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Prime Video’s latest action adventure comedy, Ride or Die, stars Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Sylvia Hoeks, Bill Nighy, and more. The series blends a serious tone of espionage with the lighter themes of a buddy-comedy film, often giving the season some significant tonal whiplash. With that being said, is Ride or Die worth watching? Read more
Read MoreNow that the dust of the High Republic (and the Jedi) has settled, Star Wars is looking to the future of its publishing initiatives. Its newest one, starting this year, brings us books set around specific genres. The books will focus on putting genre first, such as horror, war, romance, fantasy, and more, and setting them within the Star Wars universe.
Read MoreSince the launch of the Twisted Childhood Universe with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey in 2023, the franchise has become synonymous with one thing: taking beloved childhood characters and transforming them into blood-soaked slasher villains with absurd storylines. It’s a fun premise that’s celebrated by hardcore gore hounds but carries little weight in the realm of truly respected filmmaking. That just might
Read MoreThe new Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 is a loyal remake of the classic Nintendo 64 title, Star Fox 64. When the game was first announced, there were many decrying the remake as a cheap attempt to cash in on nostalgia, but I can safely say that this remake does everything right. The series has always been one of my
Read MoreDuring the opening ceremony of the Fantasia International Film Festival, Her Private Hell director Nicolas Winding Refn was awarded a Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award for his contributions to cinema. He made an impassioned plea on the importance of a festival like Fantasia and genre cinema as a whole: “In the mid-90s, when I began, we really couldn’t make genre movies;
Read MoreNever in my life did I think I would be talking about monitor arms, and yet here we are. For so many of us writers (or really anyone who spends a significant amount of time on the computer) here on the internet, we need to start thinking and talking about desk setups and ways to make our lives easier. Not just
Read MoreThe Odyssey is a fascinating follow-up to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. In fact, it might be the film I was hoping Oppenheimer might become. A movie about a man conflicted by his responsibilities in changing the world through destruction, but the key difference is that Nolan places Odysseus face-to-face with his sin, while Oppenheimer lost its way. Here, Odysseus is confronted with the
Read MoreSince 2019, Star Wars has been light on sequel-era content, focusing more on the Mandoverse and High Republic eras. Recently, the publishing side has aimed to rectify and expand the era. The sequels are often the topic of contention within the fandom, but, as with any part of Star Wars. The more the era expands, the better it gets. Author Madeleine
Read MoreWhy so gloomy, Enola? Why so drab? Why so dull? These are questions I asked myself while watching Philip Barantini’s Enola Holmes 3, a sequel that made sense, considering how great Harry Bradbeer’s 2022 second entry to one of Netflix’s most popular films was. Millie Bobby Brown was born to play the titular character at the center of Nancy Springer’s book series of the
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