Creating a location bleeding with isolation and mystery transfixes the audience into a sense of dread. Stanley Kubrick transformed a simple concept of supernatural antics into an exploration of one family's downward spiral into madness. 'The Shining' used the ideas of how this isolated hotel induced insanity amongst its protagonists but implements...
Year after year, Ubisoft had consistently turned out an 'Assassin's Creed' game. Obviously, this led to the franchise feeling stale, so the company put the game on a year break and made a comeback with 2017's 'Assassin's Creed: Origins'. In many ways, that new entry differentiated itself from the previous ones, adding new RPG mechanics that were...
The wait for a great Spider-Man game had seemed infinite. Many games have come out from Activision revolving around the web-slinger for years now. But none of them reached that level of polish and fluidity that many people want out of a Spider-Man game. Treyarch's 'Spider-Man 2' was the closest we got to the ideal web-slinging experience. Many...
Exploring relationships in fiction is a difficult craft. So many factors go into a real relationship, and fictional relationships tend to feel one note or phony. 'Her' fully realizes that relationships and people are more complicated and multilayered than they seem on the surface. The film takes place in the near future following Theodore who...
Throughout the years, Santa Monica Studios has improved with their technology but fell behind in narrative. That was set to change with the new title in the 'God of War' series; simply titled, 'God of War'. With this new entry, Cory Barlog and his team set out to reinvent the franchise by focusing on a new style of gameplay, and...
The horror film genre is one of my favorite genres. Every element of filmmaking must be used to full effect to make the most out of horror. Sadly, most horror films nowadays throw away tension, great cinematography, acting, writing, etc. Instead, studios are more interested in getting the best crowd reaction to put in their trailers for the cash to...
