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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Review
Fantasy Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings 14 min read Share this with a friend! After a two-year absence, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has returned for its expansive third season. A majority of the cast makes returns for season 3, including Charlie Vickers, who delivers his full might to the role of the Dark Lord Sauron once again. Our favorite elvish actors, Morfydd Clark and Robert Aramayo, return to their roles as Galadriel and Elrond as well.
‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ and NEW Post-Credit Scenes Review
Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Endgame, Battleworld, Captain America, Comicbook Films & Shows, Doctor Doom, Hulk, Loki, Marvel, MCU, The Multiverse Saga, TVA 8 min read Share this with a friend! Over seven years after its original debut, Avengers: Endgame returned to theaters this past weekend for what has been dubbed as the Avengers: Endgame Encore.
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Review: Shocking Betrayals and Epic Battles
Drama Films & Shows, Fantasy Films & Shows, Game Of Thrones, HBO, House of The Dragon 8 min read Share this with a friend! After only eight weeks, House of the Dragon season 3 has officially ended. Sunday night’s brutal episode capped off a season that, at times, felt like being hit by a freight train. The weight of the crown was put on full display this season, providing the audience with a consistently riveting pace and devastating impact.
‘Ride or Die’ Review: A Bumpy Ride for This Buddy-Action-Comedy
Action Films & Shows, Comedy Films & Shows, Prime Video 5 min read Share this with a friend! Prime Video’s latest action adventure comedy, Ride or Die, starsOctavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Sylvia Hoeks, Bill Nighy, and more. The series blends a serious tone of espionage with the lighter themes of a buddy-comedy film, often giving the season some significant tonal whiplash. With that being said, is Ride or Die worth watching?
Legacy of Monsters' Season 2 Review
Apple TV, Godzilla, Horror Films & Shows, Sci-Fi Films & Shows 8 min read Share this with a friend! Apple TV’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returns with a monster-sized season 2, immediately picking up after the fantastic climax to the series’ first season. Series regulars Kurt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Wyatt Russell, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett, and Takehiro Hira all return for the new season.
Intriguing Twists Finish the Season
Comedy Films & Shows, Horror Films & Shows, Mystery Films & Shows, Netflix, Wednesday 5 min read Share this with a friend! The second season of Netflix’s smash-hit, Wednesday, has come to a close following the release of the second half of season 2. Much like the first part, season 2 part 2 heavily revolves around Wednesday, Enid, and the Addams family. Characters like Agnes, Bianca, Tyler, and others get a much-needed boost in screen time as well.
'Wednesday' Season 2 Is Off To A Rocky Start in Part 1
Comedy Films & Shows, Horror Films & Shows, Netflix, Wednesday 6 min read Share this with a friend! The Netflix hit television series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega, returned this past Wednesday after a lengthy three-year hiatus. Along with Ortega, the series brings back a number of familiar faces, such as Emma Myers, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Isaac Ordonez, Georgie Farmer, Fred Armisen, and more.
Apple TV Delivers a Great Comedy Series
Share this with a friend! Apple TV is following up Severance season two with an enormous bang, as the studio’s newest comedy series, ironically named The Studio, premieres on March 26th. The show stars comedy legend Seth Rogen, along with a brilliant supporting cast including Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston and more.
Born Again' Two-Episode Premiere Review with Spoilers
Share this with a friend! After a seven-year-wait, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, Marvel’s iconic vigilante, returns to audiences with Daredevil: Born Again on Disney Plus. The cast includes the likes of Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, and after a major rewrite, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Wilson Bethel, and Ayelet Zurer. The first season originally had been announced to be eighteen-episodes, but eventually had been reduced to nine-episodes.
'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' Season 1 Review
Share this with a friend! Marvel’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has ended its 10-episode first season on Disney+, setting up an already in development season two. The new animated series stars Hudson Thames, Zeno Robinson, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Colman Domingo, Hugh Dancy, and more.
Apple TV's 'The Gorge' Delivers Action, Horror, and Romance
Share this with a friend! How far would you go for something worth living for? That’s the question answered by Miles Teller’s Levi in Apple TV’s newest movie, The Gorge. The Gorge is directed by infamous horror director Scott Derrickson, known for films such as Doctor Strange, The Black Phone, and more. Along with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy, The Gorge stars Sigourney Weaver and Sope Dirisu.
Born Again' and Beyond
Share this with a friend! After a long and uncertain wait, Daredevil will finally return to the Marvel universe in Daredevil: Born Again on March 4th on Disney Plus. Daredevil: Born Again is expected to serve as a pseudo-fourth season of the Netflix show titled Daredevil. Stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Jon Bernthal, and Wilson Bethel will all return to their respective roles from the first three seasons of the series.
A Mostly Underwhelming End to the Series
Share this with a friend! After three seasons, the MCU’s first animated series What If…? has ended. The series marked Marvel’s first serious dive into the multiverse and its “endless stories”. What If…? acted mainly as an anthology series, giving the audience a small peek into the many different alternate realities throughout the multiverse. Marvel managed to use the expansion into the multiverse as a way to adapt the popular What If….? comic run that debuted in 1977.
A Worthy Entry In The Dune Universe
Share this with a friend! After only a short six-episode first season for HBO’s newest hit show Dune: Prophecy, the show will now go on hiatus for the production of the second season. The show itself makes it clear from the start that it is a very loose adaptation of the Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson novel Sisterhood of Dune. Characters like Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) appear, but the show’s plot veers off into its own direction.
The Rings of Power' Season 2 Review
Share this: True creation requires sacrifice. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 wrapped up on October 3rd, just a little over a month after its August 29th premiere. The second season picks up directly after the conclusion of the first, continuing the story of our second age heroes of Middle Earth and, of course, Sauron. The second season kicked the series into high gear with the anticipated forging of the Rings of Power.
Charlie Cox Talks Daredevil at D23 at GalaxyCon 2024 in Raleigh
Share this: GalaxyCon once again returned to Raleigh this year for its seventh annual outing in the capital city of North Carolina. After serving as the original flagship city for GalaxyCon, the popular convention announced a seven-year extension with the city of Raleigh, bringing the event back to the City of Oaks through 2031.
An Epic Continuation of the Saga
Share this: After a two-year wait, HBO’s hit series House of the Dragon returned this past Sunday night. The first season was a hit installment in the Game of Thrones universe, leaving the second season highly anticipated. With June being a busy month for TV, it’s expected that House of the Dragon will open its season premiere to massive viewership numbers. The show has already opened to raving reviews from critics, boasting an 87% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
'The Rings Of Power' Season 2
Share this: The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power ended its first season with relatively good critical reviews, scoring an 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes critics meter. The first season has been highly controversial amongst the fan base though, as some fans enjoyed it while other longtime Tolkien fans felt it was too much of a departure from the source material that is considered to be sacred.
The Ones Who Live' Season Review
Share this: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live has unfortunately ended its six-week run following the finale (titled “The Last Time”) this past Sunday. I thought that The Ones Who Live was a solid installment in the evolving TWD Universe. The believed to be limited series answered many questions regarding the disappearance of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), and where Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) quest to find Rick took her.
Another Massive Win For FX
Share this: The new FX series, Shogun, has taken the internet by storm with rave reviews. A “Shogun” is a title bestowed upon a Military Commander in the feudal Japanese hierarchy. The show stars Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga, Cosmo Jarvis as Pilot Major John Blackthorne, and Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko. The show is based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell.
Premiere A Two out of Three Win
Share this: It’s always a good time when new Star Wars content is released. The Bad Batch premiered the first three episodes to its third and final season on February 21st. The final season sees the return of Dee Bradley Baker as the members of The Bad Batch along with Michelle Ang as Omega. The show also sees the return of Jimmi Simpson as Dr. Hemlock, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Dr. Emerie Karr, and the legendary Ian McDiarmid lends his voice as Emperor Palpatine returns once again.
The Ones Who Live Review
Share this: The Walking Dead universe has returned with its third spinoff in the past year, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. The show features the long awaited return of Andrew Lincoln as our main protagonist Rick Grimes, along with the return of Danai Gurira as Michonne. The show also features an old face and some new ones including Pollyana Mcintosh returning as Jadis, along with new cast members such as Lost alumni Terry O’Quinn, Leslie Ann-Brandt, Matthew Jeffers and more.
The Ones Who Live'
Share this: Following the release of The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, AMC is gearing up for their biggest spinoff yet, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. The series will see the return of the original series lead Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln), who fans have desperately been waiting to return.
'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon'
Share this: The Walking Dead universe is continuing its grand expansion with its newest spinoff, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. After viewing the entire first season, similar to The Walking Dead: Dead City, the series can be described as an incredible breath of fresh air. With Daryl Dixon predominantly taking place in the countryside of France, audiences will get to witness an entirely new dimension of the zombie apocalypse.
The Road Ahead For 'The Walking Dead' Universe
Share this: The Walking Dead ended its eleven-season run last fall, but AMC has yet to fully say goodbye to its main characters. The Walking Dead universe has continued to live on after the franchise’s Chief Content Officer, Scott Gimple, announced a string of spinoffs, exploring other parts of the zombie-infested world. Most recently, The Walking Dead: Dead City debuted its six-episode first season to stellar reviews and a swift season two renewal.
'The Walking Dead: Dead City'
Share this: The Walking Dead universe expands on June 18th, 2023 with the franchise moving to none other than the Big Apple in The Walking Dead: Dead City. The series sees the return of The Walking Dead stars Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Maggie and Negan respectively. Dead City also welcomes a fresh supporting cast, including Gaius Charles( Armstrong), Mahina Anne Marie Napoleon (Ginny), Jonathan Higginbotham (Tommaso), Karina Ortiz (Amaia), and Zelko Ivanek (The Croat).
Rebels, Thrawn, Anakin & More
Share this: The first season of Star Wars’ newest live-action series Ahsoka debuts in August on Disney+. The show will see Rosario Dawson return as Ahsoka Tano, after appearing in The Mandalorian season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett. But what can we expect from Ahsoka and her series later this year? While little is known about what Ahsoka has been up to since the end of Star Wars Rebels, The Mandalorian revealed she has been on the hunt for Grand Admiral Thrawn.
The Final Episodes of 'The Mandalorian' Season 3
Assembling Elements Features News and Rumors Speculative Space What To Expect: The Final Episodes of ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Only three episodes remain in The Mandalorian season 3, and so far this season has been the topic of controversy amongst Star Wars fans. The linear take on the story and the point-of-view focus on one of the lost tribes of Mandalore has added a fresh perspective to the overall narrative.
What I'd Like To See In 'Wednesday' Season 2
Features News and Rumors Speculative Space What I’d Like To See In ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 One of the biggest hit shows of 2022 is Netflix’s Wednesday, starring the incredibly popular Jenna Ortega. The show took the internet by storm, highlighted by the infamous dance performance in episode four choreographed by the actress herself.
My Top 5 Marvel Funko Pops!, The Cosmic Circus
As the years go by, the list of Funko Pops released for films inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown exponentially. With the MCU entering phase four and phase five, I expect that list to continue to grow substantially. Funkos have taken off in popularity over the past few years as almost every movie released has some sort of Funko along with it.
Meeting Kevin Conroy and His Possible Return as Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Assembling Elements Cons and Travel Gaming News and Rumors Meeting Kevin Conroy and His Possible Return as Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Share this: As I’ve spoken about in a previous article (HERE), I mentioned that I was able to meet Kevin Conroy when I attended GalaxyCon. I had the very rare chance to talk to him for around 5 minutes or so. I truthfully was not expecting to have such an interaction with Mr. Conroy, as I wasn’t aware he was so interactive with his fans.
My Pitch for a Multiversal 'Deadpool 3'
Share this: With the multiverse in flux and Deadpool finally preparing to cross over to the MCU, a multiversal Deadpool 3 movie makes a ton of sense. After watching Loki, and seeing the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I came up with a pitch for a Deadpool multiverse movie centered around the most enjoyable aspect of the Deadpool films: Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, himself.
The 20 year battle to demolish Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing project
In March 2011, the last public housing high-rise in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green was torn down. For many in the city, it was a relief. Cabrini-Green had come to symbolise the violence, social ills, and miserable living conditions that struck fear in their hearts. But for the people who had lived there, the moment was bittersweet. As horrible as life there had been, it was still their home.
Beyond Sandy: How Climate Change Has Affected Cities Worldwide
In the final days of October, the world gaped in horror at the images of the devastation left by hurricane Sandy. Perhaps the most attention-grabbing were the photos taken of New York: the Manhattan Skyline blacked out, the iconic subway system turned into a virtual swimming pool in what the head of the MTA called “the worst disaster in this agency’s history,” and in the days after, the enormous lines to get on buses into Manhattan.
The Expo Line, and five other reasons Los Angeles may finally shed its car-centric reputation
Los Angeles, a city not particularly known for its mass transit, has been surprisingly active this year in opening new mass transit. Early in the year, the city opened an extension of a light rail line to its northeastern suburbs. But this was quickly overshadowed by the extension of the Expo Line, opened in May, connecting the city’s centre with the beachside town and burgeoning tech centre and long-standing tourist trap of Santa Monica.
Podcast: Cats in a bag
This week, I am sorry to tell you, we aren't actually talking about cats. (Boo.) What we are talking about is the fraught matters of borders and boundaries, identity and institutions – whether the city is one entity or many, and who it is who gets to decide. Barbara and I begin by discussing one of our (my) favourite questions: where does London end? Or Southampton? Or New York, Shanghai or Paris, come to that?
The celebrity chef trying to fix Los Angeles’ food desert problem
Wilmington and 103rd Street, Watts: if there were a list of intersections in Los Angeles where you’re least likely to spot a celebrity, this would definitely make the top ten. Residents here don’t have to worry about being swamped by celebrity tour buses or rabid TMZ reporters, as do their counterparts in the Hollywood Hills. They have other issues to worry about – like the dire lack of healthy food options in the neighbourhood.
Can this board game solve San Francisco’s housing crisis?
Monopoly is one of the best-known board games of all time. It pits players against each other with the goal of dominating real estate markets through a series of land grabs, jacking up rents and hotel fees, and being a generally nasty human being. Now, though, there’s a new board game that’s turning that premise on its head, challenging players to work together to solve a housing crisis.
Flint, Michigan, accidentally poisoned its water supply. Its story holds lessons for other cities
Flint, Michigan, has always projected a distinctly gritty and often grim image to the rest of the United States. It’s one of the few cities that Detroit, 60 miles to the southeast, can look down on. It’s a city where even the good times seem to be hard times. But times have been particularly hard in Flint since April 2014, when local and state officials carried out a dubious plan to use the Flint River to supply drinking water for the city.
Are road diets the next big thing for US cities?
Like so many new concepts in urban planning, road diets seem like a great idea at first. And, like so many concepts in urban planning, they tend to generate a lot more criticism once they’re put into place. The idea of a road diet is simple: to pinpoint streets that have excess capacity and could be narrowed down without significant car congestion, so providing space for other uses, such as sidewalks and bike paths.
Santiago’s new skyscraper, the tallest in Latin America, is an engineering marvel. It’s standing almost empty
The skyline of Santiago, the capital of Chile, has always been at a disadvantage: unlike cities such as London, New York, or Chicago, Santiago’s towers have to compete with the significantly taller Andes mountains nearby. But now, the city is closing that height gap a bit by unveiling a new mega office tower. This tower weighs in with 64 floors, or 300m (984ft) of height, and a remarkably unimaginative name: the Gran Torre Santiago, which literally means the “Great Santiago Tower”.
There’s a link between urban design and mental health. We should care more about it
With an increasing majority of the global population living in cities, the question of urban public health is expanding far beyond its traditional practitioners. Urban planners, designers and developers are increasingly being asked how their plans and projects actively improve people’s health and wellbeing. But when answering that question, many currently overlook the very category of urban health that they might most effectively impact: mental health.
How #10PeopleOnTwitter took on Boston’s Olympic bid and won: The games begin
Drew Reed is CityMetric's occasional western hemisphere correspondent. In this three-part series, he takes an in-depth look at Boston's failed bid for the 2024 summer Olympics – and talks to some of the community groups that helped to bring it down. In the Olympics, there is no gold medal for community organising.
This is the view from the top of the Shanghai Tower, China's tallest skyscraper
Now, we are not in the habit of rehashing PR fluff about expensive cameras. We're just not that sort of website. I mean, at least buy us dinner first. But this particular bit of fluff comes with some quite stunning pictures of Shanghai from the top of its tallest building – so just this once, we thought we'd make an exception. This picture was taken by Paul Reiffer, an award-winning British photographer and former male model.
Can this “rolling shelter” help improve lives for the homeless?
As economic inequality continues to rise in many countries, cities around the world are dealing with increasing levels of homelessness. And far too often, the easiest answer seems to be the least humane. Some cities have responded by building anti-homeless spikes, while others have outlawed giving food to the homeless or authorised police to confiscate the belongings of people living on the street. But Eduardo Lacroze believes this trend can be reversed.
We should think more about the link between urban design and mental health
With an increasing majority of the global population living in cities, the question of urban public health is expanding far beyond its traditional practitioners. Urban planners, designers and developers are increasingly being asked how their plans and projects actively improve people’s health and wellbeing. But when answering that question, many currently overlook the very category of urban health that they might most effectively impact: mental health.
How #10PeopleOnTwitter took on Boston’s Olympic bid and won: Endgame
Drew Reed is CityMetric's occasional western hemisphere correspondent. In this three-part series, he takes an in-depth look at Boston's failed bid for the 2024 summer Olympics - and talks to some of the community groups that helped to bring it down. You can read part one here, and part two here.
Bernie Sanders cut his teeth as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Now he's running for US president
On a clear spring day in Burlington, a crowd gathered in a local park to welcome back a hometown hero: former mayor of the city and current US senator for Vermont, Bernard “Bernie” Sanders. Spirits were high, and it wasn’t just because the snow and ice of a bitter winter was beginning to thaw. Bernie had an important announcement to make, and one that they, along with others across the country, were eager to hear: he would be running for president.
The Baltimore Pop Star Impersonator with an Important Lesson in Public Space
Baltimore is a city that – sadly – seems to produce a lot of bad news. This time around, the news was particularly bad. On April 12, a young black man named Freddie Gray was take into police custody and died a week later of a severed spine due to an injury inflicted while riding in a police van. The community was outraged. In the wake of Gray’s death, many Baltimore residents took to the streets in protest.
How #10PeopleOnTwitter took on Boston’s Olympic bid and won: The winter of discontent
Drew Reed is CityMetric's occasional western hemisphere correspondent. In this three-part series, he takes an in-depth look at Boston's failed bid for the 2024 summer Olympics - and talks to some of the community groups that helped to bring it down. You can read part one here. On 8 January 2015, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that it was backing Boston’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics. It was a popular decision in the city.
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