The biggest challenge for any trading card game—especially as it matures and the sheer amount of content grows—is creating entry points so players can dive in without feeling intimidated by the ever-increasing complexity. While Disney Lorcan already has several starter decks you can purchase as an introduction. Target shoppers can now get the best all-in-one ...
When it comes to movies and TV, Netflix-style subscription services are a bit of a scam. They’re designed to give the appearance of value, rather than actual value. The hope is that you’ll just keep paying and never really think about how much or how little you use it – let alone do the math ...
The healthy Pixar family film Inside Out 2 and the raunchy Netflix comedy Big mouth take fundamentally different approaches when it comes to looking into the minds of middle school students, but their storylines surrounding anxiety are remarkably similar in the broad details, and both are on the same wavelength when it comes to dealing ...
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for season 1 of Star Wars: The Acolyte.] Darth Plagueis made his live-action debut thanks to the finale of the first season of The Acolyte. The show didn’t mention the Sith Lord much, opting instead to simply show him peeking out from behind a rock and observing the Stranger ...
There is a special Minion gag in Despicable Me 4 that I keep thinking about. It’s so simple, but every time I think about it, I have to smile. Basically, one of Gru’s Minions gets stuck in a vending machine and doesn’t know how to get out. Throughout the whole movie. So he’s just constantly ...
Sometimes a film comes along that just blows you away. It’s unexpected and exciting – you’ve never seen anything like it before and you can’t help but turn yourself into an unpaid walking billboard and show it to everyone you know. That’s how I am with The Platform. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s stunning Spanish sci-fi/horror/fantasy/thriller/whatever film is ...
Inside Out 2 takes the Sluggish box office 2024 taken by storm, more than 1.2 billion dollars worldwide in just a few weeks after release. This kind of major financial success usually only happens with “four-quadrant films,” that is, films that appeal to the four main box office demos: men and women, both over and ...
Ti West’s new horror thriller Maxxxinethe third film of his trilogy, starting with X And pearlcontains a strange detail that’s easy to miss because no one mentions it: the title character’s best friend, Leon (Moses Sumney), has an arm cast. It’s dirty and tattooed, suggesting that his arm was broken a long time ago so ...
In 2001, Naturally blond told a generation of girls they could be unabashedly girly and unabashedly brave – and still be sharp, smart and capable of getting into Harvard Law School, becoming lawyers and winning a groundbreaking case. The film is a classic on girl-power movie lists, compelling and memorable enough to spawn a sequel, ...
In the world of Cozy Grove, it won’t be long before you have a favorite bear. Most non-player characters in Cozy Grove: Camp Spiritthe continuation of Cozy Grove Released to Netflix users on June 25, the films feature bear-shaped ghosts coming to terms with the lives they have lived, whether that reflection is marked by ...
