Author: The DHK

Host of the We're Watching What?! Podcast

Netflix has finally dropped the full trailer for their live-action “Cowboy Bebop!” Whatever happens, happens. They’ve been releasing teases for quite a while but we’re finally getting a look at John Cho, Daniella Pineda, Mustafa Shakir and more in the trailer.  The space Western featuring the bounty hunters Spike Spiegel (Cho), Jet Black (Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Pineda). All the glimpses before as well as this new trailer suggest to us that fans of the original anime series are going to be delighted. New audiences too seem welcome with the vibrant visuals and stunning music. In fact speaking of the…

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No stranger to acting against dolls, Ryan Gosling has signed on to play Ken to Margot Robbie’s “Barbie.” Yes. You read all of that correctly. Want to add even more weirdness to it? Greta Gerwig is set to direct. And yes, this is Barbie of Mattel’s Barbie. One Barbara Millicent Roberts. Slightly off putting fun fact: Barbie and Ken are named for Barbie doll creator Ruth Handler’s kids. In case you were wondering Ken’s full name is Kenneth Sean Carson. According to a report, the film has yet to be greenlit, but with the power doll duo of Robbie and…

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Disneyland may bill itself as the Happiest Place on Earth, but with newly announced price hikes it feels like it is becoming the most prohibitively expensive place on Earth. This marks the fifth price hike in five years for the park. The last time we saw such a significant hike was in February of 2020. This comes on the heels of the sunsetting of the annual pass system. Its replacement, the Magic Key system, has been met with a considerable amount of grumbling.  NEED to get yourself to one of the parks on one of the most popular dates in…

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David Tennant is set to star as Phileas Fogg and head “Around the World in 80 Days.” Tennant will play the protagonist of Jules Verne’s adventure classic. In this latest adaptation, he’ll be joined by Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout and Leonie Benesch as Abigail ‘Fix’ Fortescue.  Verne’s tale follows the story of Fogg, who accepts a wager that he can travel around the world in the titular amount of time. Despite logic, he bets half his fortune that he can do so, and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.  No stranger to epic travel with companions, you can get…

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“Maya and the Three” is a metal-tastic take on Mesoamerican legends. It feels like it splits time taking some pages from a telenovela, and others from a comic book, it’s a gorgeous limited series. From creator Jorge R. Gutiérrez (“The Book of Life,” “El Tigre”), it’s a sweeping tale that follows Teca princess Maya. Maya wants to be an Eagle Warrior like the rest of her combat capable family. She’s got the skills to back it up too, but fate has other plans. When she becomes the sacrifice target of Lord Mictlan, the God of War, Maya embarks on an…

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Funko is the latest to capitalize on Netflix’s “Squid Game” with a new group of Pops. Figures include Players 281 (Cho Sang-Woo), 001 (Oh Il-Nam), 199 (Ali), 067 (Kang Sae-Byeok), and 456 (Seong Gi-Hun). Player 456 comes with a tiny adorable (or horrifying) dalonga. Player 199 is holding the bag- if you know, you know. We can’t quite figure out what Player 067 is gripping. Wanting more anonymity with your Funko Pops? Fear not, you can also buy a Masked Worker with the circle. Walmart will be exclusively carrying a supervisor Masked Worker with the square symbol. Or you can…

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The trailer for “Red Notice,” starring arguably the three of the biggest movie stars in the world right now, has dropped. The art-crime caper stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds. The trailer gives us a closer look at some of the lavish sets. Also possibly awkward buddy comedy moments, and budget burning action.  Reynolds and Gadot play competing art thieves Nolan Booth and “The Bishop” respectively. Johnson is John Hartley, the FBI’s top profiler out to stop them. “Red Notice” is written and directed by frequent The Rock collaborator, Rawson Marhsall Thurber. The two have previously…

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