Randall Flagg makes his move this week for Team Evil. With a new player, a new plan, and a new hot tip on the Boulder spies, everything seems to be coming up Flagg at the start. But all is not as it seems as Lady Luck seems to be full on making out with the good guys. Episode 6 of
Amber Heard plays Nadine Cross in the new adaptation of The Stand.Credit: CBS All Access This week’s episode of The Stand is about choices. Do these characters have choices or are they stuck on a pre-destined path? Does one's past choices mean that their path is set? Or can you
Larry and Rita make their escape from New York in The Stand.Credit: CBS All Access Please note that the review below includes mild spoilers for the second episode of The Stand. As strange as it sounds, this second episode of The Stand covers more terrifying ground than the first. Though episode
When the opening of the new adaptation of The Stand begins, it is very clear that this is a different take on a familiar story. It also telegraphs that linear storytelling is out the window on this go round. The first shot is a view of a cornfield accompanied by the voice of Mother
Credit: CBS All Access It is as inevitable that this new telling of The Stand will be compared to the current epidemic as it will be to the original novel. Though filming ended just shy of the COVID shutdowns, some moments feel pulled straight from the post-COVID year. On the other hand, there
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.