Saturday Night TIFF Review — SNL Origin Story is Hectic, Entertaining, and Thrilling

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed A film about the creation ofSaturday Night Liveseems incredibly indulgent on paper. Still, in the hands of a filmmaker like Jason Reitman, whose father had such a connection to people fromSNL, we could rely on it at least being sincere. WhileSaturday Nightis certainly an exercise in style over substance, it is well-made and well-performed enough to win viewers over....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Casey Wilson

Shia LaBeouf Left Transformers for the Noblest of Reasons Before Mark Wahlberg Took Over $5.2B Franchise

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Shia LaBeouf is one of the most renowned personalities in today’s day and age, and a credible amount of this success goes to none other than theTransformersfranchise. Though the actor cum performance artist cum directordidstart his acting career somewhere in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, it was indeed the science-fiction action franchise that truly boosted his career to extraordinary heights....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 925 words · Dustin Baldwin

Sonic Frontiers Reaches Over 2.5 Million Sales Worldwide

Sonic Frontierswas officially released earlier last month, and according to the official data shared bySega, the game has managed to sell over 2.5 million copies in over a month, which is a phenomenal success for the series. As reported byEuro Gamer, Sega shared this information recently on its officialJapanese websiteand Twitter account. A quick comparison between the sales of Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Mania could give you a better understanding of the former’s huge success, as the latter reached over 1 million unit sales only a year after its launch, whereas Frontiers sells over double the same amount in almost 40 days....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Donna Hobbs

Star Wars Outlaws Could do Worse than Stealing Elden Ring’s Greatest Strength

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed As the countdown forStar Wars Outlawsbegins, folks’ expectations have increased tremendously. We must admit, the first open-world Star Wars game sounds pretty exciting. We already know the basic aspects of the Star Wars universe, but what exactly can this title, set between the events ofThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi, offer to the players?...

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Trevor Valentine

Steam Awards 2024 Winners Revealed

Before we usher in 2025, there’s one more end-of-year awards list to go through, and this time, it’s the digital storefrontSteam. Valve has published the 2024 Steam Awards winners and finalists. Given thatSteamis a platform purely for PC users, don’t expect any console-exclusive games to be part of the list. This means that The Game Awards winner Astro Bot isn’t even nominated given, y’know, it’s exclusive to the PS5. Steam 2024 Year In Review Is Live Find out how many hours you’ve spent ignoring your backlog....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 873 words · Rodney Pierce

The Chainsaw Man Might be a Fragment of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Magnum Opus

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The world ofChainsaw Manis filled with terrifying devils, and the worst of all of them is the Death Devil. He is known as the strongest devil and the eldest of the four horsemen, including the Control Devil, the War Devil, and the Famine Devil. Some assert that the arrival of this Devil is the start of a catastrophic occurrence that will ultimately lead to the extinction of humanity....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Juan Gardner

The Last of Us Part II Receives New Video All About Gameplay

In the lead up toThe Last of Us Part II’sJune release date, Naughty Dog and Sony are releasing a new video about the game every week leading up to launch. For this week’s edition, Naughty Dog has decided to hone-in on the gameplay that is featured in the upcoming sequel. For the most part,The Last of Us Part IIplays pretty similarly to the first game, although Naughty Dog has refined the survival-style experience in many ways....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Ray Baird

The One Change Nintendo Should Make To Super Mario RPG

I’m a huge nerd for classic Nintendo games. While I cut my teeth on Intellivision at the age of 3, my first new console was the NES, complete with the orange Zapper and crinkly plastic blanket that I’d pound my fists into when I was supposed to be running on it because no 7-year-old is running the 110-meter hurdles in under 15 seconds. Then came the Super Nintendo, a console that, to this day, I’d argue had the all-time best mix of original releases....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1034 words · Courtney Ross

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Addresses "Internal Issues" Ahead of UbiForward

Today is the second iteration of Ubisoft’sUbiForwardEvents. These serve as a way for players to get a look at some of the upcoming games from the publisher. However, Ubisoft has had several “internal issues” lately. Betweensexual harassmentallegations and anextremely misguided promotional videoforTom Clancy’s Elite Squad, the company has consistently been in the news for terrible reasons over the last few months. So, before the next event,Ahead of#UbiForward, a message from our CEO Yves Guillemot:pic....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Hannah Foster

You Won’t Believe the Difference Between Troy Baker and Pedro Pascal’s Salary For The Last of Us Franchise

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Troy Baker and Pedro Pascal have both played the role of Joel inThe Last of Us. However, both of them belong to vastly different sectors of the media and hence were paid different amounts for the same role. Troy Baker is the most popular and highest-paid voice actor in the gaming industry. He has worked on some of the most widely celebrated video game franchises, includingThe Last of Us, Death Stranding, andUncharted....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 753 words · Kyle Zavala

“Animation takes a long time”: Invincible Episode 7 Just Dropped the Ball on Fans Waiting for Season 3 in the Most Meta Way Possible

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Invinciblehas established itself as an extremely strong conder in a time of superhero fatigue. Where other projects are finding it difficult to maintain relevance, it would seem that the Steven Yeun series is soaring. With the second part of season 2 being in full swing, fans have become more and more excited about the direction the story is taking....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 924 words · Michael Rogers

“Black Adam and Captain America using Ant-Man technology…”: Chris Evans’ Flirty Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Reference is a Special Moment For Marvel and DC Fans

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The fabled rivalry between the two mammoth fandoms of Marvel and DC has been a marked phenomenon from time immemorial. Bring a Batman and Iron Man fan under the same roof and you’ll witness a verbal round of WWE like their life depends on it. In a shockingly amusing plot twist, however, Marvel alum Chris Evans did the unthinkable in his forthcoming film withBlack Adamstar Dwayne Johnson with a DC reference so ingenious that even the two discordant fandoms can’t help but laugh together....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 742 words · Antonio Foley

“He thought he was studying a person”: Tom Cruise Was Deceived Preparing for the Best Role of His Life That Truly Deserved the Oscar

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed From Captain Vidal inPan’s Labyrinthto Hans Landa inInglourious Basterds, charismatic sadists have always been an integral part of cinema. But amid the numerous villains in film history, Tom Cruise’s character inMagnoliaranks among the very best in that category. As of today, the 1999 film is not only one of Cruise’s best works but also Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece....

June 11, 2025 · 4 min · 833 words · Barbara Koch