About Slade Hale

Slade has been writing for some of the most prolific pop culture publications since the mid-90s, including GamePro, CinemaBlend, ScreenRant, and more.

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Split image of Lightyear, Bros and Strange World, via Disney, Universal Pictures, Pixar
November 28, 2022
Hot on the heels of ‘Bros’ crashing at the box office, Disney’s ‘Strange World’ follows suit. LGBTQ-heavy properties are dying, and here’s the reason why.
Promotional art for 'Star Wars: Andor' (2022), Disney+
November 26, 2022
‘Star Wars: Andor’ finally wraps a season so dull, uneventful and creatively barren that it redefines “awful” under Disney’s direction.
Split image of hacked roms for Castlevania: Bloodlines, Streets of Rage 2, and Golden Axe on Sega Genesis
November 24, 2022
Hackers have fiddled with some of the greatest Sega Genesis games in history, and the results are pretty amazing.
Custom image of Jennifer Walters and Jessica Gao (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, 2022, Marvel Entertainment)
November 22, 2022
Suspicions that Left-wing Hollywood creatives were trolling longtime comic book fans have been confirmed by ‘She-Hulk’s creative team.
Negan, Maggie, Daryl, Carol and Mercer in 'The Walking Dead,' AMC+
November 21, 2022
‘The Walking Dead’ ends its run with a messy 11th season, bad character development, and a well-executed ending that hints at stories yet to come.
Split image of Sean Penn, an Oscar, and Volodymyr Zelensky
November 11, 2022
A-list actor Sean Penn steps in it by lending (not giving) his Oscar to embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a recent visit.
Promo image for 'House of the Dragon,' HBO
October 24, 2022
‘House of the Dragon’ wraps up its first season with a well-shot final episode – ‘The Black Queen’ – but is it enough to make up for all that came before?
Promo art for House of the Dragon, HBO
October 17, 2022
‘House of the Dragon’s’ latest episode finally kicks off the conflict between two families, but it’s too little, too late after such a mediocre season.
Split image of poster art for Aliens, Alien and Alien Covenant, 20th Century Fox
October 12, 2022
The Alien franchise is one of the most iconic in sci-fi movie history, but each subsequent sequel did one or more things wrong.
King Viserys in House of the Dragon, HBO
October 11, 2022
‘House of the Dragon’ continues the trend of narrative inconsistency and pacing problems with the latest episode, ‘The Lord of the Tides.’