Way to fucking go, Nick. Normally, the loosely defined Week 12s and 13s of a given season are the point where most of my watch schedule has already concluded, and I can thus get away with only writing a couple paragraphs for the Week in Review. Of course, now that I’ve transitioned over to writing about all the films and games I’ve consumed, rather than just the streaming anime, I’ve got a whole damn pile of crap to talk about, even though the anime season has largely ended. I am persistently excellent at giving myself more work than I really ought to, but fortunately, these new Week in Reviews have actually turned into one of the highlights of my weekly routine, and I’m frankly only complaining here because I will use literally any available narrative device to fill the space of these openings paragraphs. And with that space now fully occupied (nice going, me), let’s dive into the actual Week in Review!
Category Archives: Week in Review
Winter 2020 – Week 11 in Review
Alright folks, it’s Wednesday again, and you should hopefully all know the drill by now. This week I burned through a couple of classic ‘60s films, along with the usual scattering of horror selections, and I’m eager to share my findings with all of you. The spoils were frankly excellent this week; Ghostwatch felt similar to Noroi in terms of its understated yet incendiary assault on the found footage genre, and the ‘60s films were an unrelenting buffet of great performances both straight-laced and satirical. Let’s run it all down in the Week in Review!
Winter 2020 – Week 10 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Week in Review. I’ve got a varied assortment of new properties to explore with you today, including a genuine anime classic, along with films ranging from the ludicrously terrible to the actually pretty good. It turns out self-quarantining also gives you a whole lot of time for videogames, so I’ve also got some initial thoughts on Nioh 2, the latest Soulsborne-style release from Team Ninja. I’ve got plenty to say and this article is late enough as it is, so let’s not waste any more time on throat clearing, and dive right into the Week in Review!
Winter 2020 – Week 9 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome to another Week in Review. The film pickings were particularly generous this week, as I ended up watching two of the better films I’ve seen in months – and hey, one of them was even an anime! I finally checked out In This Corner of the World, and it turned out to be one of the best anime I’ve seen in years, reminding me once again of this art form’s boundless artistic potential, as well as its ability to make me sob like a baby. This post is already behind schedule and I’ve got plenty to talk about, so let’s not waste any more time, as we jump into one more Week in Review!
Winter 2020 – Week 8 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to the Week in Review! I worked through a solid pile of fresh films this week, including a mix of anime tie-ins, strong genre features, and one of 2019’s fan favorites, and I’ve got plenty of thoughts to share with you all. Incidentally, I’d like to thank you all for accepting this season’s shift in Week in Review structure, as from my perspective, it’s been very rewarding to simply write about whatever recent art has actually inspired me, rather than limiting myself to the scope of the current anime season. Anime’s great, but there’s an infinite horizon of art out there, and I plan to explore as much of it as I can. Let’s get to it!
Winter 2020 – Week 7 in Review
Hello all, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time! I’ve got a fresh pile of films I watched this week, including Masaaki Yuasa’s latest feature, along with another boatload of variably watchable horror films. Along with me personally being a big horror fan, horror is also one of the few genres I can always convince my housemates to take a chance on, so we end up screening a fair number of blood-curdling features around my apartment. The pickings were pretty solid this week, so let’s not waste any more time, and dive into the latest Week in Review!
Winter 2020 – Week 6 in Review
Another week has come and gone, and once again, I have a loose pile of assorted media experiences to share with you. While my anime season continues to largely consist of Eizouken and Chihayafuru, I also churned through several movies this week, and have been replaying one of my favorite games of the past several years. I’m hoping to get back to the theaters as the winter doldrums eventually lets up, but for now, we continue our charge through the Netflix collection, supplemented by a unique horror anthology. Let’s get to it!
Winter 2020 – Week 4 in Review
Alright folks, settle in for the Week in Review! Once again, the fact that I’m already writing about all the anime I’m watching elsewhere means we’ll be diving into non-animated attractions this week, as I run through David Lynch films, wuxia dramas, and a novel new war epic. I’ve got a whole film canon to catch up on, and though my journey may be rambling, I’m committed to marching through it all. Without further ado, let’s explore some new movies in the Week in Review!
Winter 2020 – Week 3 in Review
Well folks, it’s Wednesday again. Normally, this is when I offer some scattered thoughts on the previous week in streaming anime, but for this season, that process seems kind of superfluous. I’m currently watching My Hero Academia, Chihayafuru, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, and among the three of them, I’m already writing episodic articles about each new Chihayafuru and Eizouken article. I doubt anyone’s particularly excited about hearing me dutifully report on My Hero Academia’s extremely loyal and generally unremarkable adaptation each week, so instead I’d like to expand my focus a bit, and talk about some of the non-anime media I’ve gotten to recently. I’ve been making a concerted effort to watch more acclaimed films and whatnot, and if I can’t turn all that personal fulfillment into Content, then what the heck am I doing?
Winter 2020 – Virtually Every First Episode Retrospective
Well, 2020 has arrived, and we’re somehow all still here. Along with our own continued existence, it seems the anime industry has also persisted into the new decade, and has already blessed us with an unceasing spray of mostly mediocre productions. Fortunately for all of you, I have found a way to convert my increasing disillusionment regarding this art form into cold hard cash, a process that, as a byproduct, results in a staggering number of premiere reviews. Seriously, I’ve been doing this for over half a decade now, so that’s like… well into the hundreds… hmmm…
Alright, don’t really want to think about that. Instead, let’s get on to the day’s critical business – breaking down the 2020 winter anime season! Having reviewed nearly every single new premiere for ANN’s preview guide, I’m at last prepared to sort the season’s attractions from best to worst, grouping them into handy-dandy categories along the way. I’ll be including brief breakdowns of my thoughts here, and you can also click on any of the titles to be linked to the full ANN review page, where you can find my thoughts under Nick Creamer (which is my name). Without further ado, let’s run down the new anime season!