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Vertical videos might entertain for a moment, but they’re ultimately made to get us to go somewhere else. So they’ll never be more than ads.
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The Shards’ opening episodes coast on sunny malaise and the threat of violence
Heavy-handed voiceover and shallow characterization doesn’t entirely prevent the show from casting a spell.
Eli Roth finally breaks down why Borderlands sucked
“You got something that belonged to nobody,” the Ice Cream Man director said of his 2024 video game flop.
Great Translator/Filmmaker War Of 2026 deepens as Emily Wilson takes second swing at The Odyssey
The celebrated translator has written another pan of Nolan’s film, focusing in this time on its muddled approach to morality.
Apple chokes on the devil’s candy, spews out its Bonfire Of The Vanities TV show
The adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s novel is being developed by The Batman‘s Matt Reeves and veteran TV hitmaker David E. Kelley.