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04 Mar 12:22
Photo: Paramount Pictures
The largely unloved Star Trek: Nemesis is due for a critical reappraisal
by Josh Bell
AlecbuggA young Tom Hardy. What a flick
Photo: Paramount Pictures
Tom Hardy’s starring performance and its importance for Star Trek: Picard are good reasons to revisit the film
02 Mar 14:48
TikTok user drunkenly celebrates the joys of getting wasted at Applebee's
by Reid McCarter on News, shared by Reid McCarter to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggContinuing my series in Experiences in Americana
Any scrub can have a good night out at a bar. It takes people with determination (and at least a $10 bill in their wallet) to turn an Applebee’s into the hottest club in the neighborhood. One such visionary, a TikTok user named Vinny Wilson, did just that on a night out to soak in the ambience and down cheap cocktails…
02 Mar 13:31
Image: Team Ico, Bluepoint Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Shadow of the Colossus, Sonic Forces announced as PS Plus games for March
by Nicole Carpenter
AlecbuggI will definitely replay this
Image: Team Ico, Bluepoint Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
‘Free’ for PS Plus subscribers
25 Feb 13:42
YouTube briefly shut down internet chill-out mainstay "lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to"
by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggThis is super relaxing
In a world where very little is certain, we tend to cling to those few bastions of stability that remain. The rising and setting of the sun. The inevitable arrival of another Spider-Man movie every handful of years. And the certainty that “lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to”’s famous Study Girl is never…
13 Feb 15:08
Mon dieu, the first trailer for Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch has arrived
by Britt Hayes and Randall Colburn on News, shared by Britt Hayes to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggWes and Murray and a million other people
How lucky are we to be blessed with a new Wes Anderson film so soon after Isle Of Dogs? Humanity has clearly done something right, because Anderson’s latest effort—The French Dispatch—is hitting theaters this July, a little over two years after the release of his animated love letter to pups. Today, Searchlight…
10 Feb 12:50
5 board games to bring a little extra life to your Oscars party
by Samantha Nelson on Games, shared by Samantha Nelson to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggExactly what the oscars are perfect for
Despite being one of the entertainment industry’s biggest events, the Academy Awards are not immune to the occasional bummer or lull. For every bitingly political speech likely to get Trump tweeting on Monday, there are always a few categories that are little more than someone reading out a list of names. While you…
07 Feb 13:42
Netflix finally lets users disable autoplay for trailers
by Samit Sarkar
AlecbuggPRAISE BE
Image: Netflix via Polygon
05 Feb 13:18
Showtime has canceled Ray Donovan
by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggI haven't watched 1 second of this show...but truly, i'm shocked
Every once in a while, a news event comes along that is so surprising, so impossible to have predicted that you can feel history being made. We’re not referring to whatever nonsense is happening in Iowa, though, because everybody could tell that was going to be a shitshow. No, we’re talking about the announcement that…
05 Feb 13:18
The hosts of Page 7 and Wizard And The Bruiser laugh and cry their way through shots of Malört
by Baraka Kaseko and Katie Rife on AUX, shared by Baraka Kaseko to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggMalort!!!
If you’ve listened to any shows in Last Podcast Network’s roster, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the voices of Jackie Zebrowski, Molly Knefel, Holden McNeely, and Jake Young, hosts of Page 7 and Wizard And The Bruiser. Early last month, while the quartet was in Chicago for a live performance, we invited them to…
05 Feb 13:16
Read this: Bounce into the story of Wild Wild West’s off-camera chaos
by Allison Shoemaker on News, shared by Allison Shoemaker to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggI have to read this whole thing:
When he explained there would be a scene in which Jim West rides on horseback through the night in order to meet the president, Peters stopped him. “Horse?” he said. “Horses are boring.”
There was a long pause. Maddock said, “Well, we’re setting this in 1868; this is a Western.” Peters said, “You know what’s cool? Motorcycles.” Maddock told him there weren’t any motorcycles in 1868. “Yeah, you could have motorcycles,” Peters responded.
At one point, Peters said to Maddock, “You see the pool there? I was in the middle of that pool one day and swimming up behind me comes Steven Seagal. He gets me in a headlock. And you know, he’s such a pussy…” Peters then proceeded to claim that he asked Seagal, “Wanna take me down? Wanna take me down?,” got out of the pool and had a martial arts battle with him, which Peters won. “All of the four, five young men executives who worked for Jon Peters are sitting around,” says Maddock, “and the only thing I’m thinking is, How are these guys keeping a straight face?”
Early on in Mel Magazine’s look at the comically doomed production of the 1999 Will Smith/Kevin Kline vehicle Wild Wild West, writer Ralph Jones makes one absolutely correct assertion, and it’s one that will not surprise you: The tie-in title track was, without question, the best part of that movie.
03 Feb 15:49
Image: Archetype Entertainment/Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast’s new game studio is making a new sci-fi RPG with BioWare vets
by Michael McWhertor
AlecbuggI love every word in that title
Image: Archetype Entertainment/Wizards of the Coast
Archetype Entertainment joins the D&D and Magic: The Gathering company
03 Feb 15:48
Image: CBS
You have a week to watch the Star Trek: Picard premiere for free
by Petrana Radulovic
AlecbuggFree Jared!
Image: CBS
It’s like one of those free samples they give you in mall food courts, but for CBS originals
03 Feb 15:48
Schlock and awe: 3 grown-ups try Rainforest Cafe
by Marnie Shure on The Takeout, shared by Erik Adams to The A.V. Club
It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to get through. So we’d like to welcome you to Tropical Staycation, a week of island-inspired recipes and other stories that will transport you to much warmer, sunnier places. Just don’t look out the window…
03 Feb 15:47
New Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer shows off the game’s theme song and also cross-dressing Cloud
by Julia Lee
AlecbuggGORGES
Image: Square Enix
01 Feb 13:55
Of course Cena is Dom’s heel brother in Fast 9
by Sean Rueter
Alecbuggohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod MY ASS IS EN FUEGO
The Fast & Furious franchise is as much about family as it is cars and ridiculous-but-amazing looking stunts. So there were plenty of Fast fans who guessed that new addition John Cena would be related to someone.
With the trailer for Fast & Furious 9 dropping this afternoon (embedded above), that’s confirmed. And it’s only like the third or fourth biggest shock in the four minute video!
I’ll let Fast diehards explain why they’re marking out about what. But even as a casual fan, I know this is a big step in Cena’s movie career. He’s convinced Hollywood he can be funny, and play the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold in kid’s flicks. This is a blockbuster action star role, and people who join the Furious-verse tend to stick around. Even after death.
01 Feb 13:53
Hey, kids, we're getting that My Chemical Romance reunion tour after all
by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggAnd it sold out already
My Chemical Romance broke up back in 2013, leaving behind, as a legacy, four studio albums, a number of beloved hit singles, and a not inconsiderable impact on hair gel and eyeliner sales nationwide. Gerard Way and company have flirted with getting back together in recent years and allowing the Black Parade to shuffle…
01 Feb 13:53
Wavelength is one of the best party games we’ve ever played
by Clayton Ashley
AlecbuggSounds fun!
Polygon
27 Jan 16:26
Image: Bioshock Infinite | Irrational Games / 2K Games
BioShock Collection headed to Nintendo Switch, according to ratings leak
by Colin Campbell
AlecbuggYessssss I need to replay Infinite...right after i finish the other 14 games i have but haven't finished
Image: Bioshock Infinite | Irrational Games / 2K Games
Remastered collection of Irrational’s shooters on the way
21 Jan 12:57
Image: Restoration Games
The Gloomhaven and Pandemic Legacy creators team up for a new project
by Charlie Hall
AlecbuggNot a bad resume
Image: Restoration Games
The campaign for Return to Dark Tower is now live on Kickstarter
21 Jan 12:57
Shopping at GameStop is miserable
by Ben Kuchera
AlecbuggThe problem is that walking into a GameStop feels like stepping into a flea market managed by employees who have already given up. The games are often heavily stickered, and many are missing the official cover on the case. Random assortments of toys and overpriced collectibles spill out over displays, with little rhyme or reason about where things are.
Photo: Russ Frushtick/Polygon
21 Jan 12:57
Stephen Colbert beats Gwyneth Patrow's new show out of the chute with his own pricey nonsense
by Dennis Perkins on News, shared by Dennis Perkins to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggThis show looks insane, colbert skewers it nicely
Stephen Colbert’s been taking the shower whizz out of Oscar-winning actress, absent-minded Marvel superhero, and now lucrative lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow for some time. Mocking the celebrity pitch-person with his own over-priced (if fictional) brand, Covetton House, has been something of a gentle exercise in…
21 Jan 12:56
Report: Star Wars still thirsty for Taika Waititi
by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggPlease oh Please
For fully three years now, that powers that be behind the Star Wars franchise have been engaging in a series of frankly flirty hypotheticals, asking questions like, “Hey, wouldn’t it be wild if Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi directed a Star Wars movie for us?” In the intervening years of…
21 Jan 12:56
Zoë Kravitz scours the wreckage of her love life in this trailer for Hulu's High Fidelity series
by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggClever!
It’s okay to be skeptical of Hulu’s riff on High Fidelity, the 1995 Nick Hornby novel that became the beloved 2000 film starring John Cusack. The first full trailer for the series apes some of the original film’s best scenes, and reveals that Zoë Kravitz’s lead is still named Rob.
13 Jan 14:20
Fargo and What We Do In The Shadows will return to FX in April
by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggFantastic news on both counts
American Horror Story getting more new seasons may be the most surprising story to come out of FX’s Television Critics Association presentation today (that well will apparently never run dry), but it’s not the only bit of news that FX boss John Landgraf had to share. He also dropped premiere dates for a whole bunch of…
13 Jan 14:10
SNL’s "What Up With That" supercut features the world’s catchiest theme song (again and again and again)
by Gwen Ihnat on News, shared by Gwen Ihnat to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggJsaon Sudeikis dancing is always hilarious and this song will be tuck in your head for the rest of your life.
Saturday Night Live is on a break, but the show’s been guiding us through the dry weeks with a slew of supercuts of some of its best recurring sketches. The latest such release contains almost a full hour of “What Up With That,” Diondre Jones’ (Kenan Thompson) talk show that keeps getting overtaken by the host’s love…
10 Jan 16:55
Image: Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Apex Legends’ new event is a Grand Soirée hosted by Pathfinder
by Austen Goslin
AlecbuggLiving in the age where people can do limited events, and fun random games, and crazy weird things feels like everything 10 year old Alec playing Goldeneye and Timesplitters dreamed of.
Image: Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
The event comes with seven new game modes
10 Jan 16:42
Rian Johnson is already working on a Knives Out sequel with Daniel Craig
by Karen Han
AlecbuggYessssssss just like bond, keep this going forever.
Benoit Blanc is back on the case. | Lionsgate
08 Jan 22:44
Image: Bluepoint Games/Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation Plus offers Uncharted Collection, Goat Simulator in January
by Michael McWhertor
AlecbuggUncharted for free!
Image: Bluepoint Games/Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Start the new year with four games
18 Dec 15:31
This trailer for John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch is pretty darn cute
by Britt Hayes on News, shared by Britt Hayes to The A.V. Club
AlecbuggFantastic
John Mulaney is trying something very different for his latest Netflix special: Child labor. KIDDING. The comedian recruited a troupe of adorable and extremely talented kiddos to form “The Sack Lunch Bunch” for John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, a throwback variety show featuring a roster of fantastic guest stars,…