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‘La Bola Negra’ Review: A Sprawling Generational Epic Hampered by Its Own Sense of Indulgence

Maxance Vincent ,  ,  6 min read

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra is a lot to take in. The decade-spanning epic tracks three queer characters at distinct moments in history. The film often feels grand and emotive, simply by looking at the succession of visual (and thematic) juxtapositions thrillingly brought to life by cinematographer Gris Jordana’s eye for painterly, almost God-like, compositions. It can also

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‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: Taika Waititi Destroys Kazuo Ishiguro in Ridiculous Adaptation

Maxance Vincent ,  ,  5 min read

Anyone who turned on Taika Waititi post-Hunt for the Wilderpeople may be the most vindicated individuals in the universe upon seeing his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. The Japanese-British writer’s thought-provoking, emotive prose is reduced to a bevy of unfunny TikTok-lite jokes that hamper a genuinely heartfelt story. This adaptation might have been something truly special on the

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‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Begins a Grim Era for Hollywood

Maxance Vincent ,  ,  5 min read

David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz are two of the producers of Sam Hargrave’s Matchbox: The Movie, an adaptation of the popular Mattel IP of the same name. They now run Hollywood’s biggest media conglomerate, Skydance, a company that owns some of the country’s most significant assets and makes Disney’s acquisition of the 20th Century library seem tame by comparison. There’s lots

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‘Valor Mortis’ Game Review: A First-Person Soulslike in a Historic Napoleonic Era

Wiktor Reinfuss ,  ,  ,  ,  5 min read

War has always been a rough foundation for stories about suffering, ambition, and the collapse of humanity, but in Valor Mortis, it is something more. The game takes those ideas, twists their meaning, and makes them much darker. Valor Mortis is set in an alternate Napoleonic era of France in a nineteenth-century world where soldiers, the military, and the empire are

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‘The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVII’ Review: Halloween Special Memorable Moments

Tristan Jurkovich ,  ,  4 min read

The Simpsons Halloween specials were yearly traditions for me growing up. In syndication, there were always marathons of the collected episodes up to that point. I’ve probably watched the horror shorts in the first eight The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes more than individual episodes. Even though I am a waning fan of The Simpsons, having stopped around season fifteen, I

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‘Animol’ Review: A Hard Hitting, Impressive Prison Drama Which Offers Hope

Latoya Austin ,  ,  5 min read

Animol lifts the lid on the behind-closed doors mystery of the process of youth rehabilitation within a young offender’s institute. This is Ashley Walters‘ directorial debut, as he switches sides to be behind the camera but permits his personal lived experience from those So Solid days to create a gritty, compelling incisive drama that is difficult to look away from! What

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Daredevil, Hawkeye, Spider-Man, Zodiac and More | October 2026 Q&A #2

Lizzie Hill ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  8 min read

In part 2 of the October Q&A, Alex Perez answers questions from our Discord members about Daredevil and the Defenders, the Thunderbolts/New Avengers, Ironheart, Spider-Man, the Hawkeyes, Scarlet Witch, Zodiac, and more! Editor’s Note: Small, independent websites like this one need all the support we can get to survive. Sharing articles, liking, commenting on posts, viewing and sharing the YouTube videos and

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‘Enshrouded’ Game Review: A Fantasy RPG That’s Improved Since Early Access

Wiktor Reinfuss ,  ,  ,  ,  5 min read

Ancient ruins, abandoned settlements, forgotten civilizations, and landscapes swallowed by supernatural corruption all suggest an adventure game set in a world with its own history. The challenge, however, is turning that atmosphere into something more unique and meaningful than another open-world filled with side quests and repetitive waves of enemies. With Enshrouded, we find that quickly by playing a game that

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