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The Contestant might be the year’s scariest documentary
Twenty years ago, Park Chan-wook’s revenge thriller Oldboy turned him into a worldwide star, setting off a new wave of…
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a beautiful, devastating meditation on loss
Loss is inevitable, and yet, knowing that makes it no less difficult. Grief is all but guaranteed to touch your…
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American comedy has strayed from the light of its ancestors. Gone are the days of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and…
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Challengers is the sensual, satisfying cure for sexless cinema
America is on a puritanical streak. Politically, individual states and the federal government keep looking for ways to completely outlaw…
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Stardew Valley 1.6 is here to remind you why the game is here to stay
When Stardew Valley first came out in 2016, it was positioned as a Harvest Moon-like. The comparison was the only…
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Rise of the Ronin reinvents hack-and-slash in a remarkable open-world Japan
Stalking through the neglected ruins of an empty graveyard, I crouched through a hole in a wall with my katana…
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Star Wars: Unlimited is a force to be reckoned with in a resurgent TCG landscape
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Tenet is back in theaters — and it’s secretly a vibes-only Christopher Nolan masterpiece
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Balatro cast a magic spell that made me like math
I’m not a poker guy, but I am definitely a Balatro guy now. Created by an anonymous developer who goes…
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