Until Dawn is based on a PlayStation story-driven video game that borrows its story and characters from slasher films. So making a movie based on a video game based on horror movies seems pretty circular. So they compromised and made … Continue reading
When I saw this movie pop up as a new release, I figured it was a sequel to something I’d never seen. But a Google search later told me it’s actually based on a Thai survival horror video game I’d … Continue reading
My Minecraft bona fides are limited… I’ve played the base game for maybe an hour, Minecraft Dungeons for a few more, and Minecraft: Story Mode not at all. So safe to say I was missing some references in this big … Continue reading
I’m not a huge fan of the Sonic franchise… I played the first game in the 90s and a little of its sequel but dropped off after that. But I liked the first live action Sonic movie and really liked … Continue reading
The amusing thing about going to see Gran Turismo – a movie about how video games can translate into real world skills – is that I was playing Jedi Survivor right before leaving the house. I suspect I’m not on … Continue reading
It’s wild that Sega spent two and a half decades making bad sequel after bad sequel to the original slate of Sonic games and, in a climate where the idea of a “best” video game movie is like saying you … Continue reading
Console Wars is the oft-told story of the rivalry between Sega and Nintendo. Oft-told, that is, if you’ve oft-read gaming history books or oft-watched other documentaries. If you have, this film doesn’t really teach any new information, though it does … Continue reading
Also rented (on iTunes) a heartbreaking work of staggering genius called Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. Half of the last sentence is as exaggerated as this absent-minded video game tie-in movie. So this animated film is based on the … Continue reading
I went to see the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie. In part because I liked the original games back in the 90s but, honestly, mostly out of curiosity. Curiosity to see if the publicized redesign of the original creepy CGI … Continue reading
I also checked out The Angry Birds Movie 2 (or the Angry Birds 2 Movie… or 2 Angry 2 Birds… har!). I hated, hated, hated the first Angry Birds movie but this sequel has been getting some inexplicably good reviews … Continue reading