… Roosevelt's “Fireside Chats” radio broadcasts, a trailblazing use of the technology in the 1930s and '40s, the title is actually a reference to beloved socialist Mayor LaGuardia's 1940s radio show, called "Talk to the People," which harnessed what was then cutting-edge technology to skip past the m… …
… In other words, he knows a thing or two about both the technique and the artistic resonance of recreation. …
… The demon, strangely, is dead when it “falls out of the sky” carrying an artifact of incredible power, leaving the wounded soldier and his witch caretaker to decide how to use it responsibly — or whether to use it at all. …
… But technically, subscribers will be able to watch it earlier than that, if they’re willing to pay extra. …
… Like Disco Elysium , Zero Parades wades into some dense politics. Communism, neoliberalism, and techno-fascism are all invoked in a story about how some political battles are fought in ideological battlefields. …
… Instead of portraying Mizuno as a traditional supervillain, Honda frames him as a lonely and increasingly desperate figure whose extraordinary powers only deepen his isolation. …
… This segment of the Culling Game is perhaps the most brutal exploration of unchecked power and its consequences. Curses like Sukuna will eagerly be in cahoots with powerful sorcerers just to create unmitigated chaos as long as it feeds into their disdain for humanity. …
… As social media has become so central to the way we hear about so-called truth, with surveillance being the way it is, with governments that have stopped listening to the people that have put them in power, and become corrupted by power — absolute power corrupting absolutely — all of those things i… …
… Despite the film’s narrative flaws, it is a technical marvel that is grounded in charm. …
… Swallowed Star highlights Feng’s journey to becoming all-powerful in order to protect the Earth against incredible monsters, but eventually evolves into an interstellar conflict. …