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Mar 18, 2024

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I watched Black Cat, a 1991 action film that started out as an attempt to follow up La Femme Nikita. While it still feels very much like a remake of the 1990 French film, it works very well as a Hong Kong flavored version of that...


Mar 14, 2024

Today on the 5: Here are a couple of things you've likely heard someone say at some point in your life: "That's the world we live in" or "That's just the way it is". Usually, these phrases are used as a lazy and apathetic way to excuse something that shouldn't be. They also never fail to drive me crazy.


Mar 13, 2024

Today on the 5: Thanks to a recommendation from Roejen over at Project Archivist, I watched a Batman ripoff film from 1966 titled The Wide World Of Batwoman. It looks like it was made for $50 and a 5 page script, but if you want to see a bunch of young women go go dancing and marvel at the global threat of an atomic...


Mar 12, 2024

Today on rhe 5: I played the demo for Pacific Drive and had a good time with it. It was also great to many positive reviews of the game when it recently launched. I bought it, started platying it, and at first it was the same good time I had with the demo. Unfortunately, I very quickly ran into the same save issue...


Mar 12, 2024

Today on the 5: In the latest evidence of a long slide down in quality, Roku is soft locking their devices if users refuse to accept new terms of service with a lousy opt-out mechanism. This is a scummy way of dealing with customers, and I'm increasingly glad I jumped off the Roku train a while...