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Alien Earth TV Series (In Progress)

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      "Alien: Earth" is an American Sci-fi horror series created and directed by Noah Hawley. The series only has two episodes out at the time of its premiere but I will update this review as the series continues to be aired on FX and Hulu. This one is remarkable right off the bat because it is the FIRST official television series of the whole "Alien" franchise that was kicked off all the way back in 1979.      We've had movies and videogames and novels and comic books but never a tv series. (Apparently this is a PREQUEL to the original "Alien" film and I'm not sure how I feel about that, but we will see. I'm only two episodes in as of August 15th 2025.)      I'm going in very excited since the original "Alien" film is one of my favorite films of all time, let alone in the horror genre as a whole. Having things take place on Earth, albeit an earth 100 or so years into our future, is very intriguing and I love the look and atmosphe...
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Death of a Unicorn (6/10)

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       "Death of a Unicorn," is a 2025 comedy horror film starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega. It wasn't exactly a fantastic film but it's not like I wished I hadn't watched it or anything. Most of the critiques were in regard to the humor mixed in with the gore and horror. I didn't think it was "too much funny" compared to the horror, but it did still leave me with a strange sort of disjointed feeling throughout the film.      As far as compliments go, I enjoyed Jenna's performance as a teenage girl. I know she's only 22 so it's not SUPER far off anyway, but it still felt like an actual teenager instead of a grown woman playing a teenager, which I was grateful for. (Sometimes in my childhood there were shows like "Degrassi" and "The OC" and movies like "Grease" and "Bring it On" that had obvious adult actors playing teenagers, and this did not feel like that, which was wonderful.)     I enjoyed the...
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Robot Dreams (5/10) - featuring @JoshDamn23

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"Robot Dreams" is an animated tragicomedy film written and directed by Pablo Berger. It is based on the 2007 comic of the same name by Sara Varon. Featuring a charming art style and a lovely soundtrack, it depicts a friendship between a dog and a robot in New York City back in the year1984. Dog is lonely and decides to -order- a new robot friend off of the television. He puts the robot together carefully, being very purposeful and treating the whole task as very important to him. The robot wakes up with a smile. Then the two of them head out of dog's apartment together, Dog taking Robot out to explore the big city in this brand new world. The robot, being 'just born' in a way, exhibits that same sort of innocence and naivety that a child that doesn't know any better would exhibit.  (See "Chappie," "The Iron Giant," "Johnny 5," and "Wall E" in a way) The animation is lovely and smooth. It has a certain beauty in its simp...
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