Review: The Union
The Union, Netflix’s latest espionage action movie, doesn’t reach the heights of movies like Extraction but it is significantly better than truly forgettable dreck like Heart of Stone and is carried by the real-life friendship chemistry of Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry.
Review: Trap
Since 2015, M. Night Shyamalan’s movies have been a roller coaster of the good, like Split and (mostly) Glass, and peak weirdness, like Old. Trap is probably the most mixed bag of his recent films. It has a solid premise and some effective sequences, but it is also full of his bizarre dialogue that sounds like an alien pretending to be human and some ludicrous plot beats, especially in the back half.
Gamebox 2.0: Games of July 2024
The heatwaves this summer made it a no brainer to sit in a cool room and play freshly released titles. We commanded battle mechs in Kriegsfront Tactics – Prologue, fought the BB Bang in Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero, completed a shift in Willy’s Wonderland and solved puzzles with an alien partner in DROS. Check out our reviews of what we played this month in the Gamebox 2.0.
Review: Deadpool & Wolverine
Finally fulfilling the promise that was dashed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine 15 years ago, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine finally team up properly for the first R-rated MCU movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, which also serves as a grande finale for Fox’s sometimes great, sometimes awful Marvel universe.
Everything Action at TooManyGames 2024
This past June, TooManyGames rang in its 20th anniversary with a massive celebration of everything that gamers could come to want. Even with the undead theme they had going this year, there was a ton of lively energy in the air. Held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center from June 28-30th, this year’s event attracted […]
Gamebox 2.0: Games of June 2024
The temperatures are just right for a good time to crank the AC and play video games this month. We checked the retro racing game Rider’s Spirits, explored a spooky 90s suburbia in Echo Generation: Midnight Edition, wagered our luck with a supernatural being in Flathead, took on the undead in Necromantic, and more. Check out everything we played in June in the Gamebox 2.0.
Review: The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders story may be pretty conventional, but the latest from director Jeff Nichols is elevated by an exceptional cast and a sense of authenticity to the era, which makes it well worth watching.
Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
One of the few fun things about 2020 was that Bad Boys for Life brought back the duo of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for a surprisingly fun and funny new entry in the Bad Boys franchise. While Bad Boys: Ride or Die is not quite as good, it is still an action-packed, hilarious time.
Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When it debuted in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road was a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart, and anticipation has been high for the follow-up prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. While George Miller’s visual style and action sensibilities are as sharp as ever, Furiosa feels more bloated and less finely tuned than its predecessor and was a pretty big disappointment.
Gamebox 2.0: Games of May 2024
We got our hands on some hot titles this May just as the summer season begins to heat up. For this Gamebox 2.0, we revisited a boomer shooter classic in PO’ed, when on a cosmic date with an eldritch monster in Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, experienced a forgotten 90s PC Engine title in Citizen Shockman 3 and so much more!
Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Almost 10 years since the last entry in the franchise, War for the Planet of the Apes, the apes are back in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a solid continuation that doesn’t quite hit the heights of the previous trilogy