Erik Adams

Chicago

Entertainment Reviews Editor at IGN

Movie and TV reviews @IGN, @IGNUnion. Previously: IndieWire, The A.V. Club. Forever: Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater

Articles

Butte County asks what’s missing in dental care after alarming findings

1 month ago | mynspr.org | Erik Adams

With signs that too many kids are falling through the cracks when it comes to dental care, a survey is asking Butte County residents what needs to change. The Butte County Public Health Department launched the survey after assessing the dental health of children at an Oroville elementary school in 2023. The results were striking. Out of about 250 students assessed, more than half had visible tooth decay. Another 28 needed emergency dental services.
Thunderbolts* Review - IGN

1 month ago | ign.com | Erik Adams

Ahh… so that’s what the asterisk is for. Thunderbolts* is a worthy outing for some of the MCU’s unsung heroes but, just like the film's sort-of-not-really antagonist, The Sentry, it has both a dark half and a light half. One of them is actually pretty great. I had a lot of hope for Thunderbolts* going into it. Something’s been in the air this last year, from the Dr. Doom and Fantastic Four of it all, to the sense that we’re through phase 4’s strange aimlessness, and it’s all got me more intrigued.
The Studio Review - IGN

2 months ago | ign.com | Erik Adams

The Studio is a comedic perpetual motion machine, its freewheeling nature disguising the intricacies within. But it took me a few minutes to catch onto the distinctive style that conveys its constant stream of industry-insider jokes. As movie studio executive Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) takes a golf-cart ride from a wintry film set to the visually stunning offices of the fictional Continental Studios, the entire trek is captured in a single, unbroken shot.
Daredevil: Born Again Episode 3 Review

2 months ago | ign.com | Erik Adams

Warning: this review contains full spoilers for Episode 3 of Daredevil: Born Again!The third episode of Daredevil: Born Again comes after a riveting two-part opener, so it’s understandable that things are now cooling down a bit this week. There’s a focus on Hector Ayala’s trial that leads to all manner of legal twists and turns, but even the twistiest lawyer drama isn’t exactly the most thrilling thing to watch.
Crime-Comedy Can't Shoot Straight

Feb 21, 2025 | ign.com | Erik Adams

They don’t make them like Danny Dolinski anymore. As played with characteristic off-kilter charisma by Christoph Waltz, the aging contract killer at the center of Old Guy swaggers around in a vintage leather jacket, exchanges playfully cutting banter with his criminal associates, and sports a shaggy coiffure.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Review

Jan 10, 2025 | ign.com | Erik Adams

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera doesn't strive to go much higher than the bar set by the cat-and-mouse game of its predecessor, nor does it land too far beneath the original Den of Thieves. It’s the very definition of a lateral move, which will likely satisfy the fanbase that has built up around the first face-off between criminal mastermind Donnie Wilson (O’Shea Jackson Jr.) and determined cop “Big Nick” O’Brien (Gerard Butler).
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Review - IGN

Jan 6, 2025 | ign.com | Erik Adams

Goosebumps: The Vanishing streams on Disney+ beginning Friday, January 10. R.L. Stine is not a character on Goosebumps, the latest hit TV series based on his hit book series. While co-creator Rob Letterman previously cast a bug-eyed Jack Black as Stine in the first of the Goosebumps movies, he arranged only a vocal cameo for the kid-lit author in the first season of the Disney+ adaptation of the same wildly successful source material.
Solo Leveling Season 2 Premiere Review

Jan 4, 2025 | ign.com | Erik Adams

The first two episodes of Solo Leveling season 2 are now streaming on Crunchyroll. Much like the video games it emulates, the anime series Solo Leveling often forces its protagonist to tediously grind away in order to gain experience and level up – a gift unique to Sung Jinwoo in this universe of invading monsters and the magical “hunters” who keep them at bay. But when that repetition is followed by a big, hyper-intense, and awesome fight, it justifies the whole thing.
Dune: Prophecy Season 1 Finale Review

Dec 22, 2024 | ign.com | Erik Adams

The following review contains spoilers for the fifth episode of Dune Prophecy, “The High-Handed Enemy”Much like all that’s come before in Dune: Prophecy, there are a lot of good ideas in the finale of the first season, “The High-Handed Enemy.” From Tula’s confrontation with her son Desmond and Valya’s revelation of their relationship, to it all leading to the fall of Javvico, there is a good skeleton of drama there. But for every step forward, Prophecy always seems to take two steps back.
What We Do in the Shadows Series Finale Review

Dec 20, 2024 | ign.com | Erik Adams

This review contains spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows season 6, episode 11, “The Finale.”Trying to find the perfect ending for a TV show is a fool’s errand. So leave it to Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén) – no stranger to foolishness or errands – to be the one stressing out over the conclusion of the fake documentary at the center of What We Do in the Shadows.