FINAL FANTASY V PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited
FINAL FANTASY V was once a white whale for American JRPG fans. Can this rerelease live up to the game’s decades of hype?
Author: Calvin Cleary
DO REVENGE is brutally charming
DO REVENGE is MEAN GIRLS meets STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, and it is somehow even better than that description implies.
BARBARIAN is the real deal
Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN is an unexpected delight, a horror movie that deftly avoids easy scares in favor of more unexpected mounting dread.
FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST: Fantasies Revisited
FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST tried to simplify the JRPG for American console gamers. Instead, it made a fascinating failure.
FINAL FANTASY IV PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited
FINAL FANTASY IV, initially releasted state-side as FINAL FANTASY II, is the series’ first truly great game. And it holds up beautifully.
FINAL FANTASY ADVENTURE: Fantasies Revisited
FINAL FANTASY ADVENTURE marks a surprisingly strong departure from the series’ JRPG roots with a ZELDA-inspired adventure game.
FRESH bites off more than it can chew
Hulu’s FRESH is an engaging, interesting thriller that struggles to wrestle with some of its darker elements.
FINAL FANTASY III PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited
Final Fantasy III didn’t come out in America until years later, which is unfortunate, because it’s a legitimately excellent JRPG even today.
THOR: LOVE & THUNDER gets cancer right
THOR: LOVE & THUNDER got a lot of backlash from folks exhausted by the MCU. But does it contain a smarter, more sensitive story than people give it credit for?
THE GRAY MAN is a less interesting BURN NOTICE
THE GRAY MAN, Netflix’s recent attempt at a blockbuster spy thriller from the Russo brothers, would feel more at home on basic cable.
THE FINAL FANTASY LEGEND: Fantasies Revisited
THE FINAL FANTASY LEGEND, an experimental 1989 GameBoy JRPG, is both a fascinating misstep and the first of many FINAL FANTASY tie-in games.
MR. MALCOLM’S LIST is charming but slight
Mr. Malcolm’s List could use a little more passion, but it is otherwise a delightfully charming romantic comedy with a stellar cast.
FINAL FANTASY II PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited
Final Fantasy II is not well liked. In nearly every list I can find ranking the Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy II sits square at the bottom. Tellingly, for many American fans, Final Fantasy II doesn’t even mean Final Fantasy II; it means Final Fantasy IV, released in America as …
THE BLACK PHONE stretches a good short story past its breaking point
The latest adaptation from horror writing star Joe Hill, THE BLACK PHONE, takes a solid short story and stretches it into meaninglessness.
FINAL FANTASY I PIXEL REMASTER: Fantasies Revisited
Final Fantasy I’s Pixel Remaster is an approachable way to play an iconic game. How does the game itself hold up, 35 years later?