Battle at the Box Office 5/31/21
Theaters were hoping this past holiday weekend would be an indicator that theaters were almost back to normal and A Quiet Place Part 2 delivered with an opening as good as the first movie, even better if you count the 4-day weekend, and the best opening since the pandemic began.
Musical Montage: Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag”
Featured in Amy Heckerling’s 2000 teen comedy Loser, “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus had the movie’s co-stars Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari co-star in the music video.
News Shotgun 5/29/21
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is playing Kraven the Hunter, Oscar Isaac officially confirmed as Moon Knight, a Hellraiser remake is coming to Hulu, the next Evil Dead movie will be an HBO Max exclusive, Amazon is officially buying MGM, the Powerpuff Girls CW reboot is getting retooled and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Mark Wahlberg Comes to Paramount+ With Infinite (Trailer)
Mark Wahlberg plays Evan McCauley, who has skills he doesn’t remember learning and memories that aren’t his. He gets drawn into the world of a secret group known as Infinites, who have reincarnated hundreds if not thousands of times over the centuries, retaining their skills and memories of their past lives.
Everything Actioncast Ep 534 “Army of the Dead, Eternals, The Tomorrow War, Kraven and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris discuss the first trailer for Eternals, the time travel logic of The Tomorrow War, Army of the Dead, Hunters, the insanity of Italian cult horror movie The Visitor, the casting for Kraven the Hunter, the return of Terry Silver and more.
Gamebox 2.0: Games of May 2021
As things start to heat up for summer, we checked out a bunch of cool games that let us solve cyberpunk crimes, command mini armies, explore strange things happening in a small town. Read on to get our thoughts for Lacuna, Mayhem in Single Valley, Warpips, Partisans 1941: Back into Battle, Jetboard Joust, and more for this month’s game reviews in the Gamebox 2.0
Admit One 5/28/21
Two huge movies arrive in theaters for the Memorial Day weekend with A Quiet Place Part II and Cruella while Netflix and Hulu also get a new movie each for the holiday weekend.
M. Night Shyamalan is Back in July with Old (Trailer)
A group of people enjoying a day of fun on a stunning and isolated beach soon become horrified when something about the area is causing them all to rapidly age in the upcoming new horror movie from M. Night Shymalan, Old.
The Jungle Cruise Sets Sail in July (Trailer)
The movie version of Disney’s iconic Jungle Cruise ride is finally setting sail this July in both theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access as Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt travel deep into the Amazon to try and find a legendary tree with healing properties that could change the world.
Everything Action Commentary: The Mummy Returns
For this month’s Everything Action Commentary, Zach and Chris celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Mummy Returns by watching the movie on HBO Max.