Welcome to this week in New Releases, where HBO Max tries to make us laugh with a cavalcade of comedy specials, The Killers try to implode a mirage, and Microsoft tries to teach us how to fly a plane. Truly, what a time to be alive.
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the New York Times best seller I'll Be Gone in the Dark has inspired a documentary series of the same name. The six-episode series follows the writing process of the late McNamara while chasing down the cold case of the Golden State Killer.
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Add one part Battle Royale to equal parts MXC and Wipeout, and sift through a Looney Tunes filter and you get Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. This wacky game has no actual violence by substituting the gun gameplay that other battle royale games use with platforming obstacles and other mini games. Best of all it’s currently free on PlayStation for the month of August (with a PS+ subscription).
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We have thoughts on An American Pickle, Howard, Muppets Now, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, the new Luke Bryan, Good Sudoku, and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.
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Katie Dey has always made her music from the depths of the digital world, but mydata is her most human effort to date. It’s also her best.
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Good Sudoku is both a great Sudoku app for veterans and a teaching tool for people new to the puzzles. Even people with hundreds of puzzles under their belt may learn some new techniques too.
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Put your dogs outside and hide your birds for the latest album from Old Dominion. Following their self titled album last year, the country band put out a cat call to aspiring purrducers to meow mix their latest album. The result is a hair raising rendition of their newest album that is simply the cat’s meow.
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It’s comforting to know that even in this highly irregular year we can still depend on Shark Week. If you want non-stop shark action, Discovery has you covered. If you’d rather listen to the new No Joy record or play some EA Sports UFC, this week has you covered.
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Canadian born comedian Seth Rogen poses the always asked question: can you achieve the American dream? An answer that seems basic enough where anybody can come from anywhere and make their dreams come true. But what if that”anywhere” becomes an “anywhen,” as a man gets preserved in pickle brine to awaken 100 years in the future. Can you still achieve the American dream?
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We start with Cinemark having a plan for the next year and Mulan going to Disney+ for a premium. Next, NCAA players could protest the upcoming season and Disney Star making an international brand streaming service. Later, Dua Lipa will release a club remix album and Microsoft is looking to purchase the US Tik Tok user base. We wrap it all up with Pikmin 3 Deluxe announced coming to the Switch and Marvel's Avengers adds Spider-Man as a PlayStation exclusive. We also have thoughts on Black is King, The Umbrella Academy, The Weight of Gold, Carrion, and Ancient Enemy.
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When The Umbrella Academy ended its first season, the super powered family was escaping the apocalypse they caused into an unknown future. Or rather, the past, as season 2 puts our dynamic heroes in the midst of a turning point in US history with lots of different social and cultural changes happening. The new season also adds character depth while expanding its cast of characters.
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HBO Sports has put out some incredible hour-long documentaries over the past couple of years. From the inside look at NCAA athletics Student Athlete to the sickening inside look into USA gymnastics with At the Heart of Gold, the storytelling and identification of a problem hits your harder than expected. That’s why their newest documentary The Weight of Gold could be the most important one yet as it talks about something that rarely gets brought up: Mental health.
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Nearly a month ago, the NBA announced it would have all players, coaches, and staff report to Orlando, Florida to form a bubble city at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex to keep players healthy. Well, you can’t burst this bubble as the NBA has successfully been able to test players and keep them away from the Coronavirus. In what can be considered a success so far, the 2019-2020 NBA champion could be crowned by October. The remaining season and future playoff games have begun and here is a quick run down of what to expect.
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This week there’s a truckload of television to watch. Like, honestly, there’s too much. But if you’d rather listen to a new Luke Bryan album or play Horizon Zero Dawn on the PC, this week’s got you.
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Have you ever wanted to be a mass of flesh? I mean, we’re all kind of masses of flesh already, but I mean a giant, rotting, putrid, rampaging mass of flesh? A carrion, if you will. Well Carrion, the new 2-D side-scrolling action/exploration game from Phobia Game Studio and Devolver Digital, lets you live this “dream.”
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This weekend would have been the end of the summer movie season and with it a reflection on the good, bad, and terrible films of the past three months. But we don’t live in a normal world; that has left cinema lovers missing the newest trailers and speculating on next years big summer blockbusters. Let’s take a quick look at thirty major movies releases that we missed out since mid March when theaters shut down and new releases were pulled.
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Welcome to another episode of the Media Boat Podcast. Today we have a release schedule for Tenet and Universal makes nice with AMC. Next, Emmy nominations are out and Ellen DeGeneres gets investigated. Later, The Chainsmokers get blasted for a "secret" concert and Alan Menken completes the EGOT. We wrap it all up with Xbox Series X games press conference and a Nintendo Gigaleak. We also have thoughts on Folklore by Taylor Swift and cut off thoughts on Carrion. All this and more on this weeks episode of the Media Boat Podcast.
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It’s a utopian society that’s guarded by three rules: no privacy, no monogamy, and no natural births. That’s the basic setup for Peacock's newest original series Brave New World based off the book of the same name by Aldous Huxley. Every day is as perfect as the last, so long as you don't look at it too closely, otherwise it all falls apart.
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The Emmy Nominations for the 2020 season have been revealed. Netflix set an industry record by receiving 160 nominations across all categories. HBO scored 107 nominations with Watchmen leading their pack with an impressive 26 nominations. NBC lead the major broadcasting networks with 47 nominations including The Good Place and This is Us but neither for Outstanding Series in their respective categories. See the nominations below for the major awards and visit the Emmy website for a compete list.
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Do you ever wake up one day and decide “I want to make a indie record from 2010-2011?” Well Taylor Swift did. She called up The National’s Aaron Dessner, they tossed some demos back and forth, and eventually created Folklore, which was surprise released on Friday. If this seems strange, you’re right — but it’s 2020, so all bets are off. The craziest part about all of this? It just might be her most beautiful and consistent release of her career.
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