Geek Culture

With the advent of virtual reality comes its application to cinema. Films are a primarily passive medium, meaning that virtual reality has the potential to provide interaction within something inherently static. With Invasion! there is a glimmer...

We were all witnesses to the horror renaissance of the 2010s. We can always pray for another It Follows or The Babadook. If Under the Shadow happened to have taught me anything, it's that I shouldn't get my hopes up...

Steve Dillon, known best for his seminal work on the comic book series Preacher, passed away today in New York City at the age of 54. Dillon began his artistic career in his teens working...

This review contains spoilers for  Ace Attorney: Turnabout Goodbyes 1st Trial Capcom's Ace Attorney franchise was given an anime series to coincide with the plot of the handheld games. The storyline follows the games exactly and...

Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan return this week with a look at how an autistic assassin manages to hold down his life with accounting. Yes, The Accountant is finally out and we discuss the probability of Ben...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzQ6gRAEoy0 Porter Robinson worked alongside Madeon to create an emotional song that is enhanced by the anime video called "Shelter". Porter Robinson & Madeon / Porter Robinson Productions The story involves a 17 year old...

Nate Parker, an actor of moderate success, told his agents that he wasn't going to act until he could play slave rebellion leader Nat Turner. Written by Parker along with a story credit by his college...

Film adaptations of novels that have done really well are not something new. There are tons of movies that have gone down this road, with the most recent and famous being the Harry Potter series,...

BBK/BRNK (Bubuki/Buranki) has an interesting concept that has so far been mishandled with rushed writing and little character interaction, but the CG anime animation itself looks stunning and there is the potential for the characters...

Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan woke up in the middle of our own houses, with mics in front of us, forced to recount the events of Tate Taylor's adaptation of The Girl on the Train. Starring...

The stage recital Escha Chron that was first performed over the summer at the D-world vol. 0 event, is getting an anime adaptation! Lerche, a Japanese studio who produced Assassination Classroom among several other works,...

In the midst of a Western renaissance, we have been spoiled with great films. By colliding the old with the new, fresh voices are bringing a modern take to the genre, sometimes blending in other...

Welcome to the round-up of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan discuss a handful of the films seen at the festival. Chris went this year, and managed to come...

Studio Ghibli has been synonymous with wonder and delight in animation for decades. By making anime, Studio Ghibli are iconic and legendary by making that type of animation legitimate. You won't find any of the...

It was a matter of time, but now it looks like a Gears of War movie is officially happening. Rod Fergusson, the head of The Coalition and all things Gears of War, announced during a livestream today that...

Man, missed opportunity to not watch 31 on our 31st episode. Oh well. Join Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan as they rip apart Rob Zombie's latest horror schlock. Spoilers: this really is not a positive review and...

This review contains some spoilers from Episode 7: Turnabout Samurai Last Trial English names will be used in this review to coincide with the familiarity of the English game text. The Ace Attorney anime series...

It's fairly reductive to add one film with another and state that would theoretically be the summation of the film. It's definitely possible to do the same here, but Toni Erdmann does almost everything differently than...

Antoine Fuqua always feels far away from making a truly great film. It's been 15 years since he made Training Day, a film that feels just a little dated. Some of us here at Bago Games...

Welcome back! On this week's episode of Film Fallout, Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan discuss the newest remake of a remake: The Magnificent Seven. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, we talk about the casting choices, missed opportunities...

Welcome to another installment of This Week on Blu-ray, where I tell you what the big releases are and whether they’re worth getting. This is a week definitely worth getting excited about. After all the...

Writing about Criminal Girls 2 for, what our founder calls, a “family friendly” website is tricky. There is that over-hanging awkwardness in Western media where they favor live action footage of police gunning down someone...

English names will be used in this review to coincide with the familiarity of the English game text. Capcom's detective DS and 3DS game franchise Ace Attorney has been adapted into an anime. So far...

The Force of Will collectable card game is gaining an animated film collection and the first one features Cthulhu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwbdLB1u5y0 Lovecraft's Cthulhu is a ridiculously fun (and terrifying) way to start off the short films....

Alice Lowe was introduced to me when she was the co-writer and co-star of Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, a dark comedy that was equal parts funny and disturbing. Lowe made an impact by being able to see the...

When Damien Chazelle released Whiplash in 2014, he introduced a film that was emotionally gripping, tense, and extremely entertaining. Focused on a jazz drummer, the film was tightly edited feeling like it itself was a piece of...