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Kite Man: Hell Yeah!: Created by Justin Halpern, Dean Lorey, Patrick Schumacker. With Matt Oberg, Stephanie Hsu, James Adomian, Jonathan Banks. The adventures of the minor villain Kite Man as he commits crimes to support the purchase of Noonan’s, Gotham’s seediest dive bar. I didn’t know this was being done and I ended up not really caring that I watched the entire first season. It was good enough that if you really really liked the Harley Quinn cartoon then you’ll likely like this, but I wasn’t such a huge fan that this show is necessary for me. I’m going to...
Superman & Lois: Created by Greg Berlanti, Todd Helbing. With Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Alex Garfin, Inde Navarrette. The world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist face the pressures and complexities that come with balancing work, justice, and parenthood in today’s society. This show obviously has to get out of the way of the upcoming Superman movie (which the first trailer looked about as good as this tv show was in the first season) and they did justice to the characters and their storylines and wrapped everything up as neatly as I could hope for. My one...
Memories: Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura. With Tsutomu Isobe, Shôzô Îzuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Shigeru Chiba. Three separate science-fiction stories by three prominent Japanese animators. TikTok hit me with the bomber short from this anthology and it seemed interesting enough to watch and I really did not expect the other two shorts to be as emotionally intense as they were. There’s subtitles, but it’s worth your time if you enjoy watching spaceship horror, mysterious political allegories, or darkly humorous genocide stories. Buy On Amazon!
Love and Monsters: Directed by Michael Matthews. With Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Dan Ewing. Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his high school sweetheart. I bought the 4k version of this film a while ago when it was $5 and just got around to re-watching it. I remember liking it the first time I seent it, and I liked it again this time. I had also forgotten about the tear jerking scene with the robot, who knew that an AI could...
Red One: Directed by Jake Kasdan. With Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons. After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. I was expecting something much lighter than what this ended up being. It has some pretty familiar elements of the Santa / Krampus lore, tying them together with the thread of dozens of other winter myths. There’s a number of very famous people that are famous for being famous in other famous things, so if you want a nice...
Die Hard: Directed by John McTiernan. With Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason. A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. It’s a holiday movie. Not necessarily a Christmas movie, but it’s something that’s so loved for the holiday that it has to be watched. Right? Buy On Amazon!
Think you know Star Trek, the original series like no fans has done before? Well boldly go and take up our unique puzzle challenge! I honestly thought I would enjoy this more than I ended up liking it. Perhaps my initial expectations were too general, I was originally assuming this was going to be a “where’s waldo” type of situation, but it ended up being more of a “what esoteric Trek episode knowledge do you have” mix with a “make a judgement on if this is just funny or the thing we’re pointing out that’s wrong” with every beautifully done...
Secret Level: With Keanu Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emily Swallow, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series. The episodes are short, but wow do each of them pack a punch. It’s a familiar format and one that i would gladly and happily like to see more of, short and to the point with very little fat left to waffle over. Buy On Amazon!
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity. I broke one of my cardinal rules of videos games and played an Early Access game before it was officially released, so going in I knew that the story was not finished and there’s some significant chunks of the game play that are TBD. With that expectation properly set, I’ll give the highest...
Lioness: Created by Taylor Sheridan. With Zoe Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner. CIA operative Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency’s war on terror. Moves quickly right out the gate and sets a captivating scene of spy work, confidence games, bad asses with guns, political tension, and sexual confusion. It does all that and wraps up a tightly woven story in just 8 episodes! I can’t wait to see what season 2 will bring. Buy On Amazon!
