The latest TV series to partner with McDonald’s on tie-in food is Jujutsu Kaisen, the hit anime that airs on Crunchyroll here in the U.S. Yes, in a few days time you will be able to dunk your Chicken McNuggets (or your fries, I suppose) into Jujutsu Kaisen themed McDonald’s dipping sauce. The press release claims the Jujutsu Kaisen “Special … Read more
From there, we follow Allie throughout the day as she juggles appointments, medications, FaceTime calls from her mother, breakups with Tinder dates, parking disasters, and picking up her brother (David Brown), who rides along with her for a while until it’s too much to bear. While all this is happening, we see countless notifications from … Read more
Star Wars: The Acolyte has created a stir on social media, with fans speculating that Qimir is Darth Plagueis. The recent revelation of Qimir as a Sith character has led to the intriguing theory that he is Darth Plagueis, the Sith Lord hinted at in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Let’s delve … Read more
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is ton of fun, giving Eddie Murphy a strong outing that will please old fans and win new ones. PLOT: After an attempt on his daughter’s life and the disappearance of his friend Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returns to Beverly Hills to do battle with a … Read more
Beverly Hills Cop became the most successful cinematic showcase for Eddie Murphy’s talents, but it wasn’t designed for him. It was conceived as a straight-forward Sylvester Stallone vehicle, and it remained that way until just a few weeks before filming began, when Stallone dropped out and Murphy subbed in at the last minute. The conceit wound up working … Read more
“Day One” takes its sweet time getting to the inciting incident (alien invasion) and instead sets up the plight of its heroine Sam, a terminal cancer patient spending her final days in a Brooklyn hospice that seems to be populated mainly by seniors. Sam is played by Lupita Nyong’o, an expert at reaction-driven horror performances, having played … Read more
Worst Roommate Ever Season 1, Episodes 4 and 5 highlighted the case of Jamison Bachman, a serial squatter who terrorized his various roommates for decades. He would move in with victims, sometimes using the alias Jed Creek, and use his knowledge of the law to avoid eviction for years. Eventually, his behavior caught up with … Read more
Robert Towne, who wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, has died at the age of 89. Robert Towne, the screenwriter who wrote the Academy Award-winning original script for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, has died at the age of 89. His publicist, Carri Mclure, announced that Towne died at his home in Los Angeles … Read more
Sometimes it’s all about nostalgia and I totally went down that road watching the 1997 block buster, award-winning Good Will Hunting, arguably one of the best movies of all time about a gifted janitor working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Like so many of us, we Google things about movies we’re watching and while doing that, I came … Read more
From the beginning, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” is buoyant and playful in a way that legacy sequels usually aren’t allowed to be, and that was arguably missing in the more leaden second and third films in this series. Murphy is at his best when he’s allowed to bounce through a film, light on his … Read more