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Just like its predecessor, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is an absolute masterpiece and revolutionizes what an animated movie can be. The biggest standout is its absolutely breathtaking yet somehow seamless blending of a wide variety of animation and filmmaking styles. So many frames of this film are truly jaw-dropping (particularly the scenes involving Gwen and The Spot, which look like they came from an art museum at points), but the film isn't just a pretty face. The wide cast of characters, both new and from the previous films, are a delight to follow, with Miles, Gwen, and Spider-Punk being the true standouts, with their respective voice actors doing a great job as well. The story and humor are equally as strong as the first film, but this film further explores what it means to be Spider-Man and how we find our place in a complex, messy world. Furthermore, Daniel Pemberton's score is absolutely phenomenal again and Metro Boomin's original music is a welcome addition as well. I truly cannot praise this film enough and everyone involved, from the directors and writers to the animators and story boarders. We need more of this in both animation and Hollywood in general, and I truly cannot wait til Beyond the Spider-Verse comes out next year. This is a must watch and, once again, transforms the entire genre of superhero movies and the medium of animation...AGAIN.

One thing that has particularly impressed me in the first couple of episodes of The Last of Us, outside of the acting and effects, is the way the showrunners and directors take advantage of the medium and the strengths of the game. They choose to focus expanding the dystopian world, how they got to where they are now, the details in the settings, gripping tension, and the subtle intricacies of human emotion. If the show is able to keep up with these strengths while also telling the basic plot of the first game in a well-done manner while expanding on the universe, The Last of Us is bound to become, hands down, the best video game to film/tv adaptation of all-time and one of HBO's premier works out of an arsenal of legendary shows.