by moxie | Mar 7, 2023 | Action, drama, Events, Foreign, Historical, horror, Movies, Romance, suspense
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of a small 19th century colony of Native Hawaiians who refuse to accept government-mandated exile when leprosy breaks out amongst their people and home. Imagine it. You’re a Native Hawai’ian, having lived in and loved the islands...
by moxie | Feb 8, 2023 | Action, Adventure, Anime, comedy, drama, Fantasy, Foreign, horror, Sci-Fi, suspense
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Another in a long line of newer isekai (alternate fantasy world) anime, BOFURI introduces VRMMO gamer Kaede Honjo as her online character Maple, in the game New World Online. As the long title rather cheekily suggests, Maple doesn’t fancy...
by moxie | Jan 31, 2023 | Action, Anime, comedy, drama, Fantasy, Foreign, horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, suspense, Video Games
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Edgerunners courier spoilers too! Set in the dystopian cybernetic criminal world of the wildly popular video game Cyberpunk 2077, where megacorporations raise corruption to an art form and black market mercenaries called Edgerunners risk...
by moxie | Jan 25, 2023 | Action, drama, Events, Foreign, horror, Movies, suspense
Hong Kong is plagued by a series of terrible murders, of former suspects in cold cases who’ve evaded capture for years, by a vigilante gang calling themselves the Chosen Sleuths. In order to tell a whole entire story that includes new generations of detectives and...
by moxie | Nov 15, 2022 | Action, comedy, drama, Foreign, horror, suspense, TV Reviews
Reviewed by Alicia Glass A beleaguered detective returns from suspension to form an unconventional team of very-special investigators to hunt down a serial killer! So Detective Pitak (Surasak Wongthai) has a hell of a reputation at his local police precinct –...
by moxie | Oct 5, 2022 | Action, Adventure, Anime, Cartoon, comedy, drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Historical
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Based on a light novel of the same name from Liz Takayama, another in a long line of isekai or alternate-world anime, Parallel World Pharmacy tells the story of a pharmacist reincarnated in a world akin to 17th century France, with magic! So...
