Police procedural The Tower returns for an unnecessary and perplexing second season
Trailer Park–The “Paramount Rolls for Sevens” Edition
Parasite–The bizarre winner of the 2020 Oscars is now streaming on Max
Amityville horror franchise gets another sequel, from an unusual source
American Muscle–Post-apocalypse comic series returns in a collected edition
Preview–New Maleficent series a worthy addition to nearly a century of Disney comics
Out There–Book looks at science topics raised by pop sci-fi
Doctor Who 60th anniversary gets underway
Jimi Hendrix… in space? Hendrix goes sci-fi in new graphic novel
Retro fix–Max Allan Collins’ giant Nolan novel “Spree” returns in 2-for-1 volume “Mad Money”
The Public–Writer-director Emilio Estevez’s library drama arrives on Peacock
Confess, Fletch–A flat, bland adaptation in every way
Netflix’s FUBAR–An unofficial, but legit, sequel to True Lies is here
Shazam! Fury of the Gods–The best movie adaptation of DC Comics yet?
Now streaming–Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega lead another chapter in Scream VI
Noir Bar–Eddie Muller takes the TCM library in a quirky new direction
Movies Go Fourth–Book digs into movie franchises’ fourth attempts to get into your wallet
Honor Among Thieves–Eagerly awaited Dungeons & Dragons movie now streaming
Mrs. Davis–Poking sacred cows, A.I., and the audacity of imaginative risk taking
Now streaming–Get ready for fun, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania arrives on Disney+
Review–Volume 4 of Alice in Borderland manga English translation
The Crow roleplaying game embraces the dark film and all things Goth
Behind the Music–The Muppets Mayhem gets the rockumentary just right
Daisy Jones & The Six–Mockumentary looks good but lacks strong story
Air–Matt Damon leads a good Mother’s Day movie, a 1980s retro fix about Michael Jordan and Nike
Night Court–Stellar revival wraps first season, turns to second season this Fall
The Meg 2–Jason Statham returns with the next summer shark blockbuster
Tetris–Spy movie thrills, international intrigue, 1980s nostalgia, and a video game tie-in all in one
White House Plumbers–A good effort underway to look at another snippet of Watergate
Mystery author Elizabeth C. Bunce is Anthony Award finalist for third straight year
Dig into new takes on familiar superheroes in Marvel’s Midnight Suns–The Art of the Game
Grace–John Simm returns for better third season of hit police procedural
Kong: The Great War–A giant-sized story for his 90th anniversary
Star Wars: Visions is the spark the galaxy far, far away is ready for
Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 2–Watch the first trailer
Metamorphosis–The fortuitous pairing of Alien artist H.R. Giger and Blondie’s Debbie Harry
Ninety years of Conan the Barbarian–A new series is coming
Art history book unveils The Many Faces of Art Forgery
Now streaming–Disney’s new live-action Peter Pan neglects much of Barrie’s original
Retro fix–93 years later, Nancy Drew becomes a line of action figures
Retro read–Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure classic, Kidnapped
Denzel Washington returns as the ultimate superhero in The Equalizer 3
Gorgeous Maleficent series returns to the original version of Disney’s best villain
More Arnold–New trailer arrives for Netflix’s FUBAR
Build the lost ship Persephone from In Myrtle Peril with the Zvezda Brigantine 1:100 scale model
First look at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film
Muppets Mayhem–Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem get their own music biopic
Fast X–Momoa, Statham, Theron & Larson lead impossibly huge trailer for Fast & Furious sequel
Strange New Worlds–Star Trek’s best spin-off goes back to the future for second season
