2024 really is the year of the Difficult Second Series: after wowing us in 2023 and even earlier, shows like The Tourist, Extraordinary, The Rig, Suspect and Bad Sisters are on the way back for another helping this year, but the question is: will they live up to series one?
The Overlooked Evolution of Video Game Voice Acting
Despite a union with SAG-AFTRA and increasing attention paid to the very best voice acting performances in the industry (we see you, Neil Newbon, and damn, do we appreciate you), it’s still easy to take those performances for granted. It’s part and parcel of a medium that still struggles with
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Margot Robbie: Barbie’s Last Line ‘Terrified’ Folks at Mattel
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The First Omen Trailer Looks Like Rosemary’s Baby But Trashy
When Richard Donner’s The Omen came out in 1976, it was at the tail end of a recent wave of demonic, faith-based horror. Less than three years earlier, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist became one of the highest grossing films ever, and both movies likely got their greenlight because Roman Polanski’s