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New movies, streaming releases, and major franchise conversations.
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Four distinct shows, one independent entertainment network—plus MWPNews Gaming on YouTube.
Film retrospectives
Thirty Minute Reviews
Revisiting older films with focused reviews and retrospective discussion.
Video games
The Backlog Files
New releases, forgotten games, industry analysis, and the backlog itself.
Star Wars
Exploring Hyperspace Lanes
Star Wars across film, television, books, games, and the wider canon.
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Movie Review
Coyote Vs Acme
Coyote vs. Acme was shelved as a tax write-off and finally rescued. It's a sharp anti-corporate comedy held back by one weak human story.
Video Game Review
Pokémon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin
Bubbly Basin takes Pokémon Pokopia underwater and makes a thirty-year-old Kanto feel fresh, even if it's one great area and little else
Movie Review
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the most confident the MCU has felt in years.
Video Game Review
Splatoon Raiders
Splatoon Raiders is the single-player looter-shooter that proves what the Switch 2 can do, and one of the best games of the year.
Streaming Review
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is gorgeous and ambitious, but too big for the continuity slot it occupies.
Video Game Review
News Tower
News Tower looks like a simple newspaper tycoon and hides three great games inside: a sim, an HR game, and a Factorio-style optimizer.
Movie Review
La La Land
Despite being nominated for Best Picture, and at the time being a viable candidate to take home the award, La La Land
podcast
Thirty Minute Reviews Pilot: Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and The Force Awakens
The first episode of Thirty Minute Reviews: the Fantastic Four reboot, the Deadpool teaser, Age of Ultron, and the fall 2015 slate from Star Wars to Spectre.