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Stephen Gillespie

Fantasia 2025: Blazing Fists: Entertaining, Insightful, and Overstuffed

Fantasia 2025: Blazing Fists: Entertaining, Insightful, and Overstuffed

With well over a hundred films under the belt, Takashi Miike can only ever be described as prolific. He’s also a master, though. His filmography is most charitably called eclectic but can more reasonably be called mixed. However, with that, masterpieces can be found and the one thing tying

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Series X): It Looks Just Like Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Series X): It Looks Just Like Tony Hawk

The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series is nothing short of a sensation. Not only were these four original games critically acclaimed at their time, and hugely popular, they were deeply impactful on wider culture. The soundtracks shaped the musical taste of so many (myself included) and skateboarding itself

VIDEOHEAVEN: DVD Killed the Video Store

VIDEOHEAVEN: DVD Killed the Video Store

Alex Ross Perry has spent a lot of time thinking about video rental stores. More specifically, he’s been thinking about what we can learn from their depictions on film, primarily interrogating the relationship with reality and representation, and what this representation now means that the reality has gone. The

The Alters (Series X): An Existential Survival Game that's as Cerebral as it is Strategic

The Alters (Series X): An Existential Survival Game that's as Cerebral as it is Strategic

Ever wondered how things could have been? What if you had made a different decision, could you have ended up elsewhere? Would your life be better, worse? In The Alters, one of the first things you can do is view the main character's life set out as a

Ten Films To See At Fantasia 2025

Ten Films To See At Fantasia 2025

With dozens of premieres and restorations between both features and short films, comprising the entire spectrum of genre cinema and global filmmaking, Quebec's premiere film festival is here with a towering lineup of fascinating films to explore. This year's festival runs from July 16 - August

to a T (Series X): An Admirable Failure from the Katamari Creator

to a T (Series X): An Admirable Failure from the Katamari Creator

Over the last couple of decades, game director Keita Takahashi has become one of the most interesting creatives in the medium. He's most famous for the superlative Katamari Damacy, though also cult delights such as Noby Noby Boy and Wattam, all whimsical and quirky experiences united by a

Doom: The Dark Ages (Series X): Rip-oste and Teareth

Doom: The Dark Ages (Series X): Rip-oste and Teareth

The two previous Doom games (Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal) from id Software are brilliant examples of cohesive design. The 2016 reboot took what was, at that point, an oversaturated and homogenised genre (the first person shooter) and made it into something fresh. Why the genre works was maintained but