Nick Mazzaferro

Nicko Mode's review of The Last of Us THE LAST OF US SEASON TWO SPOILER REVIEW - This has been the most polarizing piece of media I have ever experienced. I love The Last of Us Part II game. It’s not just one of my favorite video games b...

#TheLastOfUsSeason2 is the most I’ve ever been conflicted by a piece of media. I was a frustrated by key elements as I was emotionally destroyed in other moments. In the end though this is a season that I define as taking it easy on its audience.
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Nicko Mode's ★★★★ review of Andor STAR WARS: ANDOR SEASON TWO REVIEW - I enjoyed this much more than season one. Season two is a lot more lively and isn’t afraid to interject moments of fun and joy in the mist of the heavy social com...

Still not as head or heels about #Andor as most others but I enjoyed season two a lot more than season one and on a production level has set the standard for live-action Stat Wars television to live up to.
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1000xResist is an indie game I finally got around to playing & it knocked me on my ass multiple times. How it weaves its themes together is astonishing. I’ll be thinking about this game for a while. One of the most fascinating & emotionally charged games I’ve ever played.
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A ★★½ review of Mickey 17 (2025) If there was any film this year I was totally confident I would love, it was Mickey 17. So Im really shocked that I didn’t enjoy this for the most part. Following up Parasite is an impossible task and...

#Mickey17 is a lot like Bong Joon-ho’s previous films. Too much. It feels like a grab bag of Bong’s usual staples that don’t mesh together and is overall just a loud and obnoxious experience.
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I don’t know how you can watch this and not be so angry. These people shouldn’t have to conduct their traditions in a city of rubble.

I have now seen all the Best Picture nominees. Obligatory ranking:

1, THE SUBSTANCE
2, DUNE: PART TWO
3, ANORA
4, I’M STILL HERE
5, THE BRUTALIST
6, CONCLAVE
7, WICKED
8, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
9, NICKEL BOYS
10, EMILIA PÉREZ

On my way to my local cineplex to see..

A ★★ review of Captain America: Brave New World (2025) CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD REVIEW - What a nothing burger. I have been still mostly enjoying the MCU post-Endgame even if the quality has been massively inconsistent. But Brave New World has bee...

Please get your shit together Kevin Feige. Signed: Me. #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld
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Me and my friend David met @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social at #Magfest out of the blue. Awesome to meet him in person!

A ★★★★ review of The Brutalist (2024) An all-encompassing American epic. For as much as Brutalist’s three and half runtime has been talking point, I never really felt it. As purposefully methodical as this film is, it’s brilliantly paced....

An American epic about how this country hates immigrants despite them building this country. Felt awfully relevant seeing this today.
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A ★★★★ review of Nosferatu (2024) NOSFERATU REVIEW - The most uncomfortable sold out theatrical experience of my life. Robert Egger's Nosferatu feels like it was ripped straight from the pages of folktale story. Not only a brooding go...

Robert Eggers' #Nosferatu is a captivating gothic dark fantasy. It stunned my sold out theater silent for the most majority of the runtime. That's how you know this is some real shit.
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Translation:

“When it comes to animated content for younger audiences, we recognize many children may see a part of themselves in this subject and we don’t want that cause it will anger our conservative audience and financiers who we have to bootlick.”

A ★★★★★ review of Interstellar (2014) “Once you're a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future.“ No projector issues and Red One to ruin my day this time. I have been an Interstellar truther since day one but ten years later I fe...

I believe in movie theaters. I believe in Christopher Nolan. I believe in cinema.
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YouTube video by Nicko Mode Cyberpunk 2077 Saved My Life

Four years ago I never could’ve guess that not only would #Cyberpunk2077 become my favorite video game but I would make a video essay expressing my love for it that has been viewed by thousands. Thankful for this game & everyone whose watched my video.
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RED ONE…

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I was gonna see INTERSTELLAR in IMAX for its tenth anniversary rerelease but my AMC had “project issues” so now Im seeing RED ONE cause nothing else was playing now…

A ★★½ review of Moana 2 (2024) Yeah this really has early 2000s Disney Channel series energy. On the whole this isn’t a worthy theatrical follow up to Moana. That same spark isn’t there. The new cast that are thrown into the mix ar...

Ya’ll owe FROZEN II an apology. #Moana2
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beautifully made with incredible artistry that makes these animated characters feel like living breathing people. By sheer force of will moments still have impact but I think about how much more they could’ve had if this story was given the proper time to be told.

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#ArcaneSeason2 the most disappointed I have been in a piece of media in a long time. An amazing two seasons of TV unfortunately truncated to one. Nothing is given time to properly develop resulting in so many beats feeling unearned & taking the easy way out.

My AMC knew what they were doing here.

Feel so strange about this. I didn’t think it’d stick so SO closely to the iconography of the animated films yet Im still feeling this a bit. Dean DeBlois spearheading this himself gave me faith and he might actually pull off one of these live-action remakes the best.

One foot out the door to escaping Elon’s degeneracy.