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Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation 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 keeps the character from straying too far from the public consciousness while also allowing…
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Film Review: Evil Dead Rise
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation 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 of the 2010s, it’s been a wild ride for the series that had it’s…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation 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 brought forth as part of the main core thesis of his character. And yet,…
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Film Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation 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 medium has been a bone in the movie industry’s side ever since 1993 when Super Mario Bros.…
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Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation 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 isn’t limping around as much anymore. He’s instead in hiding, waiting for his next…
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Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation 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 sitting at the verge of mainstream recognition and popularity but just isn’t quite there yet. With the success…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation 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 become twisted and warped in by trauma, survivor’s guilt, and fear of that which…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation One of the small things about The Mandalorian that has been lingering the background of my mind since the first season is how little of it is actually about The Mandalorian. This seems like a weird thing to say, as Din is the lead character and the focus of the…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation And we are back! After a nearly three year wait (kind of, more on that in a second), The Mandalorian has reached our TV screens once again. For better and for worse, the show continues to be one of our true remaining “event TV” programs, able to get news cycles…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 2 – Mega Review
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Remember COVID-19? Ok hear me out. I know referencing that in the start of a Star Wars review sounds weird as hell but it has a purpose. While we are still in the middle of said pandemic (and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon), 2020 was the…
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