Showing posts with label vgmm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vgmm. Show all posts
Friday, May 31, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Like most ten year old Americans in 1998, I was swept up in “Pokemon” fever . I can distinctly recall racing home from school around ...

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Rampage (2018)

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Video game movies usually happen because someone — a film studio, the game developers, or an opportunistic rogue like Uwe Boll — is e...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Tomb Raider (2018)

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I tend to think of the “Tomb Raider” franchise as a relic of the nineties, an artifact of the PlayStation 1/Surge Soda era. However, ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)

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All of the “Resident Evil” movies were box office successes. However, “Retribution” was the lowest grossing entry in the series sin...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Assassin's Creed (2016)

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I remember when the first “Assassin’s Creed” game came out — which was almost twelve years ago now, because I’m old as shit. As I re...
Monday, May 27, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Warcraft (2016)

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Even though most video game movies have been financial and creative failures, there's a big reason Hollywood keeps trying. Video g...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

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You can really tell where the priorities of the “Resident Evil” films are by looking at their posters. What did the graphic designers,...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Ace Attorney (2012)

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Most of the video game adaptations I've talked about this month have been made in Hollywood. However, other countries have also a...
Friday, May 24, 2019

VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH: Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

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I guess the subtitle probably should've clued us in. “Resident Evil: Extinction” was designed as the final entry in the franchis...