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My Top Stuff of 2022

Happy New Year, all! It’s time for my annual media lists, now in video form! Sticking with films and games this year – simple rundowns below, but check out my channel for more in-depth analyses, and be sure to like and subscribe if you want to see more!

10) Tinykin

9) Shadow Warrior 3

8) Tunic

7) Scorn

6) A Plague Tale: Requiem

5) Stray

4) Kirby and the Forgotten Land

3) Horizon: Forbidden West

2) God of War: Ragnarök

1) Elden Ring

10) Carter

9) V/H/S/99

8) Barbarian

7) Incantation

6) Avatar: The Way of Water

5) Top Gun: Maverick

4) The Northman

3) The Batman

2) Nope

1) Everything Everywhere All at Once

January 1, 2023
Categories: Roundups and Reviews . Tags: 2022, a plague tale, analysis, anya taylor-joy, avatar, barbarian, batman, carter, cinema, comedy, eeaao, elden ring, everything everywhere all at once, film, found footage, fromsoftware, funny, games, Gaming, god of war, horizon forbidden west, horror, incantation, james cameron, jordan peele, kirby, Legend of Zelda, movies, netflix, new year, nintendo, nope, playstation, ps4, ps5, review, robert pattinson, scorn, shadow warrior, steam, stray, the northman, tinykin, tom cruise, top gun, trailers, tunic, vhs99, Videogames, xbox . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

Vloggin’ In for 2021

So I’ve done some writing this year (new sci-fi short story hopefully to debut soon!), but if it wasn’t evident, I’ve been having a good deal more fun lately practicing video production and longish-form media critique with YouTube movie reviews! I like to hit a balance between “classic” riff review and more modern, thoughtful analysis; if that sounds like your thing, please consider tossing a like ‘n’ subscribe my way! Here’s what’s come out this year from my theatrical visits:

Wonder Woman 1984 — It looks great, but that’s about it!

Chaos Walking — Kinda just a lot of noise!

Nobody — A heck of a lot of violent action fun!

Godzilla vs. Kong — A familiar but fun return of two classic kaiju!

A Quiet Place Part II — Pretty good, now we just need to see the third act!

F9: The Fast Saga — It’s dumb, it’s loud, I love it.

July 8, 2021
Categories: Life Updates, videos . Tags: cinema, comedy, fast & furious, film, funny, godzilla, hollywood, movies, nobody, review, vlog, Writing, YouTube . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

Vloggin In’ #11: “Fatman” (2020)

To celebrate the holiday season, I took advantage of 2020’s charitable VOD selection and saw the new Mel Gibson-as-Santa movie “Fatman”! Is it worth rockin’ around the Christmas tree about, or does this action flick deserve a lump of coal in its stocking? Tune in and find out!

December 29, 2020
Categories: videos . Tags: 2020, a christmas story, analysis, assassin's creed, Christmas, cinema, comedy, covid, december, elves, fatman, film, funny, gremlins, hacksaw ridge, holiday, holidays, hollywood, it's a wonderful life, krampus, logan, mel gibson, movies, passion of the christ, ps4, rare exports, review, sad dad, santa, santaology, stanta, the beaver, vlog, walter goggins, winter, wonder woman . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

VLOGGIN’ IN #6 – “The Invisible Man” (2020) | WHITE BUT NOT TRANSPARENT

Put on my full-body bandages and fake nose for a Saturday at the cinema with the new Leigh Whannell Blumhouse/Universal movie monster horror film “The Invisible Man”!

tl;dw: It starts off a bit predictable and ends with some plot holes, but overall it’s a fantastically shot, scored, and acted sci-fi thriller that ironically deserves to be seen.

All non-me media from Google Image Search or Adobe Premiere Elements. I know I fell off the wagon with movie reviews, but I’m hoping to get back on in time for the season of renewal that is Spring!

Also, an invisible man walking sim would be incredibly easy to program, now that I think about it.

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March 7, 2020
Categories: Roundups and Reviews, videos . Tags: analysis, cinema, comedy, critique, elisabeth moss, film, handmaid's tale, hg wells, horror, invisibility, invisible man, it follows, jigsaw, leigh whannell, paranormal activity, review, saw, scifi, upgrade . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

VLOGGIN’ IN #5 – “Gemini Man” (2019)

Decided to *double down* on a Thursday night and see Gemini Man in all its 3D, high-frame-rate, uh… glory? tl;dw: If you can find somewhere to watch it like a normal movie, it’s a generic but fun scifi-action romp.

All non-me media from Google Image Search or Adobe Premiere Elements/Movavi Video Editor. Trying something a little different this time to find my “voice” for content creating. I tend to overthink a purely written script, but I also tend to ramble when it comes to ad-libbing. Hopefully this can be a step towards striking a unique balance!

Also, everybody hates cilantro.

October 14, 2019
Categories: Roundups and Reviews, videos . Tags: after earth, analysis, ang lee, bees, bel air, captain america, cgi, cinema, cloning, coffee, comedy, critic, criticism, critique, film, gemini man, it's hot, jaden smith, memes, metal gear, mew, movies, review, superman, theater, will smith . Author: Trevor . Comments: 1 Comment

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Joker” (2019)

Survived a “preview” screening of Joker on Thursday night, so I had to do my duty as a gamer and rise up with a front-seat review!

tl;dw: You’ve seen it all before, but never quite like this in a comic book flick–maybe not worth rushing out, but certainly worth checking out.

All non-me media from Google Image Search or Movavi Video Editor. Bad audiovisual quality this time can be blamed on Movavi being the poorer man’s Premiere than ever before; the exporter wouldn’t work so I had to screencap the laggy preview in OBS. Going to switch back to Team Adobe soon, promise.

Also, where are all those rioters getting their clown masks? It’s the ’80s, so it should be easy for the cops to just question whoever’s stopping by the pharmacy to grab one. Iunno.

October 5, 2019
Categories: Roundups and Reviews, videos . Tags: analysis, batman, bottom text, cinema, comedy, comic books, comics, critic, criticism, critique, dc, film, gamers, joaqer, joaquin phoenix, joker, jokermovie, king of comedy, marvel, movies, review, society, suicide squad, superheroes, supervillains, taxi driver, theater, todd phillips, weed gang . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Rambo: Last Blood” (2019)

“Vloggin’ In” continues with a belated take on my week-ago viewing of “Rambo: Last Blood”! (technical difficulties were had). tl;dw: It ain’t much, but you can do a lot worse as far as bloody old-man action flicks go.

All non-me video and audio from Google Image Search or Movavi Video Editor. May need to flip the poster to throw copyright bots off the scent.

Also, there was one part where Rambo literally just drives through a waist-high border fence without incident, so maybe *that* was a little iffy.

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September 29, 2019
Categories: videos . Tags: action, analysis, cinema, criticism, entertainment, equalizer, film, first blood, home alone, humor, last blood, movies, rambo, review, taken, YouTube . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Ad Astra” (2019)

Caught a Thursday night showing of the new Brad Pitt sci-fi movie “Ad Astra” and decided to pitch my two cents into the meaningless void of outer space with a driver’s seat recap!

All non-me video and audio from Google Image Search or Movavi Video Editor. May need to flip the poster to throw copyright bots off the scent.

Censorship blur was originally only supposed to coincide with my suggestive joke about space antennae, so perhaps my editing software is judging me by prefacing the video with a blur of my face as well.

September 21, 2019
Categories: Life Updates, Roundups and Reviews . Tags: ad astra, analysis, brad pitt, film, humor, interstellar, movies, outer space, recap, review, scifi, tommy lee jones, YouTube . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Justice League” Spoiler-Free Thoughts + Review

So, for a long time, I’ve been wanting to try vlogging, or at least talking about pop culture I’ve recently digested in front of a camera. And at last, I found the ideal opportunity, or at least one that lined up with me finally getting around to buying Adobe Premiere! (Elements, but still)

Thus, I decided to serve my very first movie review/thoughts video with a slice of low-hanging fruit: this holiday season’s Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder and/or Joss Whedon. Enjoy!

November 20, 2017
Categories: videos . Tags: 2017, aquaman, batman, comics, commentary, critic, dc, film, funny, justice league, movies, review, superman, the flash, vlog, wonder woman . Author: Trevor . Comments: Leave a comment

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