Image: Roadside Attractions/Everett Collection What makes a video game movie fun? And does this movie’s incredibly brutal mortal combat make […]
Case closed: Dead Boy Detectives is a hell of a good time
Photo: Ed Araquel/Netflix You don’t have to be a dead teen to enjoy this weird supernatural procedural The Dead Boy […]
American Horror Story: Delicate ends with a WTF, not a bang
Image: FX I am Boo-Boo the Fool Perhaps two good American Horror Story seasons in a row was too much […]
Stellar Blade is more than skin deep
Image: Shift Up/Sony Interactive Entertainment In this sexy but sexless game, the combat is the star As I sat down […]
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley highlights Moomin’s anti-authoritarian streak
Image: Hyper Games/Raw Fury A short, slow adventure about getting inspiration from nature There are no rules in Moominvalley — […]
Netflix’s Baby Reindeer shapes a confessional into a dark thriller
Photo: Ed Miller/Netflix The trauma-to-miniseries pipeline for young TV stars remains strong, but it’s getting unnerving Baby Reindeer, now streaming […]
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a beautiful, devastating meditation on loss
Image: Surgent Studios/Electronic Arts Fast, challenging Metroidvania-style gameplay paired with a heartfelt story Loss is inevitable, and yet, knowing that […]
Help, the Rebel Moon franchise has fallen and it can’t get up!
Image: Netflix Where does Zack Snyder’s Netflix franchise go from here? Last December’s Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of […]
Spy x Family Code: White fails the mission by serving every fan
Image: WIT Studio/CloverWorks You will enjoy half the movie I love when Spy x Family veers into slice-of-life drama. I […]
Abigail turns Let the Right One In into a frenetic horror comedy
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