Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell upwards into a senior position despite his best efforts.
For reasons unknown, he enjoys analyzing box office receipts, giant sharks, and has become known as the go-to man for all things Bosch, Mission: Impossible and Christopher Nolan in Collider's news division. Recently, he found himself yeehawing along to the Dutton saga on the Yellowstone Ranch.
He is proficient in sarcasm, wit, Photoshop and working unfeasibly long hours. Amongst his passions sit the likes of the history of the Walt Disney Company, the construction of theme parks, steam trains and binge-watching Gilmore Girls with a coffee that is just hot enough to scald him.
His obsession with the Apple TV+ series Silo is the subject of mockery within the Senior News channel, where his feelings about Taylor Sheridan's work are enough to make his fellow writers roll their eyes.
Few video game characters have remained as instantly recognizable as Lara Croft. In the 30 years (Gods, we're old) since Lara first made her debut, the intrepid explorer has survived ancient tombs, supernatural threats, multiple timelines, several live-action adaptations and even Conan O'Brien continually murdering her and feeling guilt over it. Now, Lara is back with something news, and a little bit special to let us all become a Tomb Raider.
GUNNAR Optiks has officially launched the Tomb Raider Croft Glasses, created in partnership with Crystal Dynamics as part of the franchise’s 30th anniversary celebrations. The new collection takes inspiration from Lara Croft’s adventurous aesthetic, combining a round silhouette and bronze accents with a stainless-steel frame.
The glasses are available with four different lens options — Amber, Amber Max, Sun and Amber Sun Shift — incorporating GUNNAR’s blue-light filtering technology. The Amber, Amber Max and Sun versions are priced at $99, while the Amber Sun Shift edition has an MSRP of $135.
Other features include flexible spring hinges, G-Shield Plus anti-reflective and smudge-resistant coating and 100% UV protection.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival QuizWhich Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
QUESTION 1 / 8INSTINCT
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?The first instinct is often the truest one.
QUESTION 2 / 8RESOURCE
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
QUESTION 3 / 8THREAT
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night?Fear is useful data — if you're honest about what you're actually afraid of.
QUESTION 4 / 8AUTHORITY
04
How do you deal with authority you don't trust?Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
QUESTION 5 / 8ENVIRONMENT
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term?Survival isn't just tactical — it's physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
QUESTION 6 / 8ALLIANCE
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart?The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
QUESTION 7 / 8MORALITY
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all?Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they're actually made of.
QUESTION 8 / 8PURPOSE
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What would actually make survival worth it?Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been CalculatedYou'd Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help but notice the seams in things.
You're drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You'd find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines' worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You'd be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn't reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That's you.
You don't need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you're good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You'd survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You're not a hero. But you're not lost, either.
In Blade Runner's world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they're survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You'd learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn't just survive Arrakis — you'd begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn't have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You'd gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire's grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn't something you're capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
‘Tomb Raider’ Celebrates 30 Years of Lara Croft
The franchise’s history across all forms of media is worth exploring. Angelina Jolie brought Lara to live-action in 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and returned for The Cradle of Life in 2003. Alicia Vikander later inherited the role for 2018’s Tomb Raider, which drew heavily from Crystal Dynamics’ 2013 video game reboot. Now, Sophie Turner will be taking on the role for a new big budget television series.
Starring alongside Turner in Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series is Sigourney Weaver, the franchise veteran with signature roles in Avatar, Alien, and more recently, Star Wars. Harry Potter veteran Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the hit fantasy franchise, has also been tapped for a key role in Tomb Raider. Additional cast members for Tomb Raider include Celia Imrie, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Bill Patterson, Jack Bannon, and John Hefferman. No word yet on when Tomb Raider will be released, but it will likely be sometime in 2027.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Tomb Raider: Catalyst and Legacy of Atlantis, as well as the new Tomb Raider series in the works at Prime Video. The officially licensed Tomb Raider Croft Glasses are available now from GUNNAR Optiks.
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