For the first half of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (Is every episode this season named after a movie? Must remember to investigate further), I was settling in for a decent but kind of blah episode – more Lois’ cancer, more teen and relationship drama, lots of talking about these things, ...
Read MoreThe opening weekend results are in, and it looks like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is going to be another Marvel disappointment at the box office. The last of James Gunn’s spacefaring MCU trilogy took in $118.4 million, which the entertainment media is complimenting as being above predictions, b...
Read MoreThe prehistoric shark monsters are back, as is their only natural predator: Jason Statham. Warner Bros. has released a trailer for Meg 2: The Trench, a sequel to 2018’s schlocky creature feature The Meg. Based on the novel The Trench by Steve Alten, Meg 2: The Trench sees more of the Megalodon sha...
Read MoreSomebody’s getting punched in the balls. The Wrap reports that Karl Urban, star of The Boys, Dredd, and the Kelvin Star Trek movies (but he’ll always be the Russian assassin who tried to kill Jason Bourne to me), will play Johnny Cage in the sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat movie. Johnny Cage is...
Read MoreMuch of The Flash’s final season has been disappointing at best, but last week’s stellar episode made wading through that swamp worth it. It was so good I wondered if it should have been the finale, closing out the series on a high note instead of rolling the dice with four more episodes. But if...
Read MoreAfter the last few years of Marvel duds, disappointments, and flat-out disasters, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 feels like a miracle. I’ll stop short of declaring it as such, but it’s an oasis in the desert made up of the remains of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe used to be. It feels like a...
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