Julio Bardini

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Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2 and The Last of Us: Part II. It's always good when adaptations expand on their source material; otherwise, there would be little reason to adapt in the first place. This week's episode of The Last of Us Season 2, "Through the Valley," is proof of that.

1 day ago | collider.com | Julio Bardini

With the passing of Pope Francis, films about popes and the Catholic Church are some of the best refuges to try and make sense of what's going on. Conclave may be an obvious choice now, but, as good and thought-provoking as it is, it's still a thriller, and not really the best pick to understand who Francis was and his importance and impact on the Church.

2 days ago | collider.com | Julio Bardini

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2. Pedro Pascal has died on screen before, and some of those deaths were just as violent and gruesome as in this week's episode of The Last of Us Season 2, "Through the Valley." (Remember Game of Thrones? Some viewers may have thought it was too much, but, unfortunately, the depiction of Joel's death is a necessary plot point of this adaptation of The Last of Us, and it isn't about gratuitous violence and gore.

4 days ago | collider.com | Julio Bardini

The Lord of the Rings universe is home to many incredible stories, and, while most of them are told in Peter Jackson's trilogy, there are other, lesser-known ones that the general audience is usually unaware of. Some of those stories are even more impressive than those in the book, in a way, because of the stakes and the sheer scale of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium in the ages before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring even begins.

4 days ago | collider.com | Julio Bardini

There is no shortage of good documentaries about the Beatles, and now there's a new one on Disney+. Produced by none other than Martin Scorsese, Beatles '64 focuses on the Fab Four's first US visit and its cultural impact, including their legendary performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It's a historical occasion, but there's a specific moment in Beatles '64 showing that John Lennon might have been ahead of the curve already.