Robert Kirkman, original creator of The Walking Dead, launched a brand new comic last week. Science fiction themed rather than horror, Void Rivals is, at least thus far, a rather simple and frankly derivative tale with a big cameo at the end intended to open up a broader shared universe (I know, I know, does… Read More Energon Mine | Void Rivals Issue #01 (2023) Skybound Comic Book
An infamous box office bomb and target of critical ridicule, winner of both Worst Picture at the 1996 Razzie Awards and later Worst Picture of the Decade in 2000, Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls was, for many years, a movie that few people liked, and fewer still would actually admit to liking. Over the ensuing decades, the… Read More Ain’t You Got No Shame? | Showgirls (1995) Vinegar Syndrome 4K Ultra HD
Coming up on three decades into his filmmaking career, Wes Anderson has put such a distinctive stamp onto all of his movies that none of them could be mistaken as the work of anyone else. Nor could anyone adopt Anderson’s style without being labeled a copycat. Looking back on it, the director’s debut feature Bottle… Read More Crime Does Pay | Bottle Rocket (1996) Criterion Collection Blu-ray
With recent news that Disney, as current owner of the 20th Century Fox library, has censored Best Picture Oscar-winning police drama The French Connection across all streaming and TV broadcast outlets, fans and collectors have run to buy up uncensored physical media copies of the film wherever they can find them. Doing so will encounter… Read More A Public Advisory Regarding The French Connection (1971) on Blu-ray
The first live-action Transformers movie directed by someone other than Michael Bay is, not coincidentally, the first live-action Transformers movie that’s any good. Because we live in an unjust world, 2018’s Bumblebee was also the lowest-grossing Transformers film up to that point by some considerable margin. As someone who grew up in the 1980s with… Read More That Was Radical! | Bumblebee (2018) 4K Ultra HD
After Hasbro brought the first phase of its Transformers toy line (now called “Generation 1“) to a close in 1990, the brand struggled for a few years to find a new direction. Generation 2, launched in 1993, mostly consisted of repainted versions of the old toys and had no original tie-in cartoon series of its… Read More I’d Say That’s Prime | Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) Series Premiere
When Hasbro debuted its Transformers toy line in 1984, the company followed the same playbook that had brought its G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero such explosive success over the prior couple years. In addition to the toys themselves, the company promoted the brand across multiple media, most notably in comic books and a television… Read More Prime Told Me There’d Be Days Like This | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Parts 1-3 (1984)
Following in the footsteps of his pal Sylvester Stallone, legendary action star Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his debut as the lead in a television series with Netflix’s new action-comedy FUBAR. Notably, the show also marks the second attempt this year to adapt Schwarzenegger’s 1994 blockbuster True Lies into a television format. Of the two, this may… Read More Untrue Lies | FUBAR Season 1 (2023) on Netflix
Goodbye, HBO Max. Hello… Max? Seriously, that’s the best name all the corporate marketing geniuses could come up with? The streamer formerly known as HBO Max went through its official rebranding this week, and the transition has been a little bumpy. From unplayable content, to confusing menu categories, to programs with nudity and other adult… Read More Max Growing Pains | HBO Max Rebranding Goes Not Entirely Smoothly
I distinctly remember seeing Star Trek: Nemesis during its opening weekend in a mostly empty theater auditorium. That experience was all too common for those few other fans who likewise made the effort. The film remains, to date, the lowest grossing Star Trek movie and the only one to lose money at the box office.… Read More This Doesn’t Feel Right | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 4K Ultra HD
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