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The Last of Us Part III Will Probably Not Happen
We may have seen the last of The Last of Us, at least in video game form. The Last of Us began its journey in 2013 with the initial action game from developer Naughty Dog and writer and co-director Neil Druckmann. The game put players in the role of Joel, a survivor of a fungus-induced plague &hell...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arcane – Season 2, Episodes 7, 8, and 9, “Pretend Like It’s the First Time,” “Killing is a Cycle,” and “The Dirt Under Your Nails”
***SPOILERS*** “Pretend Like It’s the First Time” finds Ekko, and later Heimerdinger, in a timeline where Hextech was never invented. For his part, Jayce is sent to a future where Viktor’s evolution overtakes the Earth, wiping out humanity. Ekko encounters an alternate version of Powder, who...
Read MoreTRAILER: Arcane Season 2 (2024)
Today, Netflix and Fortiche Productions dropped a second and ostensibly final trailer for season 2 of Arcane. Season 1 of Riot Games’ League of Legends adaptation dropped on the streaming giant in November 2021 to surprising rave reviews. Suffice it to say, I am definitely amongst Arcane’s fans,...
Read MoreREVIEW: Borderlands (2024)
Borderlands is based on a video game series of the same name made by Gearbox Software and published by 2K for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, among other platforms. I am not a big gamer and rarely know much about video games, so I was attracted to the Borderlands movie for the same reasons I would &helli...
Read MoreJack Black Pitches Pedro Pascal as Wario for the Super Mario Bros. Sequel
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Apr 10, 2023 | 0
Whenever two things are popular simultaneously, studios and fans alike often imagine combining these popular things to make something new, the hypnosis of current think fueling them. Jack Black has fallen into this trend following the massive success of HBO’s The Last of Us and Universal’s Super...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 9, “Look for the Light”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 14, 2023 | 0
HBO’s The Last of Us has thankfully come to its conclusion with episode 9, “Look for the Light.” After enough bloat to bore Hemingway, The Last of Us barrels to the end, forgetting that it has not invested enough of its overstuffed screen time in developing the relationship between Joel and El...
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