Category: Reviews
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I just finished Duolingo’s Chinese course. What it does right — and wrong
While learning Mandarin Chinese on Duolingo isn’t perfect, the app gets users learning grammar, characters, and even slang, with more features being added all the time.
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“September 5”: Understanding tragedy from a journalist’s perspective
The hostage situation during the 1972 Munich Olympics is examined in real time from the point of view of the American sports team there to cover the Games in this new thriller.
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“Echoes of Wisdom”: How a game of callbacks brings something new
Newest “Zelda” installment finds its place within series’s lore (Origininally publised on Medium on Oct. 4, 2024.) For much of its history, The Legend of Zelda series has arguably been less about innovation than about adopting a proven formula to new systems. If anything, Zelda fans have shown hostility to outright revamps: take the initial…
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“Babygirl” simmers without quite giving you what you want
Halina Reijn’s story of an illicit relationship between a married CEO (Nicole Kidman) and her younger intern (Harris Dickinson) manages to get off the ground, but it sputters in executing an engaging portrayal of intimacy before an ethically ambivalent landing.
Allen Warren 