Spot Reviews 01/30/26
Jan 30 2026
The Great Flood (2025) [/] South Korean action/apocalypse movie set a few decades in the future. As sudden flooding threatens her city researcher Gu An-na (Kim Da-mi) and her son Ja-in (Kwon Eun-seong) have to escape up 30 floors pas the panicked residents of her rather large apartment building. She is helped by a corporate security guard Son Hee-jo (Park Hae-soo) sent to evacuate her via helicopter, but apparently only she and not her son... The first half of the movie is fairly exciting with some nice CGI of flooding and huge waves rushing in. Then the second plot twist and the second half could have been done better I guess -- it didn't seem quite that satisfying as the first half.
Ridiculous Fishing EX (2023) [/] Apple Arcade version of Ridiculous Fishing. Simple three part gameplay. First you cast a line which goes down and rotate device to move fishing lure left and right and avoid all fish. Once you hit a fish or get to the end of your line it starts going up and now you rotate device to catch fish on your lure. Once the fish reach the top they're flung high into the air and now you tap fish to shoot them for money with rarer fish giving you more money. Afterwards you can buy stuff at the store (longer fishing line, better weapons, special lures, cosmetic items). If you catch all the fish types the game gets harder. Not a game with a lot of depth but makes good use of device rotation.
Star's End (2017) [-] Science fiction novel by Cassandra Rose Clarke. Esme Coromina is heiress to a multi-planet conglomerate built on genetically engineered warriors sold to anyone who can afford them. While she plans to reform the company after she takes over her dying father asks her to convince her three estranged younger sisters to visit him one last time. As she goes about this task the story keeps flashing back to her childhood and how her relationship with her sisters crashed and burned... More of a character story I guess. I read 80-odd pages and got bored. I then read this review which convinced me this story wasn't for me.
Ridiculous Fishing EX (2023) [/] Apple Arcade version of Ridiculous Fishing. Simple three part gameplay. First you cast a line which goes down and rotate device to move fishing lure left and right and avoid all fish. Once you hit a fish or get to the end of your line it starts going up and now you rotate device to catch fish on your lure. Once the fish reach the top they're flung high into the air and now you tap fish to shoot them for money with rarer fish giving you more money. Afterwards you can buy stuff at the store (longer fishing line, better weapons, special lures, cosmetic items). If you catch all the fish types the game gets harder. Not a game with a lot of depth but makes good use of device rotation.
Star's End (2017) [-] Science fiction novel by Cassandra Rose Clarke. Esme Coromina is heiress to a multi-planet conglomerate built on genetically engineered warriors sold to anyone who can afford them. While she plans to reform the company after she takes over her dying father asks her to convince her three estranged younger sisters to visit him one last time. As she goes about this task the story keeps flashing back to her childhood and how her relationship with her sisters crashed and burned... More of a character story I guess. I read 80-odd pages and got bored. I then read this review which convinced me this story wasn't for me.