Gamebox 2.0: Games of March 2022
As we’re gearing up for the return of PAX East next month, we checked out a batch of new games to review. We explored a futuristic Aztec society in Aztech Forgotten Gods, tried to solve an FMV whodunnit? in Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?, drove a high-tech spy car in Agent Intercept, tried to survive frozen horrors in Expedition Zero, and more.
Everything Action Theater: Black Sheep
Following up Tommy Boy, Chris Farley and David Spade reteamed in 1996 for Black Sheep, where Farley plays the well-meaning but bumbling brother to a Washington gubernatorial candidate and gets into all kinds of wacky shenanigans as he tries to campaign for his brother.
Action Hero of the Week: Jacques Kristoff
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff is tasked with escorting thief Galina Konstantin to Munich after she steals a top-secret container but the train they are traveling aboard is hijacked, forcing Kristoff to take on the hijackers and a deadly bio-weapon to save the passengers and his family, who are also aboard the train.
A Killer 80s Video Game is Unleashed in Choose or Die (Trailer)
Desperate for cash, Kayla discovers an old 80s video game called Curs>r that has an unclaimed cash prize of $125,000 for anyone who can survive 5 days of playing it. She soon learns that the game manipulates reality and puts her in increasingly horrific situations in the upcoming Netflix horror movie Choose or Die.
Elisabeth Moss and Andrew Garfield Investigate Murder Mysteries in April (Trailers)
Elisabeth Moss and Andrew Garfield are heading up two upcoming crime dramas with Shining Girls on Apple TV+ and Under the Banner of Heaven on Hulu/FX.
New Release Round Up 3/29/22
Robocop gets a 4K Steelbook edition this week along with Sing 2, Marry Me, The Requin, Young Rock Season 1 and more on DVD and Blu-ray.
Top Gun: Maverick Finally Flies in May (Trailer)
After almost three years of delays, Top Gun: Maverick will finally arrive in theaters in May as Tom Cruise returns to reprise his role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell to train a new group of Top Gun pilots for a combat mission no living pilot has ever seen before.
Battle at the Box Office 3/28/22
The Lost City overtook The Batman to claim the top spot at the box office over the weekend while Indian import RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt has the 2nd biggest opening domestically for a Bollywood film of all time.
Musical Montage: Thirty Seconds to Mars
Along with his various acting roles over the years, including this weekend’s Morbius, Jared Leto has been the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he formed in 1998 with his brother Shannon Leto and has gone on to make five studio albums and hit singles like “The Kill” and “Kings and Queens”
News Shotgun 3/26/22
Amazon is developing a James Bond-inspired reality competition, Netflix cancels Archive 81, The CW renews 7 of their current shows, Marvel is working on a project for Nova, Godzilla vs Kong’s sequel begins shooting later this year, and more in this week’s News Shotgun.