Dune: Part Two – A Massive, Visually Transcendent Sci-Fi Achievement
Anticipation has been sky-high for Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two since the acclaimed 2021 first installment left audiences stunned by its otherworldly spectacle but hungry for the whole story. With the release of Part Two, the celebrated director delivered an…
True Detective: Night Country – A Flawed But Intriguing Return to Form
Ten years after its groundbreaking first season set a new bar for prestige crime anthologies, True Detective is back with Night Country, the fourth installment helmed by acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López. While not reaching the masterful heights of that…
The MCU and WWE in 2024: Why It’s Difficult to Maintain the Highs of Great Storytelling
Remember that high of watching Avengers: Endgame in theaters in 2019? It's hard to believe that was 5 years ago! Probably as hard as it would be for someone in 2019 to believe the Marvel Cinematic Universe would slowly erode…
Napoleon is a Flawed Historical Epic that Offers a Contrarian but Uninteresting Take on the French Emperor
With Napoleon, director Ridley Scott once again returns to the spectacle and intrigue of period war epics that have defined much of his illustrious career. And in taking on the towering legend of Napoleon Bonaparte, Scott bites off what may…
“Unveiling the Tragedy: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Exposes the Chilling Intersection of Greed and Genocide in 1920s Oklahoma
Martin Scorsese’s epic historical saga Killers of the Flower Moon chronicles a chilling actual conspiracy of murder and dispossession targeting the oil-wealthy Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma. When oil is discovered beneath the windswept plains where the U.S. government had…
Gen V: The Boys Spin-off Hits Gold with Entertaining First Season
With its first season, Prime Video’s Gen V ingeniously spins off from the hit series The Boys into an exhilarating new chapter set in the same gritty universe. Centered around Godolkin University, a prestigious school run by the notorious Vought…
Loki Season Two Provides a Glorious Finale for Tom Hiddleston’s Decade-Long Stint in the MCU
When Loki (Tom Hiddleston) escaped capture in Avengers: Endgame via the Tesseract, it opened up an opportunity for the God of Mischief to anchor his own Disney+ series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first season of Loki proved…
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: A Nostalgic Journey Attempting to Recapture the Spark of the Original Series.
Directed by James Mangold, the film sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as the intrepid archaeologist, Indiana Jones, for what may be his final adventure. The film is set in 1969, a tumultuous period that sees a world-weary Indy grappling…
Baldur’s Gate 3 Review: A New RPG Classic
For better or for worse, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has taken firm root in my mind as the formative gaming experience. Since then, I have played games that are better in many ways, such as Red Dead Redemption 2…
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is a Tense First Installment That Tells its Own Complete Story
Usually, one man having this much control and this big of an ego doesn't bode well for a film franchise. But for the last 27 years, Tom Cruise has been proving us wrong with his relentless drive and vision for…
