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Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Joaquim dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Oscar Isaac PG Ever feel like you just witnessed cinematic history being made in the moment? That’s what it feels like watching every minute of Across the Spider-Verse, the long anticipated sequel one…
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Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper PG-13 Comics don’t have endings. One of the unfournate truths about getting into superhero stories is that many of them are static on purpose. This is for practical purposes, mainly – maintaining a sort of status quo…
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Film Review: Evil Dead Rise
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Lee Cronin Starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher R Similar to the creatures the films revolve around, the Evil Dead franchise just never dies. Having gone from cult hit in the 80s to influential horror icons in the 90s all the way to gore-infused throwbacks…
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Is YA Nostalgia In Full Force?
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jasmilla Zbanic Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley TV-MA Joel has always been a uniquely fascinating character to me. In the realm of mentor figures, he’s always been one of the few that the writers are not afraid to critique and deconstruct; his imperfections are…
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First Details Arrive On ‘Knuckles’ As Show Begins Production
By Matthew Moorcroft After having been in announced in 2022 with very little since, we finally have our first major piece of news to come out for the Knuckles show, and all of it is pretty fascinating stuff when all is said and done. Both Deadline and Variety were reporting this information prior. The series,…
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Film Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black PG Every year when there is a bunch of video game adaptations coming out, we always tend to say “this is the year video game movies explode” and it never happens. The long elusive…
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Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Chad Stahelski Starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Ian McShane R When we catch up with John Wick at the start of his fourth chapter, it’s the first time in the series that there is a clear jump ahead in time. Wick is still scarred, but he…
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Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant PG-13 D&D is in such a strange position in pop culture at the moment. Even beyond it’s current controversies involving Hasbro and their treatment of third party OGL, the franchise at large is…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jeremy Webb Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Lamar Johnson TV-MA Where do we start here? Do we start with Henry and Sam’s tragic story – a story that, as Kathleen says in the episode, is arguably fate? Do we start with Kathleen’s own motivations, which have…
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