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a still image from the HBO Max adaptation of The Last of Us with Joel on his front porch at night holding the acoustic guitar he made for Ellie as she stands nearby with a stern look on her face

Games are More Than The Last of Us

By William Fox • May 23rd, 2025

The Last of Us gives the player no real agency.

Just Riffin’

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 12th, 2025

Sometimes you just gotta shoot the breeze, ya know?

Don't Stop Believing
Close-up on the animated cast of Space Jam 2 (Daffy, Bugs, Yosemite Sam, Porky, and Lola) faces all frozen in fear.

Space Jam 2 Wants You to Dethrone the Idol Worship of Algorithms

By Elijah Beahm • May 7th, 2025

At every single step, the story is basically how the ways Warner Bros. has embraced AI has tainted every facet of its intellectual property.

Feature Story

It’s Little, and Broken, but Still Good: Lilo & Stitch and the Human Touch

By Orrin Grey • April 24th, 2025

Even imitation becomes colored by the gestalt that is ourselves, so that no two humans will ever imitate in quite the same way.

A screenshot from the movie Trick or Treat featuring a closeup of the demonic metal singer's face behind a microphone but staring darkly at the viewer

Rock’s Chosen Warriors Will Rule the Apocalypse: Trick or Treat (1986) on 4K

By Orrin Grey • April 3rd, 2025

Rumor has it that both Gene Simmons and Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. were offered the role of Sammi Curr.

Run It Back

1981

By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 3rd, 2025

If art as a whole has a grand purpose, it is to push beyond the normal, to break the boundaries of what we believe is possible.

Exploits Feature

The Animated Robots of 2024

By Van Dennis • April 1st, 2025

What’s suddenly relevant about cartoon robots right now?

Noah's Beat Box
The late film director David Lynch takes a huge bite of a glazed donut.

Ok, Let’s Try That Again, but This Time Good!

By Noah Springer • March 14th, 2025

If there is someone who I strongly admired and I think stood for something good in the world of the creative industries, it would have to be David Lynch.

Totally Generic
A pajama-clad Amy Adams runs down a suburban street alongside a pack of dogs in a still from Nightbitch.

Nightbitch

By Natasha Ochshorn • February 12th, 2025

The whole fantasy element could be excised neatly from the film without it feeling much different, which is a worrisomely blasé way to come out of a film where someone turns into a dog at night.

Rookie of the Year
A top-down view of the setup for the Worldwide Video Arcade Championships at the Sheraton Centre Toronto.

Unwinnable’s Coverage of the Worldwide Video Arcade Championships is VERY Late (Sorry!)

By Matt Marrone • February 7th, 2025

“This movie is cool because it’s in the ’80s.”

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