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Gamescom: Naoki Yoshida wonders about his legacy

I spoke with the legendary game designer about his continued work on Final Fantasy XIV, legacy, and why we tell stories.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 11 Sep 2025

Gamescom: Naoki Yoshida wonders about his legacy

TIFF Review: Nuremberg

★★ | Russell Crowe shines in an otherwise reductive and revisionist mess.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 9 Sep 2025

TIFF Review: The Furious

★★★★★ | The most purely satisfying and euphorically dazzling action film of the decade.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 8 Sep 2025

4K Blu-ray Review: Casper

★★★★ | The classic children's film comes back to life with this mostly terrific 4K Blu-ray.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 8 Sep 2025

Gamescom: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a glorious return to the past

I got a chance to play the lovingly restored Dragon Quest remake, and it was a beautiful stroll down memory lane.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 7 Sep 2025

Gamescom: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a glorious return to the past

TIFF: Saipan

★★★★ | Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke are superb in this smartly written drama that breaks free of traditional sports clichés.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 6 Sep 2025

Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke sitting in a red sauna in the film Saipan

TIFF Review: Hamlet

★★★ | Riz Ahmed delivers a powerhouse performance in an ambitious and forcefully modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 5 Sep 2025

TIFF Review: Blue Moon

★★★★★ | Ethan Hawke delivers a career defining performance in Richard Linklater's brilliant chamber piece.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 5 Sep 2025

4K Blu-ray Review: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

★★★★★ | Master and Commander is one of the finest films ever made. This 4K edition is perfection on a technical level, and atrocious elsewhere.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 2 Sep 2025

4K Blu-ray Review: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Gamescom: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight captures the joy of building and playing with LEGO

I got a chance to play LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight at Gamescom and came away enamored by TT Games' vision of a blocky future.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 1 Sep 2025

Gamescom: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight captures the joy of building and playing with LEGO

4K Blu-ray Review: Earthquake

★★★ | While technically still impressive, Earthquake is a clear product of its time. Today, it's hopelessly dated despite a quality 4K transfer.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 1 Sep 2025

Lost Soul Aside is an admirable disaster

★★ | Passion and ambition don't always equal quality. Lost Soul Aside has plenty of ideas, but no vision to put them together. Instead, it settles for a muddled selection of borrowed mechanics, tied together by disastrously bad writing and acting.

By Joonatan Itkonen

/ 31 Aug 2025

Key art for Lost Soul Aside featuring the main character Kaser with the dragon Arena.