Everything Actioncast Ep 540 “The Tomorrow War, Fear Street, What If?, Robocop and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris pay their respects to Richard Donner and talk about a new Robocop game, The Tomorrow War, the first entry of the Fear Street trilogy, G1 and Beast Wars colliding in War for Cybertron: Kingdom, Zack Snyder’s takeover of Netflix, Marvel’s What If? and more.
Ciri Starts Her Training in Season 2 of The Witcher (Trailer)
The first trailer for The Witcher Season 2 is finally here thanks to the WitcherCon streaming event as Geralt takes Ciri to the Witcher home of Kaer Morhen to begin her training as a monster hunter and unravel more about their bond of Destiny and the role they will play in the fate of The Continent.
Admit One 7/9/21
Black Widow finally brings the MCU back to theaters (and Disney+ Premiere Access) while the horror of Fear Street continues on Netflix with Part Two: 1978.
The MCU Explores the Multiverse With What If? (Trailer)
Based on the decades-long fan-favorite comic series, Disney+’s What If? explores different spins on the MCU, like what if Peggy Carter was the super-soldier, what if T’Challa joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, or what if Loki was the one who wielded Mjolnir?
Everything Action Theater: WildC.A.T.S
Two years after the comic first debuted with the launch of Image Comics, Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S came to CBS with a Saturday morning animated series that lasted for 13 episodes from fall 1994 to winter 1995.
Action Hero of the Week: Mike McCann
Joining a dangerous rescue mission across the ice roads of Canada to get equipment to a remote mine where a cave-in has occurred, Mike McCann, his brother, and the other truckers have to not only face the deadly conditions but also a corporate saboteur who has been hired to ensure the mission fails.
New Release Round Up 7/6/21
Space Jam is out in glorious 4K just in time for A New Legacy along with Howard the Duck and Scott Pilgrim vs the World, also on 4K, Bringing Up Baby on Criterion Blu-Ray, the Apple TV+ original series Defending Jacob and more on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Battle at the Box Office 7/5/21
Universal took all three of the top slots on the box office charts for this past holiday weekend with F9, The Boss Baby: Family Business and The Forever Purge, though F9 had a pretty steep drop from last weekend’s big opening.
The Beast Wars Come to Netflix with Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom (Trailer)
The Autobots and Decepticons arrive on Earth and encounter their animal-based counterparts in the Maximals and Predacons as the final battle for the All Spark and the fate of Cybertron begins with Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom on Netflix.
Review: Fear Street Part 1: 1994
Netflix brings RL Stine’s Fear Street universe to life with big trilogy event kicking off this past weekend with Fear Street 1994, which sees a group of teens in the titular year trying to survive a group of killers from the sordid past of their town of Shadyside, which legend has it is cursed by the vengeful spirit of a witch.