My Recent Work

A ★★★½ review of Casino (1995)

Town of ̶t̶r̶u̶s̶t̶Vapid glitz and glamor beckoning every and all persons who answer the song. Vagabonds making a dead land their home one way or another. Empires built upon sham successes and hollow bonds. Perfidy rampant. Cash flow flooding pockets of polluted politicians and lowlifes alike, each equally scum. But green isn’t the only desire, for power is that ultimate goal to aspire. Nothing lasts longer than a brief blink though, a lifetime visited within three hours.  Yes it will. It's alwa...

A ★★★★½ review of Prehistoric Beast (1985)

Genndy 🤝 Tippett Tragedy to us, necessity to them. We can personify the primordial all our hearts desire but ultimately, ain’t nothin immoral bout this land. Eat. Sleep. Survive. All there was and all there is. That’s how they made it multiple megayears, up until a falling comet scorched this rock. Presence of a predator, single twig snap not to be overlooked. It blends into the great oaks, a snarling shadow with an insatiable hunger for flesh. Ceaseless hunt. Prey ensnared within a liminal spac...

A ★★★★ review of Godzilla (1954)

Gojira嘆きの怪物 Recently rewatched this one night due to an unshakable sense of restlessness and found myself weeping in solitude upon hearing Serizawa’s parting words as well as witnessing the voiceless climax. Those final minutes elicit such a raw sense of sorrow from me it’s almost humorous to admit, yet I can’t help but let this visceral response pour out every time I revisit Tokusatsu's grandfather. Among the most harrowing finales I’ve ever seen put to film, one that even from a young age impr...