In recent years, video game adaptations have really stepped things up. There was a point in time when the term “video game adaptation” was met with open scorn from gamers and moviegoers alike. Now, with films like Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog showing mass markets that movies based on …
Read MoreFew directors have the track record that James Cameron has. His films routinely smash box office records and become de facto cultural icons in their own right. Terminator 2 is one of the best action films of all time. Titanic is so iconic that you can hear lines from it …
Read MorePokemon fans are notorious for their strong opinions regarding new entries in the long-running video game series. The latest entries, Scarlet and Violet, have been met with some divisive reviews and numerous superlatives. Some are calling them the best entries in the series yet, while others say the games show …
Read MoreBack when George Lucas was making the Star Wars sequel Return of the Jedi, he was adamant that the series was primarily for children. That was the justification for the presence of the cute teddy bear creatures, the Ewoks. Sixteen years later, it was the justification for Jar-Jar Binks, the …
Read MoreMarvel has been dipping its toes into more horror-tinged content during its Phase 4 project. The latest MCU phase kicked off with Wandavision, a TV series that occasionally dipped into bizarre existential horror as a result of Wanda’s sitcom-inspired Hex reality. In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the …
Read MoreSplatoon 3 is the follow-up to the smash-hit Switch-exclusive Splatoon 2, and it improves upon its predecessor in some subtle but meaningful ways. The sequel isn’t revolutionary – players are still able to ink the terrain and become cartoony squids to swim through the paint-like substance. The goal is still …
Read MoreMarvel’s newest show, She-Hulk, offers fans a first look at how a humorous, half-hour format will fit a Marvel series. Jennifer Walters, Bruce Banner’s cousin, is a brilliant lawyer who wants to advance her career and win cases. However, an accident leads to her becoming infected by the same gamma …
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch came out of the gate swinging in 2017. That year, Nintendo released three first-party games that have been regarded as some of the best video games ever made: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. If that last one …
Read MoreThor is back on the big screen after five years away in the latest Marvel outing, Thor Love and Thunder. Director Taika Waititi returned to the franchise to helm another Thor outing, with Marvel mainstay Chris Hemsworth reprising his role as the title character and Natalie Portman returning to the …
Read MoreWhen Lucasfilm released The Phantom Menace in 1999, Star Wars fans were initially ecstatic. The franchise had remained dormant on the big screen for 16 years following the release of Return of the Jedi, and fans were hungry for new stories set in the galaxy far, far away. As you …
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