Fantastic 4 - Movie Review

Duration: 1h 47m
Supplied: Redbox

The Short
Do not bother. It is bad. As bad as you may have heard.

The Long
Regardless of whether or not you know anything about the Fantastic 4 is irrelevant going into this movie. This story takes a young Reed Richards and has him building a teleporter. He takes it to the Science Fair a little while later and proves it works with a live demonstration. Unfortunately, he gets disqualified but is noticed by Franklin Storm who is at a random school Science Fair for some reason. A full scholarship later and we have the start of our movie.

Flightplan - Movie Review

Duration: 1h 38m
Watched: Trapped in a moving coffin!

Kyle Pratt is flying home to bury the body of her husband. Accompanying her on the trip is her 6yr old daughter Julia. Shortly after the flight starts, Kyle awakes to find that her daughter Julia is missing and no one seems to know anything about it. In fact, No one remembers seeing her at all. What is going on?

The Familiar of Zero - Anime Review

Duration: 13 Episodes
Supplied: Bluray purchased via RightStuf
Published: Sentai Filmworks

Louise is a terrible mage. Everything she tries to do magically results in a disaster; usually an explosion. When it comes time for all 2nd year magic students to summon their life-long magical familiars, everyone is understandably on edge when it's Louise's turn to begin the ritual. While all the other students ended up with some sort of animal familiar, Louise is not so fortunate. She manages to summon a totally average human male; Saito Hiraga. Forced to keep him as her familiar, shenanigans ensue.

Dream Eater Merry - Anime Review

Duration: 13 Episodes
Supplied: Blurays purchased via RightStuf
Published: Sentai Filmworks

In a universe where dreams are a lot more integrated into the fabric of existence we can experience whole new levels of nightmares. Yumeji Fujiwara has a unique ability; he can tell exactly what kind of dream you are going to have and his accuracy is terrifying! Yumeji, unfortunately, has been having recurring nightmares about cats and has no idea why. His dreams and reality eventually collide when he meets a strange girl named Merry who is looking for answers of her own.

When They Cry - Kai

Duration: 24 Episodes
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Published: Sentain Filmworks

Note: If you have not yet seen When They Cry - Season 1, then I suggest you do not bother reading this until you have. As with anything I write on horror, though, this will be rather brief.

Welcome back to Hinamizawa! The place where terrible things happen to nice people; repeatedly. If you are looking for more then you have come to the right place!

This second installment is in-addition-to the first. If you have not seen the first season, then stop yourself right now and watch it first.

Leviathan - Anime Review

Duration: 13 Episodes
Supplied: Bluray purchased via RightStuf
Publisher: Sentai Filmworks


In Leviathan we are in the world of Aquafall. A meteorite descends to the surface unleashing untold hoards of monster-like insects known as Lucasites, which in turn release drones known as Toripu. To deal with this threat, the Fairy, Syrup, travels to enlist the help of eager young heroes to form the Aquafall Defense. In this we get to meet our trio of heroines who all just happen to be named after giant beasts of Nordic mythology; Leviathan, Bahamut, and Jormungandr . Oh, wait, they can actually transform and take on dragon characteristics? And they wield different styles of magic? Ya, sure, let's see what this is about!

Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya - Anime Review

Duration: 11 Episodes
Supplied: Bluray purchased via RightStuf
Published: Sentai Filmworks

*Note: This series is a completely isolated spinoff and any prior knowledge about anything in the Fate universe is absolutely unnecessary.

Oh, another series in the Fate universe. Hey, this is a little different. It has some similar characters but sentient magic wands and Magical Girls? What is going on here?

Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya is a spinoff of the traditional Fate series and it stars Illyasviel Von Einzbern as its main protagonist. She ends up accidentally coming into contact with a strange, and pushy, magic wand. Being transformed into a Magical Girl was a total accident; what's the worst that could happen? Maybe it is better that we do not ask that....

Canaan - Anime Review

Duration: 13 Episodes
Supplied: Bluray purchased via RightStuf
Published: Sentai Filmworks

Canaan is set in Shanghai, China and is focused on the titular Canaan and her relationships with others; good or bad. Canaan is a top-tier assassin due to her advanced synesthesia. It allows her to discern many things that other people simply cannot. There are a lot of things happening: things like murder, terrorism, biological warfare, revenge, and assassinations. There is a little bit of everything and potentially something for everyone.