Cutthroat Island gets an unfair shake these days. Many remember it for being the box-office bomb that single-handedly killed a movie studio. However, if you actually sit down and watch the movie, it's a really fun time involving pirates and Renny Harlin's trademark action style. Now, thanks to
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
"Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1" is an intriguing start to the four-part story of the classic monster's origin.
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
