25
May
Black Lightning has given us four seasons of culturally relevant sci-fi drama, and the Pierce family has been its center. In the season finale, the family show up for one another and for Freeland and take a final stand against Tobias Whale. Jefferson Pierce is not dead, but he’s buried alive, and still without his powers. As he prays for his family and his city to be protected—and reflects on his own heaven- worthiness— his family pushes back against Tobias. Gambi, Anissa, and Grace infiltrate Tobias’ heavily secured building and destroy the emitter. In the coffin, Jefferson talks to his…
22
Apr
At the end of the day, Mortal Kombat is about a bunch of characters beating the crap out of each other for supremacy. Sure, they toss in stories about tournaments to protect Earth and wars against invading realms, but it all boils down to martial artists brutally punching the hell out of each other until one explodes into a pile of viscera and five ribcages. Being a fighting game, you expect all the fighters to be on the same level. Even forgettable losers like Hsu Hao and Kai should stand a chance against gods and otherworldly overlords. A nigh-invincible megalomaniac…
01
Mar
Amidst Sunday night’s half-virtual/half-physical Golden Globes awards ceremony–which was riddled with technical glitches and overshadowed by controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s lack of Black representation in its cloistered ranks–one moment stood out as possibly the most powerful and clearly the most moving of the evening. That was when Taylor Simone Ledward, the widow of late actor Chadwick Boseman, accepted a posthumous award on her husband’s behalf when he won Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Boseman was widely favored to win even with formidable competition from Anthony Hopkins (The…
15
Dec
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has confirmed that Homelander’s son Ryan (Cameron Crovetti) is way more powerful than he is, which could ultimately lead to a showdown between father and son if Homelander gets too out of control, and goes some way to explain why Vought International have been so invested in keeping him safe. In a new interview with TV Guide, Kripke has been shedding some light on the current status of The Boys‘ central characters as the team behind the Amazon series get ready to film its third season. Once again, he reiterated that Homelander’s villainous Nazi girlfriend,…
09
Sep
Microsoft has finally revealed the specs for the Xbox Series S, and they are almost as surprising as the console’s incredibly low price point. For reference, here are the full Xbox Series S specs that Microsoft posted on the Xbox blog and how they compare to the specs of the Xbox Series X: The biggest difference between these two consoles from a pure power perspective is undoubtedly their GPUs. We know you’re probably pretty tired of hearing the word “Teraflops” at this point, but the difference between 12.15 Teraflops and 4 Teraflops is certainly notable. Considering that the Xbox One…
