Pablo Schreiber says if you don’t like seeing Master Chief without his helmet, you’d better get used to it or stop watching the Halo series. Master Chief is never seen without his helmet. While that statement may be true of the video-game franchise, the live-action Halo TV series wasted little time in removing Master Chief’s … Read more
Paramount+ has released a Halo Season 2 trailer and poster for the upcoming second season of the video game adaptation series. The new season is set to debut on the streaming platform on Thursday, February 8. “In season two, Master Chief John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known … Read more
Sembène was a great activist, a man of extraordinary contradiction who brooked no dissent in his ferocious drive to speak truth to power on behalf of, yes, his people but also, I think, the shame of his colonial indoctrination as a child. His work has the sense of a man spending his life redressing his … Read more
Heathside Trading Ltd. and MGM have made an agreement for the former to become a licensee for the massively popular Stargate franchise with its Master Replicas and Khadou brands. The Stargate line of merchandise will launch in 2024 and will include “die-cast ships, prop replicas, and figures based on the Stargate library.” Not everything will … Read more
There has been confirmation that the Teasing Master Takagi-san manga is ending in November of this year. Monthly Shonen Sunday’s September issue has revealed this information. What are the details of the Teasing Master Takagi-san ending? The ending is taking place in Monthly Shonen Sunday’s November issue, which is coming out on October 12. Yen … Read more
Writing about Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter” two years back at the Venice Film Festival, I noted that Schrader referred to it as one of his “man at a table” pictures. A year later, again in Venice, I saw “Master Gardener,” his new picture, just now seeing US release. And here he leans into that … Read more