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Sergio Pereira

Johannesburg

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Content Director at Fortress of Solitude

Writer. Film: The Lifesaver. Book: The Not-So-Grim Reaper. Bylines: @slashfilm @looper @grungehq @EscapistMag @screenrant @cbr @FortressZA @thoughtcatalog

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  • 2 weeks ago | thoughtcatalog.com | Sergio Pereira

    Life hasn’t been the same since Ted Lasso left our television screens. Yeah, Ted is coming back and all, but it’s still gonna be a long wait until everyone’s favorite inspirational soccer coach returns to the pitch. Apple TV+ knows it struck gold with that show, so it tries to replicate the formula in yet another feel-good sports comedy titled Stick, starring Owen Wilson. It’s a lot like Ted Lasso but for golfers.

  • 2 weeks ago | slashfilm.com | Sergio Pereira

    Much like the actors who play James Bond, Spider-Man, or Batman, securing the gig of Superman is a pretty big deal. The world's attention lasers in on the chosen one, as everything about the person is dissected and scrutinized in full public view.

  • 2 weeks ago | thoughtcatalog.com | Sergio Pereira

    The topic of artificial intelligence ruffles feathers. Not because it’s useless technology – quite the contrary – but due to the unregulated and uncontrolled nature of it that’s running rampant at the moment. The dystopia of Terminator doesn’t look like fiction anymore, because everyone knows these tech bro billionaires will sell out humanity for their own Napoleon fantasies and Judgment Day be damned.

  • 3 weeks ago | thoughtcatalog.com | Sergio Pereira

    Toward the end of the Predator franchise’s run at 20th Century Fox, it lost its way. No one is about to forget the abomination of 2018’s The Predator, which is a worse torture device than waterboarding. So, when the Disney-Fox merger happened and Predator found itself sitting under the Disney umbrella, the expectations were lower than low for the Yautja. Out of nowhere in 2022, Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey surprised us all, as the director took the story in a different and welcome direction.

  • 3 weeks ago | slashfilm.com | Sergio Pereira

    As with any job, no one signs up for a film expecting the worst. However, there have been projects that made actors want to downright quit Hollywood altogether. Sometimes, it's about the immense shame they feel starring in dud productions; other times, it's about everything else around the movies that leaves a bitter taste in their mouths. Then, there are also the films where the actors expected their careers to skyrocket to superstardom, but the stars simply did not align.

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Sergio Pereira
Sergio Pereira @sergiowrites
8 Jun 25

RT @slashfilm: A lot of great actors have come precariously close to playing Superman, so let's run through the strongest candidates who al…

Sergio Pereira
Sergio Pereira @sergiowrites
7 Jun 25

Hulu’s ‘Predator: Killer Of Killers’ Combines All The Best Qualities Of The Franchise Into An Unmissable Animated Action Extravaganza https://t.co/q5um9vFCOI

Sergio Pereira
Sergio Pereira @sergiowrites
6 Jun 25

RT @007GameIOI: #EarnTheNumber. In 007 First Light, play as James Bond, a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless new recruit, and disco…