Throughout its first four episodes, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier was a largely uneven game that struggled to find a real identity. Story beats from past Telltale titles were repeated, gameplay was rarely present and the game resorted to old tricks when it attempted to shock the player. Despite this, I still had hope that everything could come together in the finale. There was still a chance for the fifth episode, titled From the Gallows, to do something meaningful.
Unfortunately, I was wrong, and frankly, I feel stupid for expecting anything different. Seemingly every annoying trope from past games appears in the final episode. From watching events unfold despite your best intentions to the unavoidable deaths of characters that were already written out of other players’ games, it felt like Telltale was flaunting that character choices don’t really matter. Past games were built around protecting this illusion,...
Unfortunately, I was wrong, and frankly, I feel stupid for expecting anything different. Seemingly every annoying trope from past games appears in the final episode. From watching events unfold despite your best intentions to the unavoidable deaths of characters that were already written out of other players’ games, it felt like Telltale was flaunting that character choices don’t really matter. Past games were built around protecting this illusion,...
- 5/30/2017
- by Tyler Treese
- We Got This Covered
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Pigeon Kings
Logline: A group of men in South Central Los Angeles find hope through their dedication to the rare sport of somersaulting pigeons.
Elevator Pitch:
Many have heard about pigeon coops and those raising pigeons in the inner cities of America, but many do not know why this subculture has emerged and what its purpose is. That is what “Pigeon Kings” wants to bring to light.
Through the story of these amazing men who have dedicated their lives to the little known sport of competitive rolling pigeons, we show not only this unique subculture but also a story of a...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Pigeon Kings
Logline: A group of men in South Central Los Angeles find hope through their dedication to the rare sport of somersaulting pigeons.
Elevator Pitch:
Many have heard about pigeon coops and those raising pigeons in the inner cities of America, but many do not know why this subculture has emerged and what its purpose is. That is what “Pigeon Kings” wants to bring to light.
Through the story of these amazing men who have dedicated their lives to the little known sport of competitive rolling pigeons, we show not only this unique subculture but also a story of a...
- 9/19/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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Banshee opens its fourth and final season with a characteristically bold, brave and surprising move...
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 Something Out Of The Bible
One of Banshee’s greatest assets has always been the element of surprise. Particularly in its superlative third season, Banshee figured out how to tease you with a juicy plot point or two before turning the whole story on its head, or else dropping the kind of experimental episodes in the middle of a season that left you reeling from the confident brilliance on display. Expect Chayton Littlestone to be the season endgame? He dies spectacularly in a contained, character-driven instalment two episodes before the finale. Think the heist on Camp Genoa is just going to be another basic action scene? Get ready for a first person, found-footage style masterpiece of television. Ready for season four to pick up all the juicy threads...
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Banshee opens its fourth and final season with a characteristically bold, brave and surprising move...
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 Something Out Of The Bible
One of Banshee’s greatest assets has always been the element of surprise. Particularly in its superlative third season, Banshee figured out how to tease you with a juicy plot point or two before turning the whole story on its head, or else dropping the kind of experimental episodes in the middle of a season that left you reeling from the confident brilliance on display. Expect Chayton Littlestone to be the season endgame? He dies spectacularly in a contained, character-driven instalment two episodes before the finale. Think the heist on Camp Genoa is just going to be another basic action scene? Get ready for a first person, found-footage style masterpiece of television. Ready for season four to pick up all the juicy threads...
- 4/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Like a lot of professional funny people, Beth Stelling is used to getting candid about her life offstage. Recently, the Los Angeles based-comedian started working one very personal, serious experience into her routine. Stelling took to Instagram on Monday to open up about a violent relationship with an ex boyfriend, sharing photos of her bruised arms and legs and explaining why she has decided to include discussions of the abuse in her stand-up. "Same girl in all of these photos (me). I've had an amazing year, and you've seen the highlights here, so these photos are an uncommon thing to...
- 12/28/2015
- by Lydia Price, @lydsprice
- PEOPLE.com
Like a lot of professional funny people, Beth Stelling is used to getting candid about her life offstage. Recently, the Los Angeles based-comedian started working one very personal, serious experience into her routine. Stelling took to Instagram on Monday to open up about a violent relationship with an ex boyfriend, sharing photos of her bruised arms and legs and explaining why she has decided to include discussions of the abuse in her stand-up. "Same girl in all of these photos (me). I've had an amazing year, and you've seen the highlights here, so these photos are an uncommon thing to...
- 12/28/2015
- by Lydia Price, @lydsprice
- PEOPLE.com
While 2015 was a year in which Beth Stelling released a stand-up record, Simply the Beth, and a Comedy Central Half Hour that landed her on Vulture's list of the best specials of 2015, it was also one in which she was in a physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive relationship with her now ex. Today on Instagram, Stelling posted a photo of her legs covered in bruises along with a long note that detailed months of abuse she suffered from the relationship. "It's embarrassing. I feel stupid," she writes. "After being verbally, physically abused and raped, I dated him for two more months. It's not simple." For a time, she respected his wishes not to talk about the relationship in her stand-up, in an effort not to “hurt” him. She doesn't name her ex, but says that it's now important for her to speak out about this, because her work directly pulls from her life.
- 12/28/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
We're continuing this weekly trip through "Orange Is the New Black" season 3, two episodes at a time. Thoughts on episodes 3 & 4 coming up just as soon as I can smell Trey Anastasio's Bo... "But guess what? We all think we're good guys." -Alex "Orange" is made with the assumption that most of its audience is going to race through the season in a short period of time, and me reviewing two episodes a week is more of a concession to the realities of my job (and my desire to write more about a show I love) than it's meant to be a reflection of how the show is designed or consumed. But I still appreciate it when I wind up with a pair of episodes that tie together as nicely as "Empathy Is a Boner Killer" and "Finger in the Dyke" do. It's not just that our two flashback subjects,...
- 6/19/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Marisa Tomei with Tracy Letts in "The Realistic Joneses" (L) and John Lithgow in "Love is Strange" (R)
Jose here. Last week I had the opportunity to chat with the lovely Marisa Tomei about her new film Loitering with Intent (out in theaters and VOD) and I couldn't help but mention to her that she ended up giving my favorite supporting performances of 2014 both on film (Love is Strange) and on Broadway (The Realistic Joneses). Much to my delight - and evolving psychic abilities - my fellow Team Experience members agreed with me and she ended up winning our Best Supporting Actress award as well, so I thought I might share this fragment of our conversation...
Jose: Pony from The Realistic Joneses and Kate from Love is Strange are such rich characters!
Marisa Tomei: I looooove Pony!
Jose: Pony reminded me of Honey from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Jose here. Last week I had the opportunity to chat with the lovely Marisa Tomei about her new film Loitering with Intent (out in theaters and VOD) and I couldn't help but mention to her that she ended up giving my favorite supporting performances of 2014 both on film (Love is Strange) and on Broadway (The Realistic Joneses). Much to my delight - and evolving psychic abilities - my fellow Team Experience members agreed with me and she ended up winning our Best Supporting Actress award as well, so I thought I might share this fragment of our conversation...
Jose: Pony from The Realistic Joneses and Kate from Love is Strange are such rich characters!
Marisa Tomei: I looooove Pony!
Jose: Pony reminded me of Honey from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
- 1/23/2015
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Love, sex and ‘Parks and Recreation,’ straight from Leslie Knope!
We need Amy Poehler to release a book every week (we know that sounds impossible, but we don’t need a full memoir every time. We’ll take a picture book, a pamphlet, whatever she has time to write). Because a new book equals another press tour equals Adorable Amy Overload.
Her latest stop of amazing Amyness was a Reddit Amaa (Ask Me Almost Anything). Below, we have organized her best, most Amy-tacular answers into four easy-to-read categories. Read all her responses with a wink, a smile, and that Amy Poehler giggle. Enjoy.
News: Amy Poehler thinks she may have gone on a date with John Stamos
Love, Sex & Partying
What pickup line is guaranteed to work on you every time? “’Are you tired? You should leave this party and go to sleep.’ Oh, you're right! Thanks! Bye!”
If you were a Game of Thrones character who would...
We need Amy Poehler to release a book every week (we know that sounds impossible, but we don’t need a full memoir every time. We’ll take a picture book, a pamphlet, whatever she has time to write). Because a new book equals another press tour equals Adorable Amy Overload.
Her latest stop of amazing Amyness was a Reddit Amaa (Ask Me Almost Anything). Below, we have organized her best, most Amy-tacular answers into four easy-to-read categories. Read all her responses with a wink, a smile, and that Amy Poehler giggle. Enjoy.
News: Amy Poehler thinks she may have gone on a date with John Stamos
Love, Sex & Partying
What pickup line is guaranteed to work on you every time? “’Are you tired? You should leave this party and go to sleep.’ Oh, you're right! Thanks! Bye!”
If you were a Game of Thrones character who would...
- 10/30/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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