The Last of Us Archives

How to Train Your Dragon Remake Casts Leads

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2023 | 1

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake has cast its Hiccup and Astrid. Mason Thames (The Black Phone) will portray the lead Viking youngster, and Nico Parker (Dumbo, The Last of Us) will play dragon expert Astrid. The movie is being directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the original. A ...

Jack Black Pitches Pedro Pascal as Wario for the Super Mario Bros. Sequel

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Apr 10, 2023 | 0

Whenever two things are popular simultaneously, studios and fans alike often imagine combining these popular things to make something new, the hypnosis of current think fueling them. Jack Black has fallen into this trend following the massive success of HBO’s The Last of Us and Universal’s Super...

REVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 9, “Look for the Light”

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 14, 2023 | 0

HBO’s The Last of Us has thankfully come to its conclusion with episode 9, “Look for the Light.” After enough bloat to bore Hemingway, The Last of Us barrels to the end, forgetting that it has not invested enough of its overstuffed screen time in developing the relationship between Joel and El...

REVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 8, “When We Are in Need”

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 6, 2023 | 0

The impossible has occurred: HBO has released a good episode of The Last of Us. After weeks of subpar writing, bad acting, and bloated filler, the writers have managed to cobble together an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience. Whether or not this is merely a case of a broken clock striking tr...

REVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 7, “Left Behind”

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 28, 2023 | 0

There isn’t much unique commentary surrounding the latest episode of HBO’s The Last of Us, “Left Behind.” It still falls into the most egregious pitfalls of its predecessor, namely bloat, empty character development and performances, and a near-total lack of action, horror, ...

REVIEW: The Last of Us – Season 1, Episode 6, “Kin”

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 20, 2023 | 0

The turn, the twist, the revelation, and the unmasking of HBO’s The Last of Us has finally occurred. The creatives’ disdain for the source material and all its characters is now evident. This week’s episode, “Kin,” is not only as poorly written and CW-esque as all its predecessors, but the...