Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 03/22/24

The Menu (2022) [/] Psychological thriller. At an exclusive island restaurant the guests are horrified when Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) announces everyone here tonight will die and he has his fanatical sous chefs to make sure of that. But that’s because all the guests were chosen by Slowik because of their sins. Except for Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy), a last minute replacement, who threatens to derail Slowik’s carefully prepared menu and plans… Not so much a kill kill sudden death movie as a horrible fascination seeing one person die here or there until the final destructive orgy. It’s a very talky movie. In the end I’m not sure if this is a worthwhile movie to watch or not.

Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force (2020) [-] National Geographics 90-minute documentary about World War 2's US 8th Air Force which operated out of England and was used to bomb Germany. Lots of period footage, interviews with audio though also voice actors reading letters and reports. I'm not really enamored with how military history programs are presented and this one is kind of typical and seems old-fashioned.

Taste of Sha Xian, San Mateo [-] Came here for dinner with C3, W3 and Dave S. Bright and new, you use an iPad to enter the wait list, can order from your phone, and staff was friendly. Chinese food and it wasn't that great. I think the less trendy Chinese restaurant a few doors down has better food at cheaper prices, though once again it went through an ownership change so wasn't open that night.

Wibbly-Wobbly Dicey-Wicey (2020) [/] A podcast dedicated to Cubicle 7's Doctor Who RPG. Not that many episodes and they experimented with format: converting famous characters to DW RPG; GM advice; RPG book reviews. After a one year hiatus they came back with three episodes covering DW RPG 2E. Now it's on another 14+ month hiatus so we'll see if it comes back. The podcast is of average quality for a table-top RPG podcast and I like the focus on a non D&D game.