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I was looking forward to this as soon as I heard it was written by Donald Westlake. Glad I got to see it in the theater. BR is hit-and-miss on non-English films.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_E._Westlake

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They put on a good show in Baton Rouge 25 years ago. It was a small venue (Spanish Moon).

The endless enemies were the weakest part of Silent Hill f, detracting from the atmosphere. I heard they actually reduced the number, a while after I'd finished the game.

But despite that I thought it was an interesting story and had nice tension.

I hope they did a good job with that Fatal Frame remake that's about to come out.

It's been free with PS Plus for months now, if you happen to have that.

They did a good job with it, and the new Silent Hill f is also very good.

There were a lot of good releases, though not as many as in 2024. To name a few:

Death Stranding 2
Expedition 33
Monster Train 2
Once upon a Katamari
Öoo
Sektori
Silent Hill f
Split Fiction
World of Goo 2

One of his most interesting soundtracks is The Long Goodbye. You hear the same theme in different styles in different scenes.

The movie is good, too. Crime drama.

The Long Goodbye

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I saw Godzilla Minus One only in black and white and I thought it worked very well that way. I probably would have bought the physical release by now if it included both and not only the color version, but I do want to see it in color eventually.

Shin Godzilla had great monster scenes but I found the talking parts boring and there were too many of them.

If they are only a few weeks old and not yet weaned, you should probably wait before taking one. I don't know the ideal timing but I think you get better behavior if you don't grab them too young.

I found the movie entertaining but probably the weakest of the three.



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they drug the alpha and don’t kill it,

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Yes, this part immediately struck me as strange. It isn't even clear whether they did the second time they had a chance, but I assumed they must have.

Editing to add that my issue with the very last scene wasn't as much that it didn't exactly fit with the rest of the film--I can accept that there are weird characters roaming around, even ones that act cartoonishly. But they seemed so careless given how easily you can get infected, not to mention how hard it must be to keep your clothes clean.

Overture (the DLC) is great.

It's pretty tough if you play it on NG+, even if you lower the difficulty with the new settings.