The Godfather and The American Dream

~ my review-essay on The Godfather, Part I (1972) and II (1974). Recently rewatched both at the Alamo Drafthouse, re-released upon the 50th anniversary.

All I Am Is What I’m Going After

~ essay on Heat (1995).

{Berserk III} – Conviction Arc

~ an essay on the Berserk manga ~ volumes 14–21, chapters 95–176, The Conviction Arc. RIP🙏Kentaro Miura.

Top 5 Boss Battles in Sekiro

~ essay on the top 5 boss battles in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with a haiku poem for each.

Building Bridges for Strangers in Death Stranding

~ essay on Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding.

Welcome to the Nightmare: Bloodborne’s High Art Horror

~ essay on Bloodborne (2015), the ultimate in action-horror role-playing.

Hard Boiled Dreams

~ short essay on one of my favorite films, Hard Boiled (1992) — a charming crime fantasy with some of the best action sequences in cinema, directed by the legendary John Woo.

I Am Elden Lord

~ my essay on Elden Ring.

The Witcher and Vocation

~ short essay on The Witcher video game series, developed by CD PROJEKT RED, based on the creations of Andrzej Sapkowski.

The Matrix has you / cannot tell you who you are.

~ a short essay on what The Matrix saga means to me.