GameSpot Entertainment Reviews

In 2022, Disney+ has brought new life to the Rescue Rangers, but not the way you'd think. The new movie Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers takes place in a world where cartoons and real life collide--much like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?--and the titular chipmunks have to save one of their friends, 30 years after their TV series was canceled. While the idea of this movie may be a little bizarre, it has an exceptionally brilliant voice cast and is one of the funniest films of the year.In the late '80s, the anthropomorphic chipmunks Chip 'n' Dale got their own animated...

When a sequel to a beloved movie is made, it's typically within a few years. Some take a bit longer, sure, but Top Gun: Maverick is a true anomaly. The original film was released 36 years ago, before many of Maverick's young cast members were even born. Now, the franchise is blazing a trail back into theaters, and, as surprising as it may sound, the return of Top Gun was more than worth the wait.Top Gun: Maverick picks up 36 years after the first film and finds Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) still ruffling the feathers of superior officers, which...

Writer/director Alex Garland has made a career for himself in film and TV by delivering sweepingly high-concept sci-fi with horrific, surreal twists and stunning cinematography. Movies like Ex Machina and limited series like Devs have confronted the ethical ramifications and possibilities of things like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, while projects like Annihilation have dug into the existential predicaments of alien life--and while each have certainly been scary in their own rights, none have been fully realized, capital-H Horror Movies. His latest project, Men, seeks to change that, allowing Garland to pivot from sleek, modern science fiction to the unquestionably...

Doctor Strange has been a busy guy in the MCU, despite his only solo outing happening six years ago, a massive gap in the usually tightly scheduled coordination of these superhero stories. Still, even with the gap in his resume Strange has certainly not been absent from the movies as a whole, with major parts other outings to keep him growing and changing. With that said, it's easy to see how Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness would have a lot of plates to keep spinning, serving not only as a sequel to Doctor Strange proper, but as a...

Netflix’s Choose or Die is a surprisingly well-made horror thriller. Modest in scope and budget, the film defies the expectations its premise affords; placing it in your queue would be akin to picking it up on a whim one night while perusing the aisles of a local video store. You weren’t expecting much after looking it over but still hoped that you paid for something decent. Thankfully, Choose or Die is more than just decent. It’s actually good.Directed by Toby Meakins (Bite Size Horror), Choose or Die follows the story of Kayla (Iola Evans), a young woman struggling to support...

While the Fantastic Beasts franchise isn't anywhere near as popular as the original Harry Potter series of films, it's by no means a failure. The first two films alone, while not critical darlings, have made over $1 billion combined at the global box office. Still, the third entry in this franchise comes at a peculiar time for the series. JK Rowling continues to incite criticism for her transphobic comments, while Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller was recently arrested in Hawaii--which has reportedly led to future collaborations with Warner Bros. being paused.That's a lot for the third Fantastic Beasts to contend...

The latest manga series has made the jump to anime with Spy X Family landing on Crunchyroll. Airing weekly on the streaming service, the first episode has debuted, showing that this story of a spy adopting a young girl is heartwarming, comedic, and a breath of fresh air for those looking to dive into a story that's a bit more grounded that's a mixture of James Bond, The Americans, and The Game Plan, with a dash of reading people's minds.Episode 1 follows Twilight, a successful secret agent tasked with getting close to a political leader to get some intel. However,...

The engine that drove the first big-screen Sonic the Hedgehog adaptation was the way it combined the Blue Blur with a human buddy--making for a lighter Who Framed Roger Rabbit dynamic that kept the story about a cartoon space hedgehog with impossibly fast feet feeling relatively grounded. In broadening out the story in order to make a sequel, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 steps away from that dynamic and shifts it some, which simultaneously gives Sonic more room to breathe as his own character, and creates some derision in the overall story.Sonic the Hedgehog 2 isn't quite the breezy and fleet-footed...

Sony's arm of the MCU is, to put it lightly, a bit of an odd duck. Tom Hardy's charming and unexpected Venom may have paved the way for some interest in the superhero-less superhero universe, but since a spectacularly fizzled post credits scene teased and then immediately revoked his participation in the greater MCU, things have been confusing at best. It's not entirely clear where the Sony anti-heroes fit into the bigger plan or what that bigger plan even is.One thing is for sure, however--Sony has no plans on stopping the franchise train with symbiotes. And, for better or worse,...