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I never got around to playing the War of the Chosen expansion pack for XCOM2 which was probably a mistake given how good everyone says it is. This smaller, standalone builds on it with human and alien populations having achieved peace but naturally there are still dissident factions from both sides who are unhappy. This game puts you in control of Chimera Squad, composed of both human and alien soldiers, who are assigned to keep the peace in City 31. This squad isn’t part of XCOM but the Reclamation Agency
This was the other film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi that was released in the same year as Drive My Car to similar critical acclaim. It’s anthology of three stories, all written by the director himself and all featuring a very feminine perspective. They’re very talky stories about romantic entanglements, unusually so for a male director, and it’s true that they are exceptional in drawing the viewer in and holding your attention. Still the situations are sometimes very contrived and it’s distinctly inferior to Drive
This really counts as a remake since there was already a 1947 version adapted from the same book and they seem quite similar. You can tell from the subject matter how this is a good fit for Guillermo del Toro and it does a fantastic job of immersing the viewer in the world of carnivals. The film gets less interesting once the protagonist leaves the carnival with the main plot being rote and predictable. It’s lifted straight from the novel of course but it’s old fashioned and traditional that it would have b
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