VIDEO GAME: Sonic and the Black Knight (2009)

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Sonic and the Black Knight Year: 2009 Rating: E10+ Time Played: ~3.5 hours I’ll admit that playing Sonic Dash was enough to get me interested in the Wii game, Sonic and the Black Knight. I had seen these familiar characters put in the traditional roles of the Knights of the Round Table, and that seemed like an interesting enough concept to me that I wanted to play it. After purchasing the game on eBay, I finally had the chance to experience this Sonic game that I had missed years ago. Unfortunately, the gameplay itself was quite lacking, despite having an interesting premise. For a game as short as it is, Sonic and the Black Knight has a lot of cut-scenes. I understand there’s a sort of mini-sub series of Sonic games where the settings are almost storybook in nature, but at that point the Sonic developers just needed to either make an animated movie or a graphic novel (considering the fully voice-acted cut-scenes aren’t really...
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MOVIE: King Arthur – Legend of the Sword (2017)

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Year: 2017 Rating: PG-13 Length: 126 minutes / 2.1 hours Years ago, I watched Guy Ritchie's first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). I thoroughly enjoyed the comedic repartee, well-paced action, and simple heist scenario. Afterward, I decided to watch the rest of his films (omitting Swept Away (2002) for obvious reasons). Films like Snatch (2000) and RocknRolla (2008) held very similar premises, but even in his other films like Revolver (2005), you could see the distinctive style Ritchie has when he shoots his films. In hindsight, not all of these films are great, but they were certainly entertaining for me. Enter Sherlock Holmes (2009), and this big-budget film gave Guy Ritchie a bit more mainstream attention, as it also sported Robert Downey Jr. on a career hot streak. The striking visual style remained, which also helped in the sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). Because I also enjoyed the 60's period piece, The Man...
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