The IMF team led by Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) returns for their most dangerous mission yet in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, which continues the series’ trademark twisty and smart plots and the death-defying and thrilling action set pieces.

Hyped up by various executives at DC and WB as one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, The Flash is definitely not that.  It’s mostly okay with fun moments sprinkled throughout but it ends in a sludge of questionable special effects and empty fan service.

Five years ago, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse delivered not only one of the best Spider-Man movies ever made but a medium-shattering new style of animation that pushed the envelope and show how much more was possible in that art form.  Now with Across the Spider-Verse, the team behind the movie has somehow pushed things even further, creating one of the most gorgeous and visually spectacular animated movies ever made and another incredibly fun love letter to all things Spider-Man.

As massive as Super Mario Bros. is, there’s only been one film, the now cult classic from 1993, live-action movie before the release of this past weekend’s animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie.  Illumination and Nintendo’s team-up is an absolute blast with gorgeous animation, tons of inside jokes and easter eggs, and fun set pieces.

We’ve been gaming a lot as we attended PAX East. But before we left, we raced in Death Roads Tournament, explored two Metroidvania titles in 9 Years of Shadows & Pronty, and more in the Gamebox 2.0: Games of March 2023.

Pax East is an annual gaming convention that takes place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. From March 23rd to 26th, the location will be packed with tons of nerdy goodness to keep people busy for hours. Pax East has been providing an event space for fans, developers, industry reps, and all in between. With so much to see and do, here’s our quick preview and insights into things to check out while attending this year’s show.

We tried a remake of the adventure game classic Colossal Cave, served up some fast food and crime in Definitely Not Friend Chicken, rocked out in the roguelike Power Chord, and more for our collection of reviews in the Gamebox.

We closed out another year of gaming with our rundown of game reviews for this month of December in the Gamebox.