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At least that's how it reads on paper, so let's see how this goes… So if you vote for The Weekly Static this fall, we will drain the swamp of lame, snarky week-in-review videos with these three promises of what The Weekly Static can do for you: ● Offer a blunt, honest perspective on about five random[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Fifty Shades Freed is just as awkward and unsatisfying in every way as previous entries into this uninteresting series. Director: James Foley Summary: Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship. There are plenty of reasons to hate the three Fifty Shades movies, and none of them have to do with the[...]

The first big Loot Gaming box of the year come to my doorstep a few weeks ago, and considering the year we had previous where it was kind of hit-and-miss on some boxes, I was intrigued to see what Loot Crate had in mind for 2018. So let's crack this one open and see what they have store this time around.

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's final weekly reminder recap for Syfy's  Happy! (for this season, anyway) as we take a look back at the season finale, 'I Am the Future': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4XL4j7gisVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season 1, Episode 8: Head-To-Head | SYFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4XL4j7gis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfBQ1dC4jR4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season 1, Episode[...]

Credit: NBC Welcome to the first edition of Bleeding Cool's weekly recap/review of NBC's new Thursday night comedy series A.P Bio, starring It's Always in Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton and Happy!'s Patton Oswalt.  Tonight's pilot episode is a a sneak preview of the series before it starts it's weekly run in March, after NBC's coverage[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Diving into Godshaper, I already had high hopes I'd read Eliot's review of the first issue, and it'd seemed right up my alley Godshaper is set in a universe where the laws of physics began to mutate in the late '50s Taking their place are gods — one for every person Now the world[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Search: overcomes what should have been a goofy premise to be legitimately thrilling and enjoyable. Director: Aneesh Chaganty Summary: After a five-minute sequence of the Kim family's online activity that beautifully relays a decade of their shared lives, Search drops us into the current online existence of family patriarch David and daughter Margot, a high school[...]

Credit: Syfy Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's weekly rundown and pipin' hot "reminder recap" slice of  Syfy's  Happy! as we take a look back at the season's penultimate seventh episode, 'Destroyer of Worlds': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLzxr8F8j7wVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season 1, Episode 7: Tal-is-man | SYFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLzxr8F8j7w) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamQyncIrqsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled:[...]

Honestly, unless you're a diehard McCarthy fan, this one you can skip.   The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar Disney Released: 1/16/18 Much like the Disney releases we reviewed from December, this is a five-episode DVD that takes several episodes from The Lion Guard and basically turns them into their own mini-movie There are no special features on here[...]

If you're looking at home media, we've got your back. Here are our thoughts on some of the home releases that crossed our doorstep over the past few months — you just might find something worth your while.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] I Think We're Alone Now takes the post-apocalyptic genre and looks at it from he eyes of someone who feels more at home in a world without people. Director: Reed Morano Summary: Del (Peter Dinklage) is alone in the world Literally After the human race is wiped out, he lives in a small, empty town, methodically[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Minding the Gap looks at the lives of three young men growing up in Rockford, Illinois in an intimate and thought-provoking way that will hit like a punch to the gut. Director: Bing Liu Summary: Welcome to Rockford, Illinois, the heartland of the post-industrial rust belt of America But more importantly, welcome to the revelatory work[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ophelia takes one of the most misunderstood women in classic literature and gives her new dimensions as we look at the world through her eyes. Director: Claire McCarthy Summary: Something is rotten in medieval-era Denmark, where political intrigue swirls around the imperial court like dark magic Amid it all, the queen's brightest lady-in-waiting, Ophelia, finds herself[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Assassination Nation takes the Salem witch trials to the modern age — but gives the "witches" in question automatic weapons with which to fight back. Director: Sam Levinson Summary: High school senior Lily and her crew of besties live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies, and chats—just like the rest of us[...]

Credit: Syfy Thanks for joining us as we go storming into our "Magnificent Seven" edition of Happy Trails!, Bleeding Cool's live-blog of Syfy's Happy! and tonight's seventh episode, 'Destroyer of Worlds." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q8SdWWAzXgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season 1, Episode 7: Sneak Peek | SYFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q8SdWWAzXg) Happy! s01e07 'Destroyer of Worlds': Finally reunited, Sax and Happy make one last[...]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's weekly recap of Syfy's Happy! and another round of freshly baked "reminder recaps," as we take a look back at last week's Episode 6, 'The Scrap Yard of Childish Things' – but first? A few "best of" clips to get your brain up-to-speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpwO_ufO_q8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season[...]

If you are a fan of Christopher Nolan's films, you NEED to pick up the 4K box set featuring 7 movies and all the special features.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Seeing Allred aims to humanize one of the polarizing figures in recent memory by showing us where she came from and where she gets her drive. Directors: Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman Summaery: To some, Gloria Allred is a money-grubbing, shrill feminist prone to tawdry theatrics; to others she's the most effective and fearless women's rights[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn appeals to a very specific set of fans of a very specific genre, and those fans are bound to love it Everyone else likely won't get the joke. Director: Jim Hosking Summary: After getting fired by her scheming husband Shane Danger (Emile Hirsch) from his cappuccino shop, dissatisfied Lulu Danger[...]

The closest to movie-theater quality at home, the Warner Brothers 4K release of "Blade Runner: 2049" is a must-have for fans and collectors.

Here's some things we learned about "Blade Runner: 2049" while watching the special features on the 4K/Blu Ray/DVD physical release.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Bisbee '17 doesn't entirely work because of pacing issues, but watching a small town come to terms with its own dark past is fascinating. Director: Robert Greene Summary: It's 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border The town's close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee's darkest[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] American Animals starts off like a fun heist movie — until reality comes crashing down in a tonal shift that has no right to work as well as it does. Director: Bart Layton Summary: Lexington, Kentucky, 2004: Spencer and Warren dream of remarkable lives beyond their middle-class suburban existence They head off to colleges in the same[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Beast has an interesting concept and takes the story in intriguing directions, but only has enough material for a short rather than a feature. Director: Michael Pearce Summary: Moll is stuck She's isolated on Jersey, a tiny island in the English Channel She's also beset by her domineering mother and her history of mental fragility —[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] It was back in the first half of 2016 when word emerged that Maze Runner: The Death Cure had been indefinitely delayed after the serious injuries suffered by its star, Dylan O'Brien, while shooting a car action scene Originally slated for a February 2017 release, it took nearly a year's worth of time for[...]

Credit: Syfy Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's weekly recap of Syfy's Happy! and another round of our sparkly clean "reminder recaps," as we take a look back at last week's Episode 5, 'White Sauce? Hot Sauce?'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDjdVQzqFwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAPPY! | Season 1, Episode 5: Sound The Alarm | SYFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDjdVQzqFw) Happy! Episode 105 'White Sauce?[...]

I have reviewed many things since I've joined Bleeding Cool Comics, movies, music, books, television series, toys, board games and video games just to hit the highlights Today I was asked to review something different Dynamite's new Vampirella Tarot Card Deck that hits comic shops tomorrow This was initially offered as a kickstarter and my[...]

Credit: Syfy Thanks for joining us after a two week break for our fifth edition of Happy Trails!, Bleeding Cool's live-blog of Syfy's Happy! and tonight's fifth episode, 'White Sauce? Hot Sauce?". Credit: Syfy Less of a "formal review" and more of a "revap"-type (review/recap) thing, we're covering the nitty and the gritty of the episode, along with some of my thoughts on what[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Often a comic doesn't quite manage to catch your interest in issue #1 That was the problem I originally had with Pestilence Written by Frank Tieri, the premise is an interesting take on the zombie genre It poses the question: What if the Black Death was really just the world's first zombie infestation? Set in[...]

We'll be getting back to the regular The Weekly Static grind next week; but this week, we're wrapping up 2017 in a pretty little bow with a look back at the five biggest television screw-ups from the past year.