thing

13 Sep

New World’s Players Are the Best and Worst Thing About the Game

New DVD releaseabout, players, thing, world, worst

New World‘s recent open beta proved to be a tremendous success with some reports suggesting that the MMO attracted over 140,000 concurrent Steam players. While it remains to be seen how many of those players will purchase and ultimately play the game when it’s released on September 28, it certainly does feel like this Amazon Game Studios project has a fantastic chance of at least launching with a sizeable player base eager to dive into what figures to be one of the most fascinating upcoming entries into a suddenly resurging genre. Interestingly, though, that may prove to be both a…

Read More

07 Sep

Sweet Thing

Max SchindlerMovie reviewssweet, thing

Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents’ watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among New Bedford’s boats and railway tracks. They fantasize about a life of luxury when they break into a posh home, and are able to carry the taste of affluence into their adventures.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jun 18, 2021

Read More

30 Aug

Link Tank: Are Physical Video Game Discs and Cartridges a Thing of the Past?

New DVD releasecartridges, discs, physical, thing, video

Are physical game discs/cartridges officially going the way of the dodo? “So here’s something strange: It’s been nearly 10 months since the PS5 launched and I have yet to buy or even hold a physical PS5 game. I have plenty of PS5 games, sure, but they are all digital. Compared to every previous console I’ve owned, this feels so weird. But it’s not too surprising, either.” Read more at Kotaku Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania might be the most important movie on the MCU Phase 4 slate. “Currently in production, the threequel will be the first Marvel Cinematic Universe title to feature…

Read More

18 Nov

His Dark Materials Now Has One Very Obvious Thing in Common With Game of Thrones

New DVD releasecommon, materials, obvious, thing, thrones

This article contains spoilers for the His Dark Materials Season 2 premiere. In this age of an increasingly fractured viewing audience, it’s unlikely that a TV show will reach the heights of Game of Thrones, but HBO does seem to be intentionally courting the same fantasy-loving audience with His Dark Materials. So far, it doesn’t seem to be working, and there are many, many differences between the two series that could explain U.S. viewers’ hesitance to tune into the Philip Pullman adaptation. That being said, with the His Dark Materials Season 2 premiere, the two HBO fantasy dramas do have…

Read More

25 Aug

Swamp Thing Revealed in Concept Art from Canceled Justice League Dark Movie

New DVD releasecanceled, concept, justice, league, revealed, swamp, thing

Justice League Dark, DC Comics’ coterie of macabre heroes, has long been on the DC Extended Universe docket in multiple forms, having spent years as a movie project before being put into development this past April as a television series for HBO Max. Now, an interesting artifact has emerged from one of its canceled movie iterations in the form of concept art revealing a (let’s just say “unique,”) aesthetic for team member Swamp Thing. Concept artist Houston Sharp posted his planned designs for Swamp Thing that he worked on with David Masson for the version of Justice League Dark that…

Read More

31 Jul

A Most Beautiful Thing

Max SchindlerMovie reviewsbeautiful, thing

A Most Beautiful Thing chronicles the first African American high school rowing team in this country (made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago), all coming together to row in the same boat. Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jul 31, 2020

Read More

10 Jul

How Ennio Morricone’s Sinister Score toThe Thing Earned Him Accolades and a Razzie Nomination

New DVD releaseearned, ennio, morricone, score, sinister, thing, tothe

Ennio Morricone composed over 500 film scores during his illustrious 70-year career but few demonstrate his brilliance better than the one created for John Carpenter’s The Thing.  It may not have garnered the accolades of his soundtracks for The Mission or Cinema Paradiso, but the Italian’s heart-stopping synth-led score remains iconic, not least for the fact it was unlike anything he had produced before or since.  Up until then, Carpenter had scored the music for all of his films, earning plaudits for his pioneering use of synthesizers – something he insisted was born out of practicality as it allowed his…

Read More

14 Feb

The Last Thing He Wanted

Max SchindlerMovie reviewsthing, wanted

A veteran D.C. journalist (Anne Hathaway) loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father (Willem Dafoe) thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she’s trying to break.Rated: RRelease Date: Feb 14, 2020

Read More