BIG PEFORMANCE, SAME OLD HART Over the past couple of years, comedian / actor Kevin Hart has become a staple in mainstream media, producing laughs with his loud, absurdity, and cartoon-style humor. While he’s recently taken the center stage of feature films, including the Ride Along movies, Get Hard, The Wedding Ringer, and Central Intelligence, Hart has always been a part of the stand-up comedy routine. Comedy specials feature like Kevin Hart: Let Me...
A “DIGITAL”BLAST FROM THE PAST While Pokémon was beginning to building its empire of “pocket monsters”through various media outlets (TV shows, cards games, video games), a somewhat rival franchise, Digimon “Digital Monstersâ€, was slowly on the rise. For the uninitiated, Digimon was created back in 1997 in Japan and were originally virtual pets (similar to Tamagotchi and Giga Pets), which spawned a franchise of trading cards, video games, and (most notably) an anime series, which...
RULE WELL, YOUNG KING Like other pillars of video gaming (i.e. Mario, Sonic, Zelda, and Mega Man), the Final Fantasy series has endured over the many console generations wars, cementing itself in gaming history. Created by Square, who later became Square-Enix, and set as a Japanese Role-playing game (or J-RPG for short), the Final Fantasy games have created breathtaking adventures, filled with memorable characters, engrossing narratives, imaginative worlds, and engaging battling gameplay. Even looking beyond...
Set in Western Texas, Hell Or High Water follows the story of two brothers named Tanner and Toby played by Ben Foster and Chris Pine, respectively. Both brothers specialize in robbing banks and do so in order to save their family farm from foreclosure. However, once they go on the run, they are pursued by a soon to be retired sheriff named Marcus Hamilton played by Jeff Bridges. Now since the film is a bit of a road...
The Lobster is set in a dystopian future where single people are transported to a retreat where they have 45 days to find a mate otherwise they will be transformed into an animal and sent out into the wilderness. In the resort, they have very strict rituals: Masturbation is banned, sexual relations with the maid are mandatory, and guests must attend and take part in seminars that hammer down the importance of relationships. A single man named...
