“It was just dark, and it never became light again. I had this peculiar feeling… that it was a good thing for everything to be over.” June 27 brought us back to the quiet town of Winden, located in the forests of Germany, in the quest to resolve that glitch in the matrix. “Dark” finally untied the knot with its third and final season, which delivered us with the same
The Dose
Naughty Dog has finally given the world the sequel to one of the greatest story-driven games of all time. Through delays and leaks, it has been a long road to salvation for fans of the franchise, and the reception seems to be a mixed bag. I will be reviewing “The Last of Us Part II,” available on PlayStation 4, and to do that, there needs to be a bit of context.
Representation is a wonderful thing. It allows young people to see portrayals of minorities and marginalized groups in a positive manner, which not only affects how others see them, but how they see themselves, too. But what happens when the characters that represent the most important aspect of your identity keep getting killed? Like, all the time? So much so that it even has a name. For members of the
“Somebody from here, Hans Eagle… he said an ant doesn’t know what a cathedral is or a power plant or a volcano. It’s the same with that house. You don’t know what you can’t know.” When it comes to horror, haunted house movies are not only one of the best subgenres, they’re some of the best kinds of movies period. “The Shining,” “The Haunting,” and more. Some of the best,
Last week I touched on some of the best resources for understanding racial injustice in books and documentaries. But movies and TV shows can be just as eye-opening as their non-fiction counterparts, offering both factual and historical context through a Black perspective. It’s through these stories, which offer more of the intimate and emotional details of the Black experience, that us non-Black folk can learn more about racism. “Just Mercy”
In the first three or four episodes of Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” season one, I was in love. I watched as the privileged and ambitious teenage Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) ran for student body president alongside his VP Infinity Jackson (Zoey Deutch), triggering my enneagram type three-wing and encapsulating how toxic our obsession with success has become. In typical Murphy fashion, it was a flashy, eccentric watch with over-the-top characters
Content warning: Spoilers ahead Have you ever been confused about your love life? Have you struggled on that journey of self-discovery while multiple crazy things in your life are happening around you? Well, you are not alone in this new series called “Love, Victor,” available on Hulu, where the main character is on a journey to find himself while figuring out his sexuality. Before I dig deep into this new
Biopics have always existed in a strange limbo of quality when it comes to big-budget or ensemble films. While they have indeed created career-defining performances and been ambitious in the scope of defining a figure’s legacy, they run the risk of simply repeating a familiar narrative of legacy rather than using its unique world as a malleable stage. Josephine Decker’s recent feature “Shirley,” however, does everything in its power to
When schizophrenic Thomas Birdsey (Mark Ruffalo) has an incident at a library that results in him being placed in an asylum, his twin brother Dominick (also Ruffalo) makes every attempt to get him out. As Dominick navigates how to save his brother, he must confront the reality of their tumultuous relationship and come to terms with the ghosts of his past. At its core, the thematically-driven “I Know This Much
“League of Legends” developer Riot Games takes a shot at their first foray into the FPS scene with “Valorant,” a free-to-play tactical shooter that takes inspiration from past installments in the genre while successfully carving out its own identity within the medium. In “Valorant,” 5v5 games take place where one team attempts to plant and protect a bomb, referred to as the spike, while the other tries to protect their
