As a pitch, Shotgun Wedding sounds like a fun time. A couple’s intimate destination wedding at a resort in the Philippines, with their family and friends, gets upended when pirates hijack the whole affair. Watch what they do to save their love and loved ones! Unfortunately, all that rom-com potential …
Read More »Star Wars: The Bad Batch's Surprise Guest Appearance Is More Important Than You Think
Full spoilers follow for The Bad Batch Season 2, Episode 3. There could be a new recruit for Clone Force 99, as Dave Filoni’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch just brought back a fan-favorite clone from the forgotten depths of Star Wars fandom. While Hunter, Echo, Tech, and Wrecker struggle …
Read More »Velma Season 1 Review: Episodes 1-8
Velma will premiere with two episodes on HBO Max on Jan. 12, followed by two episodes weekly. Below is a review of the first eight of ten episodes provided to press. Much has been said about Velma being the unsung hero of Mystery Inc., the Scooby-Doo sleuth who's never been …
Read More »Dragon Age: Absolution: Season 1 Review
Dragon Age: Absolution is now streaming on Netflix. Below is a spoiler-free review. Have you heard the one where a qunari, an elf, a dwarf, and three humans walk into a bar? Well, if by walk you mean “break into” and if by bar you mean “impenetrable fortress containing an …
Read More »Andor: Season 1 Review
The following is a spoiler-free review of Season 1 of Andor. All 12 episodes are now available to stream on Disney+. Andor is Star Wars like you’ve never seen it before. This ground-level view of a burgeoning resistance movement is a fantastic thriller that snakes through corridors of Imperial power …
Read More »Enola Holmes 2 Review
Enola Holmes 2 is now streaming on Netflix. I was charmed by the first Enola Holmes movie. Based on a series of YA novels first published in 2007, the original was a sweet reimagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes canon, with Millie Bobby Brown turning in a charismatic performance as …
Read More »Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind Review
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind will release on Blu-ray and digital on Oct. 11, 2022. Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind is a movie that only die-hard Mortal Kombat fans are likely to appreciate. It's stuffed to the gills with over-the-top violence and callbacks to the two recent animated films before …
Read More »Reboot: Three-Episode Premiere Review – "Step Right Up," "New Girl," and "Growing Pains"
Reboot premieres with three episodes this Tuesday, Sept. 20 on Hulu. Reboot may be super late to the game when it comes to meta-skewering Hollywood but its winning ensemble and cracking wit help it stand out as one of the better forays into this realm. It's clever, surprising, and manages …
Read More »A LEGO Set May Have Given Away Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Biggest Secret
Marvel’s new Black Panther may have been revealed in some new LEGO sets. After the recent Wakanda Forever trailer, one question was on everyone’s mind — who was teased as the new Black Panther at the end of the clip? A trio of LEGO sets has just been unveiled, giving …
Read More »Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Full Season 1 Review
Full spoilers follow for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1. Anson Mount’s arrival in the world of Star Trek could’ve very easily devolved into stunt casting if it wasn’t handled correctly, but instead the return of Christopher Pike, the original captain of the USS Enterprise, didn’t just make for …
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