Gamebox 2.0: Games of April 2021
April showers have sprung fresh games for us to review. We strapped on our VR headset to get kills in Zombieland VR and swung like Spider-Man to stop an alien invasion. We got dropped in strange new lands with fun powers. We also hacked and slacked our way through feudal times. Check out all the games we unboxed and reviewed this April in the Gamebox 2.0.
Everything Action Theater: Mortal Kombat Conquest
Airing for one season, first in syndication and then finishing on TNT, Mortal Kombat Conquest was a prequel to the franchise that followed the original Kung Lao after he defeated Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat and began to train a new group of warriors to be ready for the next tournament against Shao Khan’s forces.
MODOK Hits a Rough Patch on His Hulu Show (Trailer)
Patton Oswalt voices Marvel’s iconic supervillain MODOK in an upcoming Hulu animated comedy where MODOK has to try and maintain control of AIM after it’s bought out by a rival company and also the demands of his suburban family.
It’s a Whodunnit with Werewolves in Werewolves Within (Trailer)
A small town forest ranger has to try and figure out who or what is killing people during a snowstorm in the upcoming horror/comedy whodunnit, Werewolves Within.
Action Hero of the Week: Joel Dawson
One of the few survivors left after the Earth’s cold-blooded creatures mutated into giant monsters and took over the surface, Joel Dawson decides to take the seemingly impossible journey across the country to reunite with his old girlfriend Aimee.
New Release Round Up 4/20/21
Shudder’s horror anthology The Mortuary Collection is out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray along with Blu-Rays of The Furies and Memories of Murder from Criterion, cult film Switchblade Sisters on Blu-Ray from Arrow Video, and more
Shang-Chi Enters the MCU in September (Trailer)
The MCU’s first Asian superhero arrives in September with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, with Simu Liu starring as the superpowered martial artist.
A New Collection Arrives in May for Love, Death + Robots (Trailer)
Netflix’s adult animation anthology series Love, Death + Robots is back in May with another batch of sci-fi stories presented in a slew of different animation styles and genres.
Battle at the Box Office 4/19/21
Godzilla vs Kong remained at the top of the box office for another weekend and, despite the strained conditions in the theatrical industry, it has topped the worldwide box office total of Godzilla: King of the Monsters by around $7 million and counting.
Musical Montage: Billy Burnette “Brother to Brother”
You would probably expect something more punk for a late 80s/early 90s skateboarding classic like Gleaming the Cube but instead, the main song from the soundtrack was “Brother to Brother” from Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette.