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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jeremy Webb Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Lamar Johnson TV-MA About partway through this episode of The Last of Us, Joel and Ellie are attacked by a group of what they assume to be raiders. Joel tries to fend them off while Ellie goes into hiding,…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Peter Hoar Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Nick Offerman, Murray Barlett TV-MA Oh wow. The praise going into this episode of The Last of Us was near overwhelming to the point where I was worried it wasn’t going to live up to it. It’s easy to get swept…
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TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 7
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Anu Valia Starring Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, Tim Roth, Nick Gomez TV-14 Immediately The Retreat stands out as a stronger then usual episode of the show for a couple of reasons. From it’s opening montage depicting Jen’s new lease on life after finding somebody she genuine connects with…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Neil Druckmann Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Christine Hakim TV-MA “Bomb the whole city.” Those are the chilling words delivered at the cold open of this episode, and it’s fitting then that, in the same episode, it ends in a massive explosion to wipe out a…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Craig Mazin Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Nico Parker, Anna Trov TV-MA The discourse surrounding so called “cinematic video games” is so pervasive nowadays that it’s genuinely hard to remember a time where The Last of Us, originally released in 2013, was seen as revolutionary achievement. And while…
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TV Review: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Anu Valia Starring Tatiana Maslany, Jameela Jamil, Ginger Gonzaga, Renee Elise Goldsberry TV-14 Out of every MCU shows we’ve had so far, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is the hardest to sustain a conversation about. Not because it’s bad, mind you – the show, as a whole, continues to…
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Film Review: Sick
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by John Hyams Starring Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry, Joel Courtney R It may seem like an eternity ago, but Kevin Williamson was once the king of the slasher genre. With the double whammy of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, the game was changed.…
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Film Review: White Noise
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy R I’ve never read Don DeLillo’s White Noise. In fact, my only prior experience with DeLillo in general is through David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Cosmopolis, which I found to be one of Cronenberg’s more unique and hard…
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Film Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista PG-13 The original Knives Out‘s breath of fresh air – and surprise box office success – was cut short by the news that Netflix had acquired the rights to it’s now two sequels. Part of Knives Out‘s…
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Film Review: Babylon
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jean Smart R WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BABYLON, PARTICULARLY THE 10 LAST MINUTES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Babylon‘s extended opening sequence – which begins with literal elephant shit graphically splayed across the screen and around our lead…
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