Helmed by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, The Last of Us season 1 is set twenty years after a mass fungal infection caused by a mutation in the genus Cordyceps sparked a global pandemic. The infection causes its victims to transform into hostile, cannibalistic creatures resembling zombies. The series primarily follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a
Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at The Banshees of Inisherin, nominated for nine Academy Awards. Inisherin is a fictional island off the coast of mainland Ireland, and the film takes place there in the early 1920s during the time of the Irish Civil War. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think this
Guest reviewer Kiyotaka has a look at All Quiet On the Western Front, nominated for nine Academy Awards. (Spoilers below.) Before we get into discussing the movie, we all need to know about the Western Front, one of the major theatres of war during World War I. The battle was fought between Germany and France,
Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at Women Talking, nominated for for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. I feel really bad giving this film a negative review on International Working Women’s Day, but I can’t pretend this film worked for me. I haven’t read the novel this film is based on, and I
“So, here we are. A future that isn’t some primal scream of horror, but a billion little sighs. A fucking shrug.” When looking through the upcoming Dark Horse releases, several things about this issue caught my eye: the cover, obviously. It’s really striking, a high contrast color palette that jumps off the page, and I
I’m a couple of years late with this, but I stumbled across Sarah Gailey’s book The Echo Wife when trying out a bookstore in Carrboro (the excellent Golden Fig), and the plot is eye-catching, to say the least. It’s going to sound like I’m giving away major spoilers with the description, but I’ll let the
Directed by Elizabeth Banks and very loosely based on true events, Cocaine Bear takes place in 1985 when a failed drug smuggling operation leads to millions of dollars of cocaine being dropped into a national forest and a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount, causing it to go on a drug-fueled bloody rampage. This
Directed by Michael B. Jordan, Creed III follows Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) who is dominating the boxing world and thriving in his career and family life. When Damian (Jonathan Majors), a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he’s eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the
The gates of the Institute swung open. The car turned down the driveway, and the Whitethorn Institute swallowed another incoming student alive. It’s been months since Cora returned from The Moors, and she still can’t sleep through the night without nightmares, still can’t clean her skin from the rainbow sheen that the Drowned Gods gave