Author: Mary Anne Butler

Things you need to know about that are totally real and actually happening- a 6-episode, 20-minute series coming to Netflix starring Nicolas Cage, produced by Funny or Die (among others) called “History of Swear Words.”Bellamie Blackstone is showrunning, and Cage is….very Cage. An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed. History of Swear Words, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words. Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins…

This is one of those times I’m sitting here scratching my head, because why in the WORLD would you want to reboot a show like HBO’s “True Blood?” It’s only been 6 years since the finale, which admittedly is one I’d like to forget I’ve seen, kind of like another notable HBO property based on a highly popular book series that diverged WILDLY from the source material.According to TVLine, that’s exactly what’s happening. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who created both The CW’s “Riverdale” and Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” is apparently heading a reboot of Charlaine Harris’s “The Southern Vampire Mysteries,” which is what HBO’s “True…

We look forward to seeing what BetGeorge does with his Christmas lights every single year, and are absolutely tickled that it just HAPPENS to be one of our favorite 80s tunes we recently wrote a big thing about; A-Ha’s “Take On Me!”If you’ll recall- Tracey, CA native BetGeorge outdoes himself every year by choreographing a fabulous home Christmas light show with a song. Previous years included Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” “Star Wars,” and more. This year’s choice of “Take On Me” is just brilliant, and we love it. If you missed our look at the iconic music video (and it’s history),…

We are delighted to share this trailer for the upcoming third season of “Cobra Kai,” which hit the news wires this morning. For a show no one thought they wanted that premiered on YouTube of all places, this “The Karate Kid” continuation has certainly found it’s legs. Ralph Macchio stars as Daniel LaRusso, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Courtney Henggeler as Daniel’s wife Amanda LaRusso, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso, Jacob Bertrand as Hawk, Gianni Decenzo as Demetri, Martin Kove as John Kreese, and Peyton List as Tory. COBRA KAI…

While we’re still kind of miffed an addtional season of “Hannibal” still isn’t happening anytime soon, we are delighted that CBS’s upcoming “The Silence of the Lambs” offshoot series all about our favorite FBI agent, Clarice Starling, is looking pretty promising. The first teaser was released earlier today, and it’s got some beautiful iconography going on that’ll no doubt interest fans of the Thomas Harris literary character being brought to the small screen. This show is set to follow Agent Clarice Starling (played by Rebecca Breeds) one year after her encounter with Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill, the central villain…

This just in- sounds like Alfred Molina’s amazing portrayal of Marvel Comics baddie Otto Octavious (aka Doc Ock) will be joining the stacked cast of returning “Spider-Man” characters in the third Tom Holland-starring film! Variety, THR, all the usual outlets confirmed this news, and we’ll let you know what else we hear about it.

We’ve been WAITING impatiently to share officially released images from Disney+ series “Hawkeye,” which is filming right now. Thankfully, Jeremy Renner shared a photo featuring his co-star(s) Hailee Steinfeld, who is playing hero Kate Bishop, and the pooch playing Lucky the Pizza Dog! Lucky the Pizza Dog first appeared in Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye comics run, and we are absolutely delighted to see him included in the Disney+ series. Renner is reprising his role of Clint Barton, aka Avengers member Hawkeye. He’s training young Kate Bishop, played by Steinfeld, who takes over the mantle of Hawkeye in the comics (and we’re assuming in…

Taika Waititi is one of our favorite filmmakers, and anytime he releases a new project, we’re immediately interested. Cue “Lucid Odyssey,” a short 3 and a half minute film Waititi did for Microsoft’s next gen console, the Xbox Series X. Welcome to the dreams of MoonLiteWolf—all powered by her experience playing the Xbox Series X. This epic, dream-fueled journey will take you from the depths of her lucid imagination into the outskirts of space, with plenty of twists along the way. To make this film, Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi used real dreams MoonLiteWolf had after playing the Xbox Series X.…

We are absolutely delighted to bring you this bit of music (and film) trivia that contains two of our favorite things- “Wayne’s World” and Queen. Arguably one of the most iconic uses of a song in a film, the classic driving sing along “Bohemian Rhapsody” moment continues to be multi-generational delight and right of passage. As it turns out, it’s also a moment that the legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was rather fond of.This information was shared by Queen’s guitarist Brian May during the most recent episode of Josh Gad’s YouTube series “Reunited Apart,” all about the 90s comedy classic,…

2020’s version of Red Ryder BB Gun for “Star Wars” fans, feast your eyes on the official “The Mandalorian” Amban Phase-Pulse Blaster from NERF!