Category: Entertainment
The Death of a Franchise
Metal Gear Survive was released on February 20, 2018. Over a month later with no review, some might be wondering what’s taken so long. After sinking over seventeen hours into it, I’ve finally come to terms with this: I can’t finish this game. Now, I know that might sound melodramatic. “O...
Read MoreChampions of the People
As politics grow more and more prevalent in Hollywood’s output, segments of the audience are feeling increasingly alienated from mainstream entertainment (as dwindling movie ticket sales and the sub-basement-level ratings for the Oscars can attest – as well as the huge numbers for a show tha...
Read MoreStar Wars Battlefront II is Getting an Overhaul
Star Wars Battlefront II was released this past November to a lot of mixed feelings. In my review, I was rather positive overall but one of my issues with the game was the progression system. Earning star cards through loot crates wasn’t the way to go, and DICE will be implementing a new system th...
Read More“Every Word of What You Just Said is Wrong”
Since I wrote down my own feelings about the movie, The Last Jedi has caused quite a stir. It has its ardent defenders (Ty Rothermal and Mike Kaye among them), but a sizeable chunk of the fandom is really not happy with it, or the direction in which the Star Wars franchise is headed, cinematically &...
Read MoreA Wrinkle in Time Needed a Wrinkle in the Script
Today my husband and I took my sisters to see A Wrinkle in Time, Disney’s latest live action offering. There’s a lot to enjoy in the film, but like my colleague Musa and many other reviewers have said, it doesn’t ultimately live up to the messages it’s trying to convey. Rather than simply re...
Read MoreSuperhero Spotlight: The Kree
Through Marvel Comics’ history there have been many civilizations introduced from Earth and beyond the stars, but it can be argued that no other civilization has had a more profound effect on the Marvel Universe than the Kree. In August of 1967, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced the Kree to the w...
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