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This week came the release of Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel, based on the much-loved cozy fantasy by best-selling author Travis Baldree. The graphic novel was adapted by Samuel Sattin, with illustrations by Shanti Rittgers and Sarah Webb. I have listened to the audiobook previously (which Baldree narrates himself), and when I heard about the graphic novel on the way,
Read MoreThe one good thing about Michael Showalter’s Verity is that it has more verve than previous adaptations of Colleen Hoover’s work. It’s not very good, but at least Showalter has fun with compositions that recall the oeuvres of Brian De Palma and Paul Verhoeven. Plenty of split-diopters and superimpositions create a quasi-campy quality as cinematographer Jim Frohna captures Lowen Ashleigh’s (Dakota
Read MoreThe concept of Vaewolf sounds ridiculous at first. A young elf survives the massacre of his people, becomes infected by a werewolf curse, is rescued by a vampire, and ultimately turns into a creature capable of switching between all three forms. Yet beneath that deliberately exaggerated idea is a surprisingly focused action roguelite. It is set in an alternate version of
Read MoreThe Hunger Games is one of the most popular young adult franchises in the world, spanning five incredible books and six popular films. Naturally, some creative individuals thought the stage was the next frontier for Katniss to conquer. The Hunger Games: On Stage debuted in London earlier this year in a purpose-built theater in Canary Wharf. As a massive fan of
Read MoreDigger is the most interesting film to release in 2026. Not because of its quality, but because, with all its marketing, posters, and Tom Cruise hype, when I sat down to watch the film, I soon realized I knew absolutely nothing about it. Outside an AMC Dolby theater, a few of us mused about what the film might be. Austin Powers
Read MoreControl Resonant has been highly anticipated by many fans of the Remedyverse. For years, fans have hoped to see a return of Jesse Faden and that Control was not just a one-and-done game. Instead, Remedy has taken one of its strangest worlds and surprised fans by deciding to push forward, change the protagonist, change the setting, the structure, and even the
Read MoreSomething is inherently appealing when a company looks at an unnecessarily complicated process and asks a simple question: “What if we just put all of this in one box?” That is essentially what OBSBOT has done with their Talent 2: an ambitious all-in-one production system that brings video switching, recording, streaming, monitoring, graphics, networking, and camera control together in one spiffy
Read MoreIn the Silent Hill series, the name of the town was never the most important part of the games. What really mattered was the feelings those games brought out in the players: uncertainty, guilt, fear, disturbing symbolism, and the sensation that something bad will happen. Silent Hill: Townfall takes that idea further than most recent games, moving the series to the
Read MoreOver seven years after its original debut, Avengers: Endgame returned to theaters this past weekend for what has been dubbed as the Avengers: Endgame Encore. The encore screenings of Endgame were revealed months ago to be coming to theaters to give audiences a soft launch into the next installment of the Avengers saga known as Avengers: Doomsday. The Russo Brothers have
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