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
As the saying goes, you can’t con a con. This week we delve into the world of deceit in a fully linear episode of The Stand. We spend time with the spies in both New Vegas and Boulder, and we examine the reach of Flagg’s power. As the first episode without a time hop, the show is much more
This week’s episode of The Stand deals with disguises. The disguises we take on to hide and the ones we take on to protect others. In “House of the Dead,” we focus on the five main committee members. We watch the committee in their official role, and we flashback to follow
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
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
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
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,
