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Scream VI trailer analysis - Scream Used to Deconstruct Horror Tropes, Now It Plays Them Straight, no more irony or subversion / Scream 5 Tara
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Scream Used to Deconstruct Horror Tropes, Now It Plays Them Straight
Darren Mooney Jan 22, 2023
Idris Elba BBC series Luther is Batman without Batman, a heightened comic book / graphic novel London experience TV story
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Luther Is a Batman Show Without Batman
Darren Mooney Oct 1, 2024
Mark Mylod Will Tracy movie The Menu on HBO Max is not about food or about hating the rich, but it is a pointed criticism about performative art.
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The Menu Is About the Art of Eating the Rich
Darren Mooney Jan 26, 2023
Squad-based action game Aliens: Dark Descent from Tindalos Interactive has a sanity mechanic, and its implementation could be make or break.
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Aliens: Dark Descent’s Sanity Mechanic Could Be Make or Break
Chris McMullen Jan 16, 2023
The Last of Us on HBO Argues That Television TV Is Perfect Format for Video Game Adaptations
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The Last of Us Argues That TV Is the Perfect Format for Video Game Adaptations
Darren Mooney Jan 16, 2023
The final Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer is blatant about bringing the MCU back to its typical formula, to juice the box office with a traditional superhero blockbuster with no surprises
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The Trailer for Quantumania Brings the MCU Back to Formula
Darren Mooney Jan 12, 2023
Roadwarden has the dirty poor grimy austere fantasy life feeling of The Witcher more than the the games or TV show Moral Anxiety Studio Assemble Entertainment
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Roadwarden Is More Witcher Than The Witcher
Andrei Pechalin Nov 22, 2024
XCOM franchise sequel should incorporate Julian Gollop Chaos: The Battle of Wizards Illusion Disbelieve magic combat strategic gameplay mechanics with holograms
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The Next XCOM Needs Some Chaos and Imaginary Dragons
Chris McMullen Jan 9, 2023
Modestly budgeted M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear, & Renfield all represent a new sort of welcome Universal Monster Movie in theaters.
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M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear, Renfield, & the New Universal Monster Movie
Darren Mooney Jan 8, 2023
1899 and the Strange, Fuzzy Logic of Streaming Cancellations - canceled at Netflix along with many other shows
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1899 and the Strange, Fuzzy Logic of Streaming Cancellations
Darren Mooney Jan 5, 2023
safety webs mean you cannot kill people in marvels spider-man 2 insomniac games
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Sorry, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, I’m Not Stopping Till People Are Dead
Chris McMullen Jan 3, 2023
Kaleidoscope on Netflix from Eric Garcia with Giancarlo Esposito is a modest streaming experiment, more interesting in concept than in execution, but decent.
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Kaleidoscope Is a Modest Streaming Experiment
Darren Mooney Dec 31, 2022
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