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Game Reviews
Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver immediately flatlines
Last December’s Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire was a paint-by-numbers space opera filled in with Zack Snyder’s…
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The Thing board game gives you too many sad, cold, and lonely ways to die
John Carpenter’s 1982 movie The Thing ends with its few remaining characters in a desperate spot. Faced with an alien…
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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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Apple’s Girls State was shot at the perfect time to be absolutely infuriating
Back in 2020, filmmaking partners Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss released Boys State, a startling, compulsively watchable documentary that packs…
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Monkey Man sets up Dev Patel as an action star — and maybe the anti-Bond
Dev Patel looks great beating people up in a suit. In the moments before he springs into action in Monkey…
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Chicken for Linda!’s animation needs a big screen and emotional processing space
From an initial read of the title, I was under the impression that Chicken for Linda! was about a little…
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Godzilla x Kong isn’t a movie, it’s a pro wrestling match
I’m going to level with you: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire might be the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen.…
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The year’s most stylish horror movie so far is about a late-night talk show
Horror movies have really been lacking in panache lately. Sure, there have been plenty of horror movies with great narratives…
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The Halo TV show blew through all its best lore in the season 2 finale, and it was kind of worth it
Halo’s second season ends with the strangest episode the show has ever had. Unlike the rest of the series, which…
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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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