TheRetroCritic

I talk about the original Ghost In The Shell and compare it to the new remake.

The very first, and perhaps last, "hot" sauce special.

Previously a Halloween-themed video for 1MoreCastle.com , here's my review of Dr. Franken for the Nintendo Game Boy.

Gothamized  is a completely unofficial guide to new series  Gotham  and a debate arena for all things Batman.   DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE HERE In this 32nd episode, I discuss episodes 1 and 2 of  Gotham  Season 3 plus I talk about the new Justice League trailer and review  Batman Forever . (for my written review of the Gotham Pilot,  click here! ) Hope you enjoy it! You can also find us on podcast  The Big Rewind  (available on  Soundcloud , iTunes, Stitcher and Player FM) and send us emails with your Bat-questions, Six Degrees challenges and riddles here:  gothamized@gmail.com (for the pilot episode  CLICK HERE )

Originally on 1MoreCastle.com , here's my review of the Batman Game Boy game.

I finally talk about the new Ghost In The Shell .

Much to most anime fans' displeasure, Hollywood finally delivered on its promise to adapt the hugely influential animated classic Ghost In The Shell from 1995, directed by Mamoru Oshii, with Scarlett Johansson playing the lead role. After a controversy which saw the project get accused of "whitewashing" and persisting complaints that such an adaptation is basically sacrilegious, this looked set to be the least popular remake since Ghostbusters . Indeed, after hardly glorious anime adaptations like Dragonball: Evolution and Speed Racer , it's no surprise why so many were nervous about this new venture. Early trailers looked uninspired yet the more we saw from the film, the more interesting it looked with its slick Blade Runner -meets-Neo Tokyo look and all the potentially cool action scenes on display. It's very clear, right off the bat, that a lot more effort was put into this film than the criminally lazy Dragonball: Evolution. Visually, this new Ghost In T

I finally review Marvel's Luke Cage Netflix series.

Here is the video version of my Bowfinger review.

In this first episode of Trailerwatch, I check out the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer. Also: Baywatch and Justice League .