John Tones

John Tones

Writer . At Xataka On since

I've been writing about culture for twenty-something years and, at Xataka, I cover everything related to movies, video games, TV shows, comics and pop culture. LinkedIn

57 published news

December 2024

  1. 20 December
  2. In the Streaming Era, There’s No Such Thing as a Box Office Flop. Red One and the Latest Lord of the Rings Movie Are Proof of That
  3. 16 December
  4. Kraven the Hunter Proves One Thing: Sony’s Approach to Making Spider-Man Movies Without Spider-Man Is Deeply Flawed
  5. 14 December
  6. Wicked Is More Than Just a Hit. It’s Proof That the Traditional Way of Going to the Movies Is Dying

November 2024

  1. 19 November
  2. The Dune Timeline Has Been a Complicated Mess for Four Decades: Where Does HBO’s Prophecy Fit In?

October 2024

  1. 25 October
  2. Disney Has the Ultimate Solution to Skip Lines at Its Parks, but It Comes at a Steep Price: $400 for a Ticket
  3. 24 October
  4. Blade's Reboot Gets Pushed Back, Again. Marvel’s ‘Cursed Movie’ Reveals MCU Production Woes
  5. 20 October
  6. The Best Halloween Horror Content Is on YouTube This Year. Some Are So Good That They’re Taking Over the Box Office
  7. 16 October
  8. This Is How Much the Joker 2’s Failure Will Cost Warner Bros. It’s Almost as Much as Its Budget
  9. 09 October
  10. Joker: Folie à Deux Cost More Than $200 Million, but Many Critics Can’t Explain Where the Money Went
  11. 08 October
  12. The Box Office Numbers Between Joker and Joker: Folie à Deux Raise the Question: Was He a Strong Enough Character to Justify a Saga?
  13. 04 October
  14. I Watched Joker: Folie à Deux. I Now Know Why the Heck It’s a Musical
  15. Ads on Prime Video Were More Than an Experiment: Amazon Announces That It’s Increasing Them on the Platform
  16. 03 October
  17. The Failure of Coppola’s Megalopolis Signals the Tragic End of the Era of Big-Budget Auteur Films

September 2024

  1. 20 September
  2. A Letterboxd User Gave Megalopolis Five Stars. As It Turns Out, It Was Its Director, Francis Ford Coppola
  3. Agatha All Along Is Another Example of Marvel Seeking Success Through an Unexpected Route: Not Looking Like Marvel
  4. 18 September
  5. James Cameron Is Already Thinking About What to Do After Avatar. He Just Bought the Rights to a Book to Adapt It
  6. 17 September
  7. Netflix Decided to Change Its Strategy and Abandon the Binging Model. The Emmys Prove It Right
  8. 16 September
  9. Shōgun Is A Game Changer. Its Emmy Win Is Also the Triumph of Old-Fashioned TV
  10. 12 September
  11. The PS5 Pro Isn’t Just Sony’s Latest Statement. It’s a Great Opportunity for Microsoft and Nintendo
  12. Disney Is Increasingly Bringing Dead Actors Back to Life in Its Movies. Now, It’s Starting to Get Sued
  13. 10 September
  14. If Astro Bot Is a Copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario, Then We Need More Copying in the Industry
  15. Sony Finally Unveils the Highly Anticipated PS5 Pro. It Has Very Few Surprises and a Price That Turns It Into a Luxury Item
  16. 06 September
  17. New Trailer for Megalopolis Confirms What We Already Knew: Coppola’s New Film Is Pure Madness
  18. 05 September
  19. Apple’s Box Office Failures Are Taking Their Toll: The New Brad Pitt and George Clooney Movie, Acclaimed in Venice, Will Barely Make It Into Theaters

August 2024

  1. 30 August
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Returns Amid a Sea of Doubt. Amazon Has a Lot at Stake if It Doesn’t Work Out
  3. Disney Parks Are Facing a Major Crisis: For the First Time, They’re Not the Company’s Primary Source of Revenue
  4. 28 August
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Raised Many Questions About Sauron in Season One. Now, It Wants to Answer All of Them

July 2024

  1. 13 July
  2. I’ve Played Star Wars Outlaws and I Know Ubisoft’s Plan for the Saga: To Create a Fully Cinematic Sandbox
  3. 12 July
  4. The Game Pass Price Hike Hides Another Reality: The Inevitable Decline of Subscription Services
  5. 09 July
  6. The Death of the Avatar Producer Jon Landau Marks the End of an Era When Shareholders Didn’t Make Movies
  7. Back to the Future 4 Exists (Sort of): An Official Sequel Was Released in 1991, but Almost No One Has Seen It
  8. Nintendo Is the Biggest Company in the Video Game Industry to Turn Its Back on AI
  9. 04 July
  10. From the Battle of Winterfell to Dragons in Dim Light. Why Are the Game of Thrones Shows Always So Dark?
  11. 01 July
  12. Sony Will Lay Off 250 Workers at One of Its Disc Factories, Proving That Nostalgia Can't Save Physical Media

June 2024

  1. 27 June
  2. Disney Has a Star Wars Problem: The Acolyte Reception Among Fans Has Been a Nightmare
  3. 22 June
  4. The Boys Is Stirring Controversy and Shattering Viewing Records: Why Its Fourth Season Is Worth Watching

May 2024

  1. 31 May
  2. Tom Cruise Shot a 6-Hour Movie About Everything He Knows About Cinema That He Only Shows His Friends
  3. 29 May
  4. The Worst Dubbing to Date Was Done by an AI for Prime Video. Humans Are Upset
  5. 28 May
  6. Furiosa’s Box Office Flop Casts a Shadow on Both the Franchise and the State of This Year’s Cinema
  7. Taylor Swift Fans Aren’t Happy With Their Seats, So They’ve Created Excel Sheets to Swap Them
  8. 27 May
  9. The End of Prestige TV: How Streaming Killed HBO and Ended the Golden Age of Content
  10. 25 May
  11. This Movie Is Blowing Up on Netflix, But It's Not From Any of the Usual Countries
  12. 23 May
  13. Coppola’s Megalopolis Trailer Hints That the Film Will Be the Gigantic Futuristic Delirium We All Expected
  14. 21 May
  15. The Bluey Factory: A Breakdown of All the Money Behind the Popular Children’s TV Series
  16. 20 May
  17. According to a Study, This Is the Best Science Fiction Series of the Century. It’s Available on Prime Video
  18. 17 May
  19. Netflix Will Renew 3 Body Problem–But the Decision Feels More Like a Funeral Than a Celebration
  20. 14 May
  21. Disney Is Making Sure the 60-Year-Old Doctor Who Doesn't Make Anyone Feel Left Out in New Season
  22. 11 May
  23. With Planet of the Apes, Disney Proves That It’s Barely Cashing in on 21st Century Fox's Vault
  24. 10 May
  25. James Cameron Knows Exactly What Makes the Monster in Alien So Terrifying
  26. 08 May
  27. Why Cobra Kai and Bridgerton Have Changed Netflix Forever
  28. 04 May
  29. Avengers: Doomsday: News, Rumored Cast and Crew, and Everything We Know So Far
  30. PlayStation 6: release date, models, prices, and everything we think we know so far
  31. GTA VI: Everything We Know So Far About Rockstar’s New Video Game
  32. 03 May
  33. How to Watch the ‘Harry Potter’ Saga: From Chronological Order to How the Movies Were Released

April 2024

  1. 21 April
  2. The 25 Best Sci-fi Books
  3. 19 April
  4. Nintendo Switch 2: News, Rumored Release Date, Price and Everything We Know So Far
  5. 17 April
  6. ‘God of War’: How to Play All Saga’s Titles in Chronological Order
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