CinEffect Podcast Episode 89

What if there was a podcast? A secret podcast. Where NOTHING was impossible… Well, this one ain’t it, that’s for sure.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Tomorrowland OST by Michael Giacchino
(0:09) Intro

GAMES
(2:58) Destiny: House of Wolves
(30:10) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
(1:01:34) Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
(1:16:49) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

MOVIES
(1:33:03) When Marnie Was There
(1:59:56) Tomorrowland

(2:26:01) Coming Soon to Theaters…
(2:31:15) Links/Outro
(2:33:17) Fine on the Outside by Priscilla Ahn (When Marnie Was There OST)

CinEffect Podcast Episode 69

CinEffect is just a name I got from an airplane. It’s just a name… It’s just a name… Oh, how pretty…

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Vapor Trail (The Wind Rises OST)
(0:57) Intro

GAMES
(1:46) Chris’s new Xbox One
(16:09) Assassin’s Creed: Unity
(28:19) Lords of the Fallen
(47:10) inFamous: Second Son
(1:02:19) Wolfenstein: The New Order

MOVIES
(1:22:49) The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

(1:46:20) Coming Soon to Theaters…
(1:53:52) Links/Outro

CinEffect Podcast Episode 68

Better late than never. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! And hopefully nobody throws a cymbal at your head during Thanksgiving dinner. Or fires a magical girl arrow at you. Or moves you to a capital to become a princess. Or summon an elephant to trample the dinner table. As long as that doesn’t happen, it should be going smoothly.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Whiplash by Don Ellis
(0:20) Intro

GAMES
(2:34) Miscellaneous Talk
(9:09) Super Smash Bros. Wii U
(28:59) Far Cry 4

MOVIES
(43:05) Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
(1:04:18) Whiplash
(1:23:56) The Tale of Princess Kaguya

(1:55:56) Coming Soon to Theaters…
(2:00:14) Links/Outro
(2:00:59) Misterioso by Kalafina (Madoka Magica: Rebellion OST)

CinEffect Podcast Episode 63

Madness. Coiling in our ears as thoughts collude and form into the effluvial grime of our own minds. Pure, beautiful madness. Spreading and consuming all into forms beyond our limited comprehension. Wonderful. Blissful. Madness.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) In the Mouth of Madness Theme
(0:45) Intro

GAMES
(2:18) The Evil Within

TV
(52:27) The Knick Season 1 Finale

MOVIES
(55:58) Birdman
(1:14:16) The Tale of Princess Kaguya
(1:33:02) Fury (Quick Thoughts)
(1:33:44) The Book of Life
(1:45:37) From Beyond
(1:57:47) In the Mouth of Madness

(2:14:55) Next Week’s Halloween Theme
(2:16:23) Coming Soon to Theaters and Games…
(2:23:39) Links/Outro

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘The Wind Rises’

It’s finally here! My Ghibli Retrospective on Movie Mezzanine has finally reached its conclusion, as I write about the finality and exhaustion that makes Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises a modern masterpiece. Click here for the full article.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘From Up On Poppy Hill’

Goro Miyazaki’s Earthsea follow-up is barely mediocre, but still manages to have very personal subtext involving father figures and the invisible connections between them and their children that make this movie still shine. Click here for the full article on Movie Mezzanine.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’

Been a while, but I’m still moving on with the Ghibli Retrospective, this week with Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s directorial debut The Secret World of Arrietty. Click here for the full article.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Ponyo’

I apologize if this ends up bringing that infectiously catchy theme song in your heads again. The Studio Ghibli Retrospective moves forward with Miyazaki’s Ponyo. Click here for the full article on Movie Mezzanine.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Tales From Earthsea’

The worst film to ever come out of Studio Ghibli thus far, I finally wrestle with Goro Miyazaki’s pretentious adaptation of the beloved Ursula K Le Guin novel series, Tales From Earthsea. Click here for the full review.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective continues with this look at Miyazaki’s somewhat divisive but still hugely successful and rapturous Howl’s Moving Castle. Click here for the full article on Movie Mezzanine.