Year: 2019

Film & TV: La Jetée

TLS dives backward in time to review masterfully moody French short, La Jetée, the precursor and genesis to 12 Monkeys.
[Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: Pokemon Detective Pikachu

On the trail of big-name franchise adaptations, TLS discovers one that’s quite decently done in Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Also known as: Ryan Reynolds’ Dick Pik.
[Aggregate score: 7.5]

Film & TV: Stream-thology

The TLS crew gathers around the fireplace to reminisce about the good old days of anthology series and whether these new-fangled, stream-driven anthologies can compete. What sad old-men they are…

Film & TV: Rashomon

Reality is perception; TLS dissects this idea through the mirror of Akira Kurosawa’s famous and influential Rashomon.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Taking on the third entry in the tales of master assassin John Wick, TLS decides how on target the latest in series lands.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Philosophy & Narrative: Emotional Endings vs. Plot Conclusions

With an idea spawned from a drunken encounter, TLS embarks on a path to discern differences between a narrative’s emotional arcs compared to its logical storyline climaxes, as framed through a range of pop culture works.

AFI Top 100 #021 Chinatown

TLS investigates a complex web of murders, real estate deals, incest and cover-ups in 1930s Los Angeles. Forget all those other noir films, it’s Chinatown. [Aggregate score: 10]

Games & Gaming Culture: Bullet Hells

Surrounded on all sides, TLS attempts to navigate another genre definition, as well as the games that may fall under it, this time specifically concerning bullets hells and their variations.

Film & TV: Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior

Our Asian martial arts flavored odyssey continues with a stolen statue head in Thailand, and the man determined to get it back at all costs, in Ong-Bak. [Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: Ip Man

Our foreign wanderings bring TLS to the lands of Asia for a review of martial arts flick, Ip Man.
[Aggregate score: 8]