Spot Reviews 07/04/25
Jul 04 2025
Cleaner (2025) [/] Action-thriller movie. Eco-terrorists take over the high-rise building of a London-based energy company and massive polluter. Joanna Locke (Daisy Ridley), former British SRR (special forces) and now down on her luck window cleaner is stuck outside while the terrorists (led by her co-worker Noah (Taz Skylar)) take hostages including possibly her autistic brother Michael (Matthew Tuck). Can Joanna convince the hostage negotiator Superintendent Claire Hume (Ruth Gemmell) that she's on their side?… Has a suitable amount of action, explosions, shooting and hand-to-hand fights.
Mythic Quest s4 (2025) [/] In season 4 Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) return from their startup to Mythic Quest to work on the most ultimate expansion ever and to resolve their romantic issues (though Poppy spends most of the season with her boyfriend Storm (Chase Yi) who has a much higher EQ compared to Ian). I wasn't that impressed with this season and the series finale is rather abrupt getting them back together for another try as the credits roll. Favorite episode is the murder mystery where they're all playing a 1920's dress-up game of Mafia.
The Gardens Between+ (2022) [/] Nicely animated puzzle game. Two teens go from island to island. Objective is to follow a path to the top and light the pedestal. Left and right move you through time left and right (i.e. the teens and other objects on the island follow a set timeline so you're kind of scrubbing forward and back). When one of the teens reaches a certain point you can click the action button to do something: pick up or put down lamp, add light to the lamp, activate a trigger. A lighted lamp opens a path (e.g. unlocking a bridge) although there are things that will suck the light which you then have to scrub back and figure out how to stop the blocker. It's a fairly original concept but not that interesting.
Gin Rummy Classic+ (2022) [/] MobileWare game of Gin Rummy where you try to create sets or sequences before your opponent. Pretty standard format for MobielWare card games. You can play vs random people.
Mythic Quest s4 (2025) [/] In season 4 Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) return from their startup to Mythic Quest to work on the most ultimate expansion ever and to resolve their romantic issues (though Poppy spends most of the season with her boyfriend Storm (Chase Yi) who has a much higher EQ compared to Ian). I wasn't that impressed with this season and the series finale is rather abrupt getting them back together for another try as the credits roll. Favorite episode is the murder mystery where they're all playing a 1920's dress-up game of Mafia.
The Gardens Between+ (2022) [/] Nicely animated puzzle game. Two teens go from island to island. Objective is to follow a path to the top and light the pedestal. Left and right move you through time left and right (i.e. the teens and other objects on the island follow a set timeline so you're kind of scrubbing forward and back). When one of the teens reaches a certain point you can click the action button to do something: pick up or put down lamp, add light to the lamp, activate a trigger. A lighted lamp opens a path (e.g. unlocking a bridge) although there are things that will suck the light which you then have to scrub back and figure out how to stop the blocker. It's a fairly original concept but not that interesting.
Gin Rummy Classic+ (2022) [/] MobileWare game of Gin Rummy where you try to create sets or sequences before your opponent. Pretty standard format for MobielWare card games. You can play vs random people.