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NLE Choppa tapped Lil Wayne for a new single and music video “Ain’t Gonna Answer,” and used the opportunity to reverently pay tribute to Weezy, Cash Money, the Hot Boys, “Back That Azz Up,” and more. The track prominently borrows the “What we doing? Makin’ money/What they doing? Hatin’ on us” refrain from Wayne and Baby’s “Stuntin’ Like My […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the third Ant-Man movie, the 31st movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the first film of Phase 5. It introduces Kang the Conqueror, a warlord with designs on interdimensional destruction. It sets the stage for a multi-film plot arc, which will culminate with two new Avengers films. So […]
The Matrix Resurrections, now streaming on HBO Max and showing in theaters, has a lot of figurative lifting to do. On one hand, it has a legacy to uphold, because The Matrix (1999) was a game-changer–-a mash-up of cyberpunk, martial arts, and gunplay, wrapped up in philosophical arguments about fate vs. free will and the nature […]
Traditionally, Spider-Man is a superhero who deals with localized threats. He’s taking down supervillains, but he’s also a “friendly, neighborhood” presence who makes time to web up purse-snatchers and common criminals. It’s why some of the best moments in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home were the smaller-scaled, more character-driven scenes where Peter Parker […]
Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings had a blockbuster opening weekend. The movie is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which means that it steamrolls its competition on name recognition alone. Its success is largely defined by how it stacks up to other MCU films. But no less than ten years ago, […]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is currently available, exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It is cut from the same cloth as its 2018 predecessor, but there’s a more scrappy, youthful energy that drives this game. Miles is new to the superhero game, which means that he still has his rough edges. He stumbles a […]
The Silence of the Lambs, starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, is one of the most terrifying films ever made. It doesn’t accomplish that via blood and jump scares. Instead, the film relies on moody silence and atmosphere. It builds tension to a nearly intolerable level before releasing it. […]
Time has been kind to the Star Wars prequels. That’s the power of nostalgia. What was once considered awkward is viewed through rose-tinted glasses as odd or charming. Defenders hone in on the films’ bright spots: the pod race and Darth Maul fight in Episode I, the Jango Fett fight in Episode II. They focus […]
A 42-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly placed Easter eggs stuffed with porn into the mailboxes of her neighbors. As the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office revealed on Facebook, multiple residents had called to report obscene materials that had been put in their mailbox by a then-unidentified woman. Abril Cestoni, the woman responsible […]
After a two year hiatus, Rick and Morty is finally back with more wonky science fiction adventures and new easter eggs and pop culture references to discover. Co-creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon are professionals at leaving relics from past episodes and subtle clues to futures themes throughout the show and there’s no lack of […]
