Review: Spenser Confidential
Released on Netflix this past weekend, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg’s latest collaboration is a loose remake of 80s crime drama Spenser: For Hire with Wahlberg as ex-con, ex-cop Spenser, who teams up with his new roommate Hawk (Winston Duke) to investigate the death of two Boston cops.
Musical Montage: Ol’ Dirty Bastard ft. Kelis “Got Your Money”
For the only single off his second solo album, Ol’ Dirty Bastard paid homage to the immortal Rudy Ray Moore as the music video for “Got Your Money” was almost entirely footage from the 1975 blaxploitation classic Dolemite.
News Shotgun 3/7
James Wan is rebooting an undisclosed Universal Monster, The Kids in the Hall are coming back, Gaston and LaFou are getting their own prequel series, Hocus Pocus 2 has a director, The Last of Us is coming to HBO and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 474 “Candyman, Batmobile, Last of Us, The Outsider and More”
This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris, and Joe talk about the new Batmobile, the “spiritual sequel” Candyman movie, The Outsider, Year of the Rabbit, HBO getting a Last of Us series, Hunters and more.
Admit One 3/6
The new adaptation of Emma expands wide this weekend alongside the latest from Pixar, Onward, and the Ben Affleck basketball drama The Way Back.
Hanna Barbera Worlds Collide in the Final Scoob! Trailer
Scooby and Shaggy are recruited by superhero Blue Falcon and his sidekick Dynomutt to stop a villainous plot by Wacky Races’ villain Dick Dastardly in this summer’s new Scooby-Doo movie, Scoob!
Tom Hanks Heads Back to World War 2 for Greyhound (Trailer)
Tom Hanks returns to battle in World War 2 as Commander Ernest Krause, who finds his first command of 37 Allied ships making their way to England under attack by German U-boats in 1942.
Everything Action Theaters: Dungeons & Dragons
Debuting in 1983 and running for three seasons until 1985, Dungeons and Dragons was a Saturday morning hit for CBS and followed six friends who were teleported to a fantasy realm after riding a D&D themed roller coaster and must help the Dungeonmaster battle the evil Venger, who is looking to conquer the realm.
The DC Animated Universe Goes Endgame with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (Trailer)
The entire DC Animated Universe has to come together and wage one last battle against Darkseid after he conquers Earth in the upcoming movie Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
Action Hero of the Week: Doug MacRay
The head of a heist crew in Boston, Doug MacRay plots a series of escalating heists even as the FBI begins to close in and he becomes romantically involved with a woman who witnessed one of the gang’s jobs.