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Top Gun: Maverick Too Patriotic for China
Tom Cruise isn’t just facing on-screen enemies this weekend. The Wall Street Journal reports that Tencent Holdings, a Chinese multimedia conglomerate, has pulled its investment in Top Gun: Maverick because the film is too patriotic. (The Journal is behind a paywall, but JoBlo has a rundown.) Tence...
Read MoreREVIEW: Stranger Things – Season 4 Part 1
In the three years since Stranger Things season 3 aired, interest in this Netflix series has waned in parallel to the waning quality of the series since season 1. Continuing that trend, the recent release of Stranger Things season 4 part 1 has been met with an altogether underwhelming response from ...
Read MoreStar Wars Celebration: Sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order Gets First Reveal Trailer
It was all but confirmed and acknowledged years ago that a sequel to one of 2019’s best games, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, was in the works, but it wasn’t until today that we got some substantial info and a teaser for it. Here’s the full trailer reveal below: First thing’s ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2, “Part I” and “Part II”
***SPOILERS*** Obi-Wan Kenobi begins in the midst of Order 66 in the Jedi temple on Coruscant. This flashback shows a group of Padawans who escape the slaughter. Ten years later, a triad of Inquisitors descends on Tatooine in search of Jedi. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi etches out a meager existence wo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8 Episode 16 “The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen”
“The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen” is a stand-alone episode… or is it? It mostly is, but parts of it will be important down the road. The plot has a big inconsistency that makes the middle feel like filler to kill time till the climax, but it’s offset by some terrific character work, pa...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice Season 4: Phantoms Episode 24, “Zenith and Abyss”
*SPOILERS* In “Zenith and Abyss,” Lor-Zod is on Oa searching for the Kaizer-Thrall. Green Lantern Tomar-Tu tells him that the object is on its way to Earth. Lor tells him he hopes he turns out like his father, Tomar-Re. In the Phantom Zone, Dick and the others have found Conner. They offer to ta...
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