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The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020
In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for…
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The Wrong Turn Horror Movie Franchise Has Apparently Gotten a Lot Weirder
I consider myself a pretty informed horror fan, but I was not aware until just now that there have been six films in the Wrong Turn series. Six! And now there’s about to be a seventh, simply titled Wrong Turn. Ready to head back to the murderous wilderness?
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The Expanse’s Best Season Yet Begins With a Three-Part Thrill Ride
The day is finally here: season five of The Expanse has begun. Since Amazon dropped three episodes at once — “Exodus,” “Churn,” and “Mother” — our first weekly recap is a three-parter. We tried to be succinct, but honestly, we’re excited as hell and these episodes are epic. Here comes the juice!
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The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal Says He Doesn’t Want to Take His Helmet Off Too Much
One of the most profoundly vulnerable moments in Pedro Pascal’s performance across two seasons of The Mandalorian came in last week’s “The Believer,” when, in order to access some key information about Moff Gideon, Din Djarin had to go against the creed he’s known his entire life and show his face to others. But it’s…