REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Aug 8, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Prey’ Review: The Best Predator Movie Since, Well, Predator
2022 has been a remarkable year for maximalist filmmaking, for big, colorful visuals and loud, expressive sound design. Most of my favorite movies this year have been overstated, from the rip-roaring action and emotion of Everything Everywhere All at Once and RRR, to the IMAX spectacle of Top Gun: Maverick…
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Dylan Roth Aug 3, 2022. 5 minute read
‘Bullet Train’ Review: Hyperverbal and Hyperviolent
The best way to describe Bullet Train is that it’s extremely “from the director of Deadpool 2.” David Leitch is one of the founders of the 87North production company, itself an offshoot of 87Eleven Action Design, the collective of stunt performers and choreographers whose sensibilities have defined the past decade…
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Dylan Roth Jul 26, 2022. 6 minute read
Harley Quinn is the Best Batman Animated Series Since the 90s
Harley Quinn is the DC Universe’s greatest underdog story. Created for a throwaway gag in a 1992 episode of the groundbreaking Batman: The Animated Series, Harley has grown into one of DC’s most popular and marketable characters, the lead of multiple comics series, three live-action feature films, and a host…
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Dylan Roth Jul 25, 2022. 5 minute read
‘The Gray Man’ Review: Everything is Gray For Him
It’s natural to want to knock Anthony and Joe Russo down a peg. The duo shares directing credits on four smash hit blockbusters — including two of the ten highest-grossing films of all time — but all on the backs of the Marvel Studios brand. In film critics circles, they…
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merritt k Jul 21, 2022. 5 minute read
Saints Row Impressions: Four Hours Hands-On With the Reboot
When Volition announced that the new Saints Row would be a reboot, I was apprehensive. On the one hand, where do you go after a game like Saints Row IV? That game blew up the Earth, took the Saints to space, and dumped them into a Matrix-type simulation which they had to escape…
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Lotus Jul 20, 2022. 7 minute read
The AYN Odin Pro Is Mostly the Ultimate Gaming Handheld It Claims To Be
It’s been a long time since I’ve used a gaming handheld, and longer still since I’ve wanted one. I bounced off the Nintendo Switch hard when it became clear it was a jack of two trades that was just okay at both, with a library sorely lacking in games designed…
READ MORE >Dylan Roth Jul 8, 2022. 9 minute read
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is a Fun but Predictable Ragnarok Followup
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Dylan Roth Jul 7, 2022. 9 minute read
Strange New Worlds Stumbles at the Finish Line With “A Quality of Mercy”
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Kenneth Shepard Jul 1, 2022. 4 minute read
Yurukill Mimics Danganronpa and Zero Escape Without Understanding Them
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Dylan Roth Jun 30, 2022. 7 minute read
“All Those Who Wander” is Strange New Worlds at its Most Cinematic
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Jun 29, 2022. 4 minute read
‘The Black Phone’ Review: Toll-Free Terror
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Grant Stoner Jun 24, 2022. 4 minute read
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Is a Surprisingly Accessible Brawler
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Dylan Roth Jun 23, 2022. 8 minute read
Strange New Worlds Gets a Holodeck Episode in “The Elysian Kingdom”
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Dylan Roth Jun 16, 2022. 7 minute read
‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Review: Forget It Grant, It’s Dinotown
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Vrai Kaiser Jun 14, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Revue Starlight the Movie’ is the Best-Looking Film This Year
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Dylan Roth Jun 9, 2022. 7 minute read
Strange New Worlds Gets Tough in ‘Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach’
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Gretchen Felker-Martin Jun 8, 2022. 3 minute read
‘Crimes of the Future’ Review: Eat Trash, Be Free
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Dylan Roth May 27, 2022. 8 minute read
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Review: Ride Into the Navy Zone
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Steven Nguyen Scaife May 27, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ Review: The Loneliest Number
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