Completed Reading - Non Fiction, Apr 2025

Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

View all my reviews An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars






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How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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2025 & 2024 Movie Reviews

 

A Minecraft Movie
60% (3 Stars), Ranking #791
Rottentomatoes: 47%

Trap
60% (3 Stars), Ranking #779
Rottentomatoes: 57%

Captain America: Brave New World
60% (3 Stars), Ranking #677
Rottentomatoes: 47%

SjWound's Ranking of 2013 Movies - Round 4

 

1. Gravity
2. Captain Phillips
3. Frozen
4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Monsters University
7. Dallas Buyers Club
8. Thor: The Dark World
9. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
10. Man of Steel
11. Iron Man 3
12. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
13. Despicable Me 2
14. The Wolverine
15. Ender's Game
16. Pacific Rim
17. American Hustle
18. Rush
19. Fast & Furious 6
20. The Croods
21. World War Z
22. The Attorney
23. Snowpiercer
24. Turbo
25. Now You See Me
26. Olympus Has Fallen
27. Elysium
28. Kick Ass 2
29. The Lone Ranger
30. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
31. White House Down
32. Montage
33. This is the End

To watch

Prisoners

The Grandmaster

Comics Review

Planetary, Book Two by Warren Ellis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Upcoming Movie

 

Thunderbolts*

May 2, 2025

12 days to go

Top 20 Board Games of 2024

 

1. The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
2. Arcs
3. River Valley Glassworks
4. River of Gold
5. Unconcious Mind
6. SETI
7. Harmonies
8. Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig
9. Ezra & Nehemiah
10. Primal: The Awakening
11. Windmill Valley
12. Fromage
13. Skyrise
14. The Gang
15. Andromeda's Edge
16. Slay the Spire
17. Shackelton Base: A Journey to the Moon
18. Spectacular
19. Castle Combo
20. Tidal Blades 2

2025 BAFTA Games Awards

 Best Game

Astro Bot - Winner

Other Nominees:
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Thank Goodness You're Here! 

Debut Game

Balatro - Winner

Other Nominees
Animal Well
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Thank Goodness You're Here! 

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 6) - #40 to #21

 

40. Argo

39. The Godfather

38. Goodfellas

37. 1917

36. A Beautiful Mind

35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

34. The Hurt Locker

33. Dunkirk

32. The King's Speech

31. The Shawshank Redemption

30. Back to the Future

29. Aliens

28. All the President's Men

27. Seven Samurai

26. Apollo 13

25. The Matrix

24. Gravity

23. The Silence of the Lambs

22. Platoon

21. Spotlight