This update of the most artistically-sound incarnation of the X-Men, an assessment that includes the comics fight me nerds, sees most of the cast return, for better or worse, to fight a C-grade villain.

This spinoff/demake of “Mega Man X” remains a curiosity among some fans.

The first part of the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, a planned trilogy of films meant to retell the story of “Neon Genesis Evangelion”, follows the basic beats of the first half-dozen episodes of the show.

The wildly-popular anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion” ended in such a bummer of a fashion, this full-length film was made to serve as an alternate finale, and in typical Evangelion fashion, it is even darker than what the show gave us.

This influential mecha anime that is initially about an insecure young man trying to save the world from evil monsters but later becomes about S̶̻̀U̴̘̕Ḿ̷̬̖̒Ḿ̴̹̍O̶͕̎N̴͕̲̕Î̸̗̃N̴̪͕̐G̵̛̮̬̔ ̷͈̍T̸̺̔͝H̷̝̞͐͝Ë̴̹́̒ ̴͉͌Ǵ̴̘Ṛ̶̱̑E̶͙̒À̴͕Ṫ̸͚̚ ̴̟̞́O̴̤̗̔N̸̦͚̓́Ę̶̂̄S̶̙͂̊ ̴͎̀Ť̴͓̼͒O̵͙̿͒ ̶̨̀͑Ṕ̸̻͉̕Ũ̷͔͉̂R̴͕̭͠G̸̛̥͜E̵̢̻͋̀ ̵̱̋ͅH̸͉̊̏͜U̶̟͘M̴̞̚A̴͈͑̈́N̷̩̓Ì̵̮Ṯ̴̹̆Ẏ̴͜ ̸͕͋O̸̤̽F̵̮̋͒ ̶̊̌͜Î̵̫̟T̶̤͒ͅS̷̪̩̓͝ ̵͕̍͛F̵͇̃I̶̭͒̇L̵̥̚T̶̩̿H̶̢͎̚ ̶̖̏͊O̵̩͌Ř̴̌͜ ̸͚̃̑S̶͈͐O̸͎̞͛M̵̼͘͝E̷͓̙͌Ṱ̷͊H̴̰̞̀̚I̶̹̕Ǹ̴͎̊G̴̱̖̔̏ (.spoilers?), ended in such controversial fashion, a follow-up film, “End of Evangelion”, was made to service as an alternate series finale.

Directed by Domee Shi (“Bao”), this coming-of-age comedy about a child who can turn into a giant red panda was praised for its unique take on growing up but received some light criticism for not wholly capturing the spirit of what life was like in 2002.

The new school attempts to assert itself when Morishima, then known as a tag team specialist, tries to make a name for himself at the expense of a legend.

The last proper Mega Man game for over a decade, the cutscenes of “8” are more memorable than the gameplay.

Gamezebo called this “the punk rock of video games”, right before getting punched by an unknown, offscreen force.

Released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in March of 1994, nearly three years after the Super Nintendo (SNES) was released, even those who liked this game agreed the series had begun to stagnant at this point.

This biopic, about a guy that I’m struggling not to describe as “Otacon-esque” only because Xbox.com already referred to Otacon as “Oppenheimer-esque”, has been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

This legal drama, which follows the investigation into a man’s suspicious passing and the events leading up to it, has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Sandra Hüller), Best Director (Justine Triet), and Best Picture.

Directed by Alexander Payne (“About Schmidt”, “Election”, scriptwriter for what would eventually become “I Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”), this dramedy about a teacher chaperoning students over winter break in 1970 has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Paul Giamatti) and Best Picture.

Bradley Cooper’s terrible biopic about American composer Leonard Bernstein’s relationship with Felicia Montealegre has been nominated for way too many goddamn Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Carey Mulligan), Best Picture, and most inexplicably, Best Actor (Bradley Cooper).

The first title in the iconic action-platformer series showed a lot of potential despite having less than ten people on the development staff.

Directed by Cord Jefferson (who had also written for HBO’s “Watchmen”) in his directorial debut, this dramedy about an upper-class black writer who writes a low-class satire that is interpreted as high art has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

“God…forgive me.”

This historical drama, a very loose adaptation of the Martin Amis novel of the same name, was written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (“Sexy Beast”, “Under the Skin”) and has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

This drama about childhood friends who reconnect after decades apart, written and directed by Celine Song in her feature film debut, has been nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.

This epic drama, an adaptation of the 2017 non-fiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann, was produced, directed, and co-written by Martin Scorcese, features a cast of all-stars and relative newcomers, and has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.