Scott Thurlow

Film & TV: First Man

TLS takes one giant step towards deciding if Neil Armstrong’s personal story makes for quality film.
[Aggregate score: 8.6]

 

 

Film & TV: Halloween (2018)

Just in time to lead into our annual MOTS-O-Ween marathon, the latest entry in the grandfather of horror franchises returns for the modern age and manages to recapture what made it great in the first place.  [Aggregate score: 9.5]

 

Games & Gaming Culture: The Mechanics of Tension

In keeping tradition, TLS closes off this season of Games & Games Culture with a discussion on horror games, this year focusing on their mechanics and design features via this article from Gamasutra.

Games & Gaming Culture: Time-Travel Based Games

Travel through time with TLS as we attempt to parse out how best to integrate the conceit of time-travel in videogames, narratively and/or mechanically.

 

AFI Top 100 #089: The Sixth Sense

TLS sees specters and reevaluates their own misconceptions in an AFI review of M. Night Shyamalan’s original horror/thriller.
[Aggregate score: 10]

Film & TV: Venom

TLS slithers along with Sony’s live adaptation of Marvel’s Venom in all it’s sub-par glory.
[Aggregate score: 4]

 

Film & TV: Hell Fest

As a precursor to kicking off Halloween season for 2018, TLS reviews the decently generic slasher flick, Hell Fest.

[Aggregate score: 6]

Film & TV: Disenchantment (Season 1)

TLS reviews the latest Matt Groening brain-child, Netflix series Disenchantment, while channeling the habits and vices of the show’s characters.

[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: The Predator (2018)

TLS devolves into beasts while reviewing The Predator, not to be confused with Predator and/or Predators.
[Aggregate score: 3. 66]

Games & Gaming Culture: Exclusives

Join the “cool” section of video games, where exclusivity reigns. But is that a good thing? TLS discusses the nature of exclusive content/titles.