Based on 133 score predictions from our social followers, the aggregate Metascore prediction for PRAGMATA is [84.3] www.metacritic.com/game/pragmata/ Check back in just over 9 hours to see how close we are...
Weekend Box Office (*Domestic Estimates):
(1) The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $69.0 mil
(2) Project Hail Mary $24.6
(3) The Drama $8.7
(4) You, Me & Tuscany $8.0
(5) Hoppers $4.1
(6) BTS World Tour $2.4
(7) Faces of Death $1.7
(8) Exit 8 $1.4
www.metacritic.com/news/upcomin...
TAMASHIKA [PC - 79] www.metacritic.com/game/tamashi...
"Its kaleidoscope of feedback, colors, sounds, and stuff smother the player, gnaw at them. Like a chant, it summons you. Stay a bit, leave, come back. Things will be different but the thrill will be the same." - Digital Chumps
The Audacity [62] is on AMC tonight: www.metacritic.com/tv/the-audac...
"Deliver[s] a solid right hook to the tech world and that hit proves to be acerbic, relevant and unbelievably on target, as are the performances from Magnussen and Goldberg." - The Mercury News
Shutter Island [63] is on Paramount+ www.metacritic.com/movie/shutte... #11pmspecial
"DiCaprio, in his most haunting and emotionally complex performance yet, is the vessel Scorsese uses to lead us through the film’s labyrinth." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Outside Providence [51] is on Paramount+ www.metacritic.com/movie/outsid... #11pmspecial
"Beguiling performances and a story that veers between social observations, period detail, and genuine humor make this movie an end-of-the-summer stand-out." - Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
Fast Times at Ridgemont High [61] is on Prime Video: www.metacritic.com/movie/fast-t... #11pmspecial
"Lewd, funny and immensely quotable, this is one of the very best high school dramas ever made." - Emma Cochrane, Empire
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning [67] is on Prime Video: www.metacritic.com/movie/missio... #11pmspecial
"A tense, knotty opening act yields to some of Tom Cruise’s most impressive stunts yet, ending the film — and perhaps the series — on a high." - John Nugent, Empire
Never rule out those other scores, Jesse....
Friday Box Office (*Domestic Estimates):
(1) The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $17.5 mil
(2) Project Hail Mary $6.8
(3) You, Me & Tuscany $3.2
(4) The Drama $2.8
(5) Hoppers $1.1
(6) Faces of Death $892K
(7) Exit 8 $570K
www.metacritic.com/news/upcomin...
Euphoria S3 comes to HBO tomorrow (and reviews run the gamut): www.metacritic.com/tv/euphoria/...
"As tawdry and titillating as ever. And yet also, somehow, better." - Nick Schager
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"More lazy nihilism masquerading as coming-of-age insight." - Brian Lowry
First Reformed [86] is now on Netflix: www.metacritic.com/movie/first-... #11pmspecial
"A stunning, enrapturing film, a crowning work by one of the American cinema’s most essential artists." - Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert .com
To Die For [86] is a Metacritic Must-See (now on Netflix): www.metacritic.com/movie/to-die... #11pmspecial
"To Die For, sparked by a volcanically sexy & richly comic performance by Kidman that deserves to make her an Oscar favorite, is prime social satire & outrageous fun." - Peter Travers
List of Renewed & Canceled TV Shows for the 2025-26 Season: www.metacritic.com/news/tv-rene...
Rooster (HBO) has been renewed for a 2nd season.
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme is now streaming on Prime Video.
www.metacritic.com/movie/the-ph...
“In the end, The Phoenician Scheme has a warm and beating heart.” - Karen Gordon, Original-Cin
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Peacock www.metacritic.com/news/what-to...
Hacks Season 5 [89] is on HBO Max now.
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The 15 Best Prime Video Original Series of All Time: www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
New & Upcoming Video Game Releases (with Metascores): www.metacritic.com/news/major-n...
April 17 - Pragmata (PC PS5 XBX NS2) - Expect reviews to kick of the week. Any Metascore predictions for this one?
Holly Humberstone - Cruel World [79] dropped today: www.metacritic.com/music/cruel-...
"Her sophomore LP embraces the more straightforward impulses of her pristine pop songcraft — to results that feel more jubilant and whimsical than anything else she's ever done." - Exclaim
The Melvins With Napalm Death - Savage Imperial Death March [79]: www.metacritic.com/music/savage...
"This music doesn't so much rock as lurch, convulse and blister the paint off your toenails." - Classic Rock Magazine
TV Premiere Dates: www.metacritic.com/news/tv-prem...
May 14 - Welcome to Wrexham Season 5 [FX/Hulu]
Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt , a Metacritic Must-See, is now streaming on Hulu.
www.metacritic.com/movie/sirat/
“It’s an extraordinarily propulsive piece of filmmaking, and every moment of it is suffused with feeling.” - Justin Chang, The New Yorker
Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers [77], starring Ian McKellen & Michaela Coel, is in theaters today.
www.metacritic.com/movie/the-ch...
“Simultaneously meticulous and casual, it’s the kind of movie only a master filmmaker could have made.” - Stephanie Zacharek, Time
Early Pokemon Champions reviews are filtering in: www.metacritic.com/game/pokemon...
"Pokémon Champions could be a great side game for huge Pokémon fans. For now, it's a flawed experiment." - Screen Rant
Tommy Wirkola’s Thrash starring Phoebe Dynevor & Djimon Hounsou is now streaming on Netflix (and reviews are in...)
www.metacritic.com/movie/thrash/
The 15 Best Apple TV Original Series of All Time: www.metacritic.com/pictures/bes...
#8 - Black Bird [80]
Backbeat [63] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/backbe... #11pmspecial
"Once Backbeat catches the beat, it keeps it up, drives right through to the last soul-shattering coda and fadeout." - Michael Wilmington, The Chicago Tribune
Every Movie Based on a Videogame, Ranked: www.metacritic.com/pictures/eve...
#2 - Exit 8 is in theaters tomorrow -- it's currently one of only two videogame movies in history with a green Metascore.
Margo's Got Money Troubles: S1 [78] comes to Apple TV next Wednesday: www.metacritic.com/tv/margos-go...
"Once you give in, it’s quite charming." - Ben Travers, IndieWire