Author: Heath Andrews

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has a new picture about to hit theaters- “Trap.” Shyamalan’s name can draw mixed reactions from people with how wildly varying in quality his catalog of films have been. One could make the argument that he’s been doing a bit better for himself lately with films like “Knock at the Cabin,” “Old,” and “Glass” performing well at the box office, even if the critical response has been mixed. Ahead of “Trap” though, the writer-director appears to want people to know his inspirations for the film before they go in. The first trailer for”Trap” has one of…

Another day, another twist in the mess that is the world of big media companies. It’s no secret that the likes of Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and more have been feeling the hurt lately. All of the major players have been finding out that running your own streaming platform isn’t cheap or easy. In particular, Paramount scrubbed online content in order to direct people to Paramount+. But that cost saving measure is just putting a bandage on a sucking chest wound, which may be why they’re looking to merge with another company. While there are no certainties in the…

As much as the beloved sitcom “Frasier” lived and died by the chemistry between its main cast, it soared to even greater heights on the strength of its guest stars. There were a number of memorable guests over the years, from one offs like Sir Patrick Stewart and Michael Keaton, to recurring characters like Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith. But if there was one character who could rival Lilith in terms of evil, it was Frasier’s agent, Bebe Glazer. As the continuation of “Frasier” enters its second season, we know that Bebe is back! Bebe was first introduced in Frasier’s first…

There have been times where we’ve reported about studios removing content from their own streaming services as a cost-cutting measure. Netflix has been guilty of it, as has Hulu and certainly MAX. Hell, how many films/shows has HBO scrapped for a tax write-off? If there were two big takeaways from this, one is that no content is truly guaranteed to be archived by media corporations, and the second is that nothing is sacred if it means saving a dollar. This proved more true than ever when over the last couple of days, Paramount erased decades of history from the websites…

The 1990s were an amazing time to be a fan of fighting games. The creation of “Street Fighter II” lit the genre on fire, and Capcom found a way to keep fueling it with more and more games of consistently strong quality. This didn’t just mean “Street Fighter,” it also led to the “Darkstalkers” series, some oddball one-offs, and notably for this article, the Marvel series. Starting with Marvel characters and eventually evolving into a crossover with Capcom icons, a number of classic fighters were released that have been largely inaccessible for years. But all that changed with an announcement…

Back in 1998, movie audiences were treated to the fourth go around for police officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh. “Lethal Weapon 4” didn’t quite have the magic that the first three films did, but it was still a well-received continuation of the action-comedy, buddy cop franchise. For years afterwards, there were rumors that a fifth film would appear to round out the adventures of the two officers played by Mel Gibson (“Mad Max: The Road Warrior,” “Braveheart”) and Danny Glover (“Mandela,” “Predator 2”). But a number of things got in the way, one of them being Gibson’s ‘personal issues,’…

There was a time where actor Armie Hammer’s biggest problem was getting out of the hole that 2013’s “The Lone Ranger” film did to his career. It took him years to recover from that box-office bomb but come the dawn of the 2020’s, it looked like his career was actually coming back to critical and commercial success. And then it all went to hell thanks to accusations of sexual assault in 2021. Since then, Hammer’s public appearances have been scarce which makes his appearance on a small YouTube podcast this week all the more surprising. The “Painful Lessons” YouTube channel…

The term “censorship” gets thrown around a lot with varying degrees of interpretation and severity. There are entire books that have been removed from circulation, words edited out of radio broadcasts, R-rated films cut down to a PG-13 cable television airing; you get the idea. While we can’t say for sure this example is “censorship” per say- it is a bit odd that Amazon has seemingly altered the iconic poster from the classic war film “Full Metal Jacket.” If director Stanley Kubrick was trying to drill at least one point home with his 1987 tale about the Vietnam War, it’s…

Have you ever felt like companies are intentionally making it harder for you to cancel subscriptions? Well, you may not be wrong. Subscription-based pricing models are wonderful for businesses who are just praying and hoping you’ll forget you’re even subscribed. Then they don’t have to provide any services while they still get the money. It’s arguable the strategy helps keeps various gyms alive! As much as this has been a running problem for many consumers, it appears that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) feels like Adobe has gone too far and now the feds are suing them over…

When you think of the show “Frasier,” you don’t really think of it as a workplace comedy. Sure, Frasier has a job and spends a lot of time there, but the show is mostly remembered for the bickering with his brother Niles and bungled romantic relationships with women. That being said, Frasier did have a good number of co-workers who had fairly prominent roles on the show. Even though this current revival of “Frasier” is far removed from his old workplace of radio station KACL, this apparently won’t stop some of his old cohorts from appearing in the upcoming second…