in Review, Part 1: The First 3 Rocky Movies And a Changing American Cinema
Yu-Gi-Oh! Kill Count Part 1 - The Early Murders of Yami Yugi
Persona 3 Reload & Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Impressions & More!
Japanimation Station's Kyoto Vacation Has Been Extended! New Schedule for 2024
Reviewing Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade Stage Play
K-ON! The Movie Review – 2011 Kyoto Animation Film
Review: "The Zone of Interest" is an endurance test worth taking
Reviewing K-ON!! Season 2 - 2010 Kyoto Animation TV Series
Reconsidering Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer"
Reviewing Kyoto Animation's K-ON! Season 1
Review: "Spy x Family" Stretches its Legs for Season 2
The Top 10 Video Games of 2023
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 Review! "The Church on Ruby Road"