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Game Reviews
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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Miller’s Girl is a goofy mess — and a solid résumé-builder for Jenna Ortega
This piece on Miller’s Girl was originally published in connection with the film’s theatrical release. It has been updated and…
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Stellar Blade is more than skin deep
As I sat down to write this review, I saw that Stellar Blade developer Shift Up had officially announced that…
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Netflix’s Baby Reindeer shapes a confessional into a dark thriller
Baby Reindeer, now streaming on Netflix, has become a viral sensation in the week since its largely unheralded release, both…
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Abigail turns Let the Right One In into a frenetic horror comedy
Vampires are some of our most malleable monsters. They can be lonely kids, lonely teens, misunderstood lovers, mass murderers, leather-clad…
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2024’s funniest comedy runs silent movies through a video game filter
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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The Fallout TV series is more like a great sequel to the games than just an adaptation
Fallout is a franchise that’s held together by tone just as much as any unifying story beats or canon. The…
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Kingdom Death: Monster’s massive new expansion is just too much damn work
Kingdom Death: Monster, among the highest-earning crowdfunded board games of all time, is a rare beast in part because of…
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