Disney+photo: NICK AGRO/AFP via Getty Images When Disney first launched its streaming service Disney+ back in November of 2019, it did so with a long-term mindset. Streaming was, presumably, the future, and so the company was willing to burn a lot of money to catch up with more established performers in the industry—most notably Netflix, […]
In the few months that From Software’s Elden Ring has been out, the internet has enjoyed taking its creators’ carefully considered artistic vision and just kind of wreaking havoc on it. Aside from finding strategies to defeat particularly difficult enemies by doing stuff like messing with their programming so they act like dopes—a time-honored From […]
Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, Miles Teller as Bradley “Rooster” Cradshaw, Monica Barbaro as “Phoenix,” and Glen Powell as “Hangman” in Top Gun: Maverickphoto: Paramount Pictures By accident or design, a significant part of Tom Cruise’s early career was dominated by roles in which he was fighting to achieve self-actualization or independence from the […]
red boxphoto: Justin Sullivan/ (Getty Images) Great news for anybody who wants to see some sun-damaged touch screens get livened up by a little good, hearty cheer: Redbox just got itself bought by Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Inc., the company behind eight million books of inspirational sub-Reader’s Digest horseshit, and also, for some […]
Judd Apatow at a screening for Apple TV+’s severity.photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (Getty Images) The fifteenth anniversary of super bad is this year, and discussions about the film have been on a rise. Back in January, Jonah Hill jokingly pitched his idea for a sequelwhich would involve a geriatric Hill and his super bad co-star […]
Doyle von Frankenstein and Glenn Danzigphoto: Scott Grays (Getty Images) since 2005, riot-fest has been the place to see punk rock luminaries get the band together and play a show for thousands of fans. Their idiosyncratic lineups, which marry classic punk, pop-punk, emo, hardcore, and some industrial, rap, and pop for good measure, is one […]
Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael in On The Count Of Three picture: Courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Jerrod Carmichael’s directorial debut and star vehicle On The Count Of Threewhich revolves around a suicide pact made by two best friends, bears no resemblance to The Carmichael Show or his stand-up sets, even if he casually joked about […]
Gotham Knightsscreenshot: WB Montreal After seven years of not batman gamesWB Games Montréal has finally released 13-minutes of footage from a new one. Sans Batman. And sans a version for Xbox One or a PS4. The upcoming Bat-family game, Gotham Knights, will only be available on PC, PS5, and Xbox X/S despite previous announcements. “To […]