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All Mission: Impossible Movies Ranked

June 15, 2025 Adam Buckley Action, film, Mission Impossible, movies, Ranking, Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Cruise

For nearly 30 years, Tom Cruise has led what is quite possibly the biggest and best action movie franchise in

Why Thunderbolts* Works

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 Adam Buckley film, marvel, mcu, movies

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* came out on May 2nd, and the world has never been the same since. It’s been a

Snow White: Just How Many Princess Problems Does It Actually Have?

April 10, 2025 Sophia Nigro Disney+, film review, movie review, movies, Review, snow white

Ever since Disney released the live-action Alice in Wonderland back in 2010, they’ve been obsessed with remakes. While some of

Animation Film Reviews

How the Sonic Movie Franchise Became One of the Best Video Game Movie Adaptations

February 12, 2025 Nicole Bellows film, movies, Review, sonic, sonic the hedgehog

When the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie came out back in 2020, it blew away peoples’ expectations. After all,

Animation Concerts Concerts Film Games Music Reviews TV Uncategorized

The Toneys 2024

December 31, 2024 Halftone Staff movies, music, Ranking, TV, video games

Welcome to the first Toneys, Halftone’s year-end awards! To ring in 2024, our three editors, Sophia, Adam, and Dillon, have

Film TV Uncategorized

Feline Folklore: The Dark Legacy and Modern Redemption of Black Cats in Halloween Pop Culture

October 29, 2024October 30, 2024 Birdy Smith-Fields black cats, cats, halloween, horror, movies

On a crisp October night around six in the evening, you begin to unbox your Halloween decorations in preparation for

Great Characters, But Terrible Role Models: Why We Romanticize Anti-Heroes

September 24, 2024 Luke Cobas essay, film, movies, TV

A protagonist is often associated with a hero or good guy, but the word simply refers to the point-of-view character.

Half My Heart is Filled With Marvel References

March 27, 2024 BriAnna Sankey comics, essay, film, marvel, Marvel Comics, mcu, movies, personal essay, Spider-Man, Superheroes

When I was six years old, the DVD collection that my Dad had in the downstairs cabinet became of interest

Essays Film Reviews

All X-Men Movies Ranked

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Adam Buckley mcu, movies, Ranking, Superheroes, X-Men

To me, my X-Fans! The beloved 90’s animation featuring Marvel’s merry mutants returned to us on March 20th with Disney+’s

Essays Film Reviews

Aquaman and the Lost Universe

January 8, 2024February 2, 2024 Adam Buckley DC, DCEU, movies, reviews, Superheroes

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has finally come to the silver screen this holiday season, and with its arrival comes

The Best Irish Movies to Watch This St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Halftone Staff Brooklyn, film, Irish, Leprechaun, movies, Sing Street, St. Patrick's Day, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Luck of the Irish, Walking Ned Devine

This St. Patrick’s Day, the team here at Halftone wants to give you our favorite Irish movies we think will

Belial, the absolute joy of the Bradely family, in his iconic basket

Essays Film Reviews

Basket Case Review: Butchery, Blood, and Brotherly Love

October 6, 2022October 7, 2022 Owen Ruliva 1980's, 80's, film, films, horror, horror movies, movie review, movies, retro, Review, scary, slasher

If you were to take two brothers and divide them into two, what do you end up with? Well, if