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Year in Review 2022
Can you believe this will be the fifth time I get to write this post? Technically the blog is just over 6 years old at this point, but…
Anime 2022 In Review
Another year, another list of “Top 5 Anime”. While I had wanted to make this list a sort of tradition like other blogs, the last list I made…
In The Distance (2022) review [Japannual 2022]
“A very pleasant slice-of-life narrative that elegantly shows that bonds between subjects are that much more genuine if they are grounded in the acceptance of the other’s radical…
In Her Room (2022) review
For those who succeed in looking past the phallus during Ito’s narrative will find a renewed respect of the complexity of the feminine position.
2022 in Review: Part 2
This is Part II of the 2022 year-in-review. Let’s finish up 2022 and look forward to 2023! Seven Seas Workers Make Waves Negotiations started in October, and a…
2022 Gunpla Year in Review
It gets quicker to make this list every year, and that’s not necessarily a good thing. In 2022, by my count, we got 30 new Gunpla this year.…
Fall 2022 Anime In Review
Yeah, I am writing this a lot later into next year then I do usually. I blame G-Witch getting delayed every other week due to special programming in…
Winter 2022 Anime In Review
So yeah, another anime season has come to pass. Kind of crazy to think about isn’t it? The seasonal cycle just keeps going and its kind of stunning…
Spring 2022 Anime In Review
Man, is it really that time again? Another season has ended with more shows being completed and this was such a good time. I didn’t even watch all…
2022 in Review: Part 1
2022 is almost over. And while it has been a less stressful year overall than the last couple, as the world adjusts to its new normal, shakeups are…
Lesson In Murder (2022) review
In Shiraishi’s talented hands the narrative transforms into a visual elegant and compelling examination of the desire that drives us all.
Summer 2022 – Week 2 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve still got a healthy buffer of film reviews to share with you all, but my house has also…
Fall 2022 – Week 11 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’m currently in the midst of cataloging all the anime I watched this year for my end-of-year article, and…
Fall 2022 – Week 8 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. We’re actually nearing the end of the year at this point, which means it’s time again for…
Winter 2022 – Week 7 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week, my housemates and I have been reveling in the delayed bounty of the 2021 holiday release schedule,…
Winter 2022 – Week 11 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. How are you all doing this week? Personally, I just got back from my first jog of the season,…
Spring 2022 – Week 8 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to my small slice of the internet. Summer arrived in force this week, heralding ninety degree afternoons and a whole lot of general…
Summer 2022 – Week 7 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week I’ve got an unusually timely selection of films for you all, having checked out some of the…
Winter 2022 – Week 4 in Review
Boy oh boy do I have a collection of films for you today. With our house’s reliable contributor of genuinely bad suggestions on vacation (sorry Neil, but it’s…
Winter 2022 – Week 10 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I come to you today directly from the Elden Ring mines, having been laboring on FromSoftware’s latest since literally…
Spring 2022 – Week 1 in Review
Hey everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It’s been a very Dungeons & Dragons-themed week at my house, as I continued to munch through episodes of…
Fall 2022 – Week 7 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I regret to announce that winter has finally arrived; an oppressive chill has fallen upon New England, and…
Spring 2022 – Week 6 in Review
Hey folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It seems like spring has finally arrived in my neighborhood, so I hope you’re all enjoying the blissfully temperate…
Spring 2022 – Week 4 in Review
Well folks, it happened. I’ve taken every possible precaution, I still only leave the house rarely and fully masked, but I still caught goddamn Covid. As a result,…
Summer 2022 – Week 12 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I have got some real seedy, stinky trash for you all, as I rummage through the refuge of…
2022 Year in Review - Part 2
Part 2 of our 2022 year in review, in which we cover series that began in or near last year, as well as a commemoration of series we…
Fall 2022 – Week 5 in Review
Hey folks, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. Today I come to you equipped with ghouls, goblins, and tales of rapturous fantasy, as is only…
Winter 2022 – Week 2 in Review
Oh god, it’s already week two of the new year? But I haven’t done anything yet! As long as we were still adrift in that post-Christmas/New Year haze…
Fall 2022 – Week 10 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Surveying the takeaways of this last week in films, I am forced to admit that this is indeed…
Winter 2022 – Week 9 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week, I thought I’d take a break from our usual film medley, as the past month has clearly…
Fall 2022 – Week 12 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It seems we’ve arrived at the year’s penultimate Week in Review, and I’m still hard at work catching up…
Summer 2022 – Week 10 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am in recovery mode, having just spent four and a half hours leading my players through…
Fall 2022 – Week 9 in Review
Alright folks, gather in, gather in, we’ve got a pile of films to get through and not much time to do it. This week I’ve got a mixed…
Spring 2022 – Week 9 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. You all doing okay? I’m frankly feeling a bit lethargic at the moment, but fortunately, my current tasks…
Winter 2022 – Week 8 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I think we’re over the hump now – February has nearly ended, the skies are clearing, and we’re even…
Spring 2022 – Week 7 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week I’ve been munching through a whole lot of comfort food, chewing my way through a variety of…
Spring 2022 – Week 5 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve currently got a post-Covid spring in my step, as well as a quiet sense of embarrassment about how…
Fall 2022 – Week 6 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It seems we’ve reached the halfway point of the fall season, though to be honest, most of the anime…
Fall 2022 – Week 3 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’m delighted to announce that this week I actually did the goddamn thing, and checked out around half a…
Bleach, Chainsaw Man, Do It Yourself!!, Mob Psycho 100, Mobile Suit Gundam
Review: Someone in the Room (2022)
Someone in the Room 屋内有人 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 89 mins. Director: Bian Yuan 边原. Rating: 6/10. Low-budget horror/thriller is inventive and meticulously plotted, and doesn’t go in…
Summer 2022 – Week 13 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we are sadly reaching that point in the anime season where we can no longer even pretend it’s…
Fall 2022 – Week 2 in Review
Hey folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Look, I know last time that I mentioned I’d be watching some seasonal anime, and that is still absolutely…
Spring 2022 – Week 10 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. You all doing okay this week? I’m personally feeling fan-fucking-tastic, having knocked out a couple of anxiety-provoking appointments late…
Summer 2022 – Week 4 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week I’ve got an offering of surprisingly timely features for you all, as we actually watched a couple…
Spring 2022 – Week 12 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Summer’s in full swing at this point, but predictably, I’m spending the better part of my free time…
Spring 2022 – Week 13 in Review
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time! Today I am happy to report that this article actually has something of a binding philosophy, as all of…
Summer 2022 – Week 5 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome the heck back to Wrong Every Time. How are you all enjoying the advent of August? Though I’m certainly not happy about the speed…
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Fall 2022 – Week 4 in Review
Hey folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’ve got a somewhat lopsided collection of thoughts for you all, with plenty of the requisite horror…
Review: Someone in the Room (2022)
Someone in the Room 屋内有人 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 89 mins. Director: Bian Yuan 边原. Rating: 6/10. Low-budget horror/thriller is inventive and meticulously plotted, and doesn’t go in…
Spring 2022 – Week 11 in Review
Hey folks, and welcome to Wrong Every Time. How’s everyone doing today? I’m currently attempting to will myself into writing up another article after this one, because goddamnit,…