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Tag: Movies

  • Video Games

The Problem with Carte Blanche

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 13, 2019

Kojima is a genius madman of an video game auteur, and we are finally gifted after a 3 year wait with details most directors would have released, well, 3 years ago.

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  • On Writing

Now Welcoming Contributors

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

If you’re interested in writing for Optional Irony, contact me through Twitter (@optional_irony) or by email: optional.irony@gmail.com.

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  • Movies

Cinema Cage Match – Booksmart Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on June 3, 2019June 20, 2019

Want the quick and dirty? This movie is fantastic. Go see it. Bring your friends. Those of you sticking around are going to get the treat of a one on one cage match between Booksmart and its spiritual predecessor, Superbad (2007). 

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  • Movies

The Terror From Beneath – Us Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Watson has set the bar for all of next year’s awards here and now.

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  • Movies

Ingrid Goes West – Dark Comedy That Pulls No Punches About Obsession with Validation Through Social Media

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 23, 2019

The heart of it was always going to be in the humans desperately fixated on the screen hungry for that connection.

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  • Essay

2019 Oscar Predictions (Based on Internet & Twitter Research)

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 22, 2019

Last year I let my cynicism hedge my bets on Get Out winning, but I take credit for that as a correct call.

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  • Essay

Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald Review (Spoiler Free)

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 19, 2018November 19, 2018

The first film was merely prologue to a bigger adventure that begins in this film.

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  • Essay

A Tale of Two Suzies – Argento’s Suspiria (1977)

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 5, 2018November 5, 2018

The same day I posted about my fuck up having seen the Suspiria remake when…

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  • Essay

It All Comes Around, Except When it Doesn’t – My Favorite Incomplete Jokes in TV & Movies

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on October 28, 2018December 7, 2018

The best comedies don’t leave loose threads, everything comes back around- whether we realize it…

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  • Essay

The Nun, the Dud, the Horror

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 10, 2018September 10, 2018

Stay in and rent a classic horror film instead, and if you really need to leave the house give bowling a try before you consider seeing this.

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