New Release Round Up 7/13/21
Mortal Kombat (2021) is out this week along with Wrath of Man, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie: Sponge on the Run, the Criterion edition of Deep Cover, Pennyworth Season, Snatch on 4K, and more on DVD and Blu-Ray.
The Pull List – Savage Hearts #1
Can love blossom on a quest for revenge? A love-struck jungle beastman believes so, but maybe not so much for the jacked barbarian he admires in Dark Horse Comics Savage Hearts #1.
Battle at the Box Office 7/12/21
The MCU returned to theaters with Black Widow this past weekend, which had a massive opening in theaters and on Disney+, which Disney provided a rare glimpse at the numbers for.
The Pull List – Ninjak #1
Colin King fought for Queen and Country as the highly skilled MI-6 agent Ninjak. But recent events had severed King’s ties MI-6, who had disavowed Ninjak. Now operating independently, King has been working off the grid. However, when a massive data breach hits MI-6 and the identities of its covert agents are stolen, King is open to the public with a large target on his back.
Review: Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Netflix’s horror trilogy Fear Street continues with Part Two: 1978, which reveals the horrific summer massacre that occurred at Camp Nightwing and how it may offer a chance for the 1994 crew to free their friend Sam from the clutches of the evil witch Sarah Fier.
Review: Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
Resident Evil comes to Netflix with the limited anime series Infinite Darkness, set between Resident Evil 4 and 5, where Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield uncover a conspiracy to sell bioweapons for use in warzones that involves a military unit called the Mad Dogs and possibly higher-ups in the US government.
Musical Montage: Tag Team “Pig Power in the House”
Although far inferior in pretty much every way to Babe, 1994’s Gordy did have one thing over George Miller’s classic and that was a ridiculous hip-hop theme song from none other than Tag Team, “Pig Power in the House”, which got an official tie-in music video.
News Shotgun 7/10/21
Legendary director Richard Donner passed away at age 91, Silverhawks is getting a reboot, you can enter Hill House at Halloween Horror Nights, Zack Snyder is developing a Star Wars-style sci-fi movie for Netflix, Robocop is getting a new new video game, and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
AMC+ Explores the Harsh World of Whaling in The North Water (Trailer)
Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell star in the upcoming AMC+ series The North Water, which follows the crew of a whaling ship as they try to survive the harsh conditions of the Arctic Ocean, and each other.
Jason Momoa Takes on Big Pharma in Sweet Girl (Trailer)
When the company making a critical medication for his wife’s illness pulls it from the market and she dies, Ray Cooper vows to make them pay in the upcoming Netflix action movie, Sweet Girl, starring Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced.