Tag: Julian Lytle
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GGR Interview Episode: Zazie Beetz x They Will Kill You at BlerdCon 2026, Andy Weir x Project Hail Mary, Hoppers
We chat with Zazie Beetz about They Will Kill You, and sit down with Andy Weir to talk Project Hail Mary. Plus revisit our Hoppers first reactions!
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One Piece: Into the Grand Line (Season 2) – Baroque Works and Giants and Chopper We’re High
Geek Girl Riot is sailing into the Grand Line for a no-holds-barred discussion of One Piece Season 2 on Netflix.
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Project Hail Mary – Defying Gravity
Join our intrepid crew of space travelers for a journey across the galaxy to talk all things Project Hail Mary.
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‘Wonder Man’ and ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 HOT GOSS: Pouring out the Tea (A LARP)
Our Rioters break down the new Marvel/Disney+ series Wonder Man, before journeying over to Regency-era London to spill all the tea on Bridgerton Season 4.
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RIOTUS Best Anime of 2025
The RIOTUS Anime Society is gifting you with a list of the best Anime of 2025—argue with the streets (or make some recommendations ’cause we want more)
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Street Fighter Posters, John Cena Takes a Bow – A RIOTUS Extra Innings
As a holiday treat, listen in for an Extra Festive Innings with Sherin & Julian.
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Wunmi Mosaku on Sinners, Teyana Taylor on One Battle After Another, Sherin & Mae on Marty Supreme and Zootopia 2, Fionna and Cake Interviews at NYCC 2025
We chat with Wunmi Mosaku, Teyana Taylor, and the cast & creators of Fionna & Cake. Plus, hear some hot takes on Marty Supreme and Zootopia 2!
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Music Moves Us On Screen, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle Revisited
Settle in for a marvelous conversation about soundtracks and scores, before revisiting our chat about all things Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle, Marvel Zombies
It’s time for our Rioters to let out all their feels about Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle. Plus, hear their spoiler-free teaser of Marvel Zombies.
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Otakon 2025, Peacemaker S2, Highest 2 Lowest, Fast & Furious vs John Wick vs Transformers
Hear our hot takes on Otakon, Peacemaker S2, and Highest 2 Lowest. Also, hich franchise is king: Fast & Furious, John Wick, or Transformers?
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Tag Team Review: ‘Weapons’
‘Weapons’ is poised to be one of the year’s scariest movies. But how does it fare? Julian and William take a look.
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San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2025 – Boots on the Ground (Where the Fans Are At), Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Eyes of Wakanda
Julian tells us about his time at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, before our Rioters dive into Eyes of Wakanda and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps – First Thoughts [Spoiler-Free Review]
Sherin, Julian, and special guest host Sarahti saw The Fantastic Four: First Steps earlier this week and recorded their immediate spoiler-free reactions right out of the theater.
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James Gunn’s Superman – Spoiler-Free Review, All-Star Superman
Sherin, Julian, and Philip are joined by special guest Sarahti to give you a spoiler-free review of James Gunn’s Superman.
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KPop Demon Hunters (+ What to Watch Next), Ironheart, Superman Promos
Celebrate KPop Demon Hunters with RIOTUS + JVS Media! Plus, hear our Rioters’ takes on Marvel’s Ironheart series, the latest Superman promos, and our latest review drop.
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BIG MONSTER FEELINGS Panel at LightReel Film Fest 2025
Hear the BIG MONSTER FEELINGS panel, recorded live from DC’s LightReel Film Festival.
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BIG MONSTER FEELINGS Today at the Lightreel Film Festival
Some of your favorite RIOTERS & Friends are at Union Market today to defend out picks for best monster scenes in the movies.
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RIOTUS Melee: The Phoenician Scheme, Karate Kid: Legends, Dogma, The Librarians: The Next Chapter feat. Dean Devlin
Our hosts get into The Phoenician Scheme, Karate Kid: Legends, and Dogma. Plus, hear from The Librarians: The Next Chapter’s executive producer Dean Devlin.
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Dan Da Dan Season 1 Blu-ray Unboxing – Exclusive Features & Why You NEED This!
Julian is here with an unboxing of the Dan Da Dan Season 1 Blu-ray for RIOTUS, and trust us—you WANT this.
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Cowboy Carter Tour Recap, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Superman, Forever – A RIOTUS Melee
Special guest hosts Adrienne Boykins and Tiesha Brunson join Sherin and Julian to chat about Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the Superman trailer, Forever, and more!
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Thunderbolts* – A Spoilerific Stream of Consciousness RIOTUS Melee
Sherin, Julian, and Drew ring the Spoiler Siren and dive right into all things Thunderbolts*.
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RIOTUS Melee: ‘Sinners’, ‘Andor’ S2, Extra Innings
It’s a RIOTUS melee talking Sinners and Andor season 2!
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‘The Last of Us’ S2, ‘Sinners’, ‘The Amateur’, ‘Warfare’, ‘G20’, ‘Lazarus’
The Last of Us S2 has taken over our Rioters’ brains this week, who provide us with a spoilerific breakdown of the first episode. They also get into Sinners, The Amateur, Warfare, G20, and Lazarus,…
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DJ Ben Ha Meen Talks ‘Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze’ OGN at Fantom Comics
GGR has teamed up with Fantom Comics in DC to bring you a conversation with DJ Ben Ha Meen, the co-creator of the new space opera, Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze.
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’, ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’ S2, ‘The Studio’, ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’
It’s time for our Rioters to suit up and dive into Daredevil: Born Again, before exploring what they want from the next phase of Marvel superheroes/vigilantes. But first, some TV recs!
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‘All-Star Superman’, ‘Reacher’ S3 x ‘Commando’, ‘Lesbian Space Princess’, Book Talk
Here’s another Geek Girl Riot smorgasbord for you to enjoy, including Superman hot takes, Reacher and Commando mash-ups, and some delicious film & book recs.
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Whachudoin’? with Cinco Paul, Oscar Nominations with Brandon Troy, ‘Harlem’ S3
We chat with Cinco Paul about Schmigadoon!’s stage adaptation, before Sherin throws the mic to Brandon Troy to chat Oscar nominations. Finally, we dig into season 3 of Harlem.
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Trainwrecks and Crash-Outs
We’re only a week into 2025 and our Rioters have already run out of F’s to give.
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Nickel Boys: A Masterpiece I Can’t Watch Again
Nickel Boys is one of the best films of this winter season and Awards season, and it deserves all the accolades it’s receiving.
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Watch Julian Go 1v1 on ‘Critics Debate’: Gladiator 2
The Darkseid Rioter, Julian Lytle, Joins Critic Box as Guest Critic for Gladiator 2 Debate versus Joonatan Itkonen
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2024 Film Chat, ‘Wicked’
Sherin and Julian are joined by special guest host and fellow critic Tim Gordon to dive into their top movie picks of 2024—and also some of the problems with the industry. Sherin is then joined…
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Nkechi Okoro Carroll, PBS ‘Renegades’ x Day Al-Mohamed & Lachi, ‘Invincible Fight Girl’ x Juston G-Montgomery, ‘CROSS’ x NYCC, ‘The Penguin’
Sherin chats with NBC’s Found creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll, before sitting down with Day Al-Mohamed and Lachi to celebrate Renegades.
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NYCC Catch-up, ‘Invincible Fight Girl’ feat. Juston Gordon-Montgomery, ‘Shrinking’ S2, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #5: Brad Lomax
Julian recaps his time at this year’s New York Comic Con; our Rioters tease Invincible Fight Girl and Philip chats with executive producer Juston Gordon-Montgomery; Sherin and Alex share their love for Shrinking S2; and…
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‘CROSS’ Interview at NYCC, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #4: Thomas Wiggins
Hear from the cast & creators of CROSS live from NYCC, then get into our fourth PBS Renegades Aftershow that honors Thomas Wiggins.
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‘Piece by Piece’, Superfan Test Groups, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #3: Celestine Tate Harrington
We get deep into our creativity with Piece by Piece, and deep into our feelings about how toxic the relationship between franchises and fandom has become.
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The RIOTUS Crunchyroll Fall 2024 Roundup
Get into our fall season anime picks and let us know your faves.
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Crime & Wickedness: ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Agatha All Along’
Our Rioters dive into The Penguin and Agatha All Along, along with some entertainment news and anime recs.
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Colin Farrell Shines in ‘The Penguin,’ A Riveting Dive into Gotham’s Crime World
Over the long 85-year history of DC Comics Batman many of his rogues gallery have captivated the public imagination as we journey through Batman’s crusade against crime in Gotham City. While Joker gets a lot…
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‘Dan Da Dan: First Encounter’ Takes Off: A Fresh and Exciting Anime Adaptation That’s Bound to Be a Hit
It was the summer of 2022 when I learned of a new upstart manga blowing up the charts over in Japan from all the different sites I read and checked out to see what was…
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Transformers One: A Vibrant, Animated Reboot That Honors the Classics and Delivers New Thrills
To celebrate the Transformers‘ 40th anniversary, Hasbro looks like it is starting another film franchise with Transformers One. It’s a film that tells another version of the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron and how…
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The Front Room: Brandy Shines in a Darkly Humorous Psychological Horror
I didn’t know what to expect when I saw The Front Room by Sam and Max Eggers from A24, which stars Brandy Norwood, most commonly known as just Brandy. I just wanted to see this…
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Awkward Encounters Turn Sinister in Blumhouse’s Entertaining ‘Speak No Evil’
So Blumhouse just gave me a very entertaining experience at the theater with their new film Speak No Evil. A remake of a Danish film from 2022 starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi &…
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‘His Three Daughters’ Confronts the Pain of Losing a Parent with Poignant Performances and Genuine Emotion
His Three Daughters was a tough film to sit through, and it’s not because of the quality of the film. This film deals with people losing a parent, which is a pretty hard thing to…
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Ali, Crime, and Ambition: ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Is a Must-Watch Miniseries
Ever since I first heard about Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, I’ve been excited to see it. First, I love shows about crimes; it’s from growing up watching Police shows and detective shows on…
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Extra Innings – Kravitz Family Fineness, the MCU’s Doctor Doom and the Conversation from There
Sherin and Julian had such a riot chatting about Blink Twice on last week’s episode that they kept the fire going—for a whole new episode this week!
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The Killer (2024)
I’m not usually a big fan of remakes of action films, especially ones from other countries like Hong Kong, as they typically lose something as US filmmakers try to reinterpret it for this Western US…
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‘Emily in Paris’ S4 Part 1, ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Final Season, ‘Blink Twice’
Lots of big-hitters this week: Hear our hot takes on Emily in Paris, The Umbrella Academy, and Blink Twice, with a quick nod to Alien: Romulus along the way.
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The Instigators
So Apple has another star-led expensive film that hasn’t been promoted well to the general public. One good thing, though, is that at least the film had a little time in the movie theater for…
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Adult Swim’s Psi Cops Marathon
Later tonight on Adult Swim starting at midnight the network is airing marathon of the series PSI COPS. They’re airing episodes 1 through 8 uninterrupted until 2 AM EST. Here’s the schedule. Psi Cops 8/2…
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Batman: Caped Crusader
It’s hard to review Batman: Caped Crusader for me because, honestly, a new Batman animated series by Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Matt Reeves, Ed Brubaker, and J.J. Abrams is a no-brainer. Just from Bruce Timm,…
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On Geek Girl Riot: Deadpool & Wolverine, Batman: Caped Crusader, Jee Young Han x UnPrisoned
Our Rioters celebrate the chaotic brilliance of Deadpool & Wolverine as well as the noir genius of Batman: Caped Crusader. Sherin also chats with Jee Young Han all about UnPrisoned season 2.
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Deadpool and Wolverine – Julian’s Review
All right, Trill Believers, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has had some troubles lately with the fans’ feelings overall through some of the shows, some actions by an actor, and just not packing them in the…
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KITE MAN: HELL YEAH! (season 1)
A few years back, I was pretty surprised with the Harley Quinn animated series. That show has a similar tone to Adult Swim shows. Still, with the animation quality you’d expect from a WB animation DC Comics…
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The 76th Emmy Awards Nominations (Full List)
Alright, folks here we are back into the awards again.
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Longlegs
Longlegs – if you don’t know what this is, don’t feel bad; the marketing is very obtuse in trying to reach the public consciousness. I heard fellow critics being very excited about seeing this film…
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Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me To The Moon is a weird film to me. It’s a film that takes what is a clear conspiracy theory and then wraps it up in a cute period romantic comedy. I find…
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MaXXXine
(This review will have spoilers for Ti West’s X.) Ti West just gave A24 its first trilogy and franchise with MaXXXine. The third film in the series is a direct sequel to the first film,…
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Despicable Me 4
I never thought Despicable Me would be such a major animated franchise rivaling Disney and Dreamworks in the cinematic landscape. The weird-shaped man voiced by Steve Carell, who is a villain who becomes a father…
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Donald Glover’s Bando Stone and the New World trailer released
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, just released his new film Bando Stone & the New World trailer. The trailer first appeared earlier this weekend on the IMAX showings of A Quiet Place: Day One. From…
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Kinds of Kindness
So eight months after his hit and Academy Award-winning film Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos is back in the theater with what will be the wildest film of summer 2024 – Kinds of Kindness. Now, unlike…
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A Quiet Place: Day One
So A Quiet Place, the surprise survival horror film franchise that exploded onto the world in 2018, starring Emily Blunt and directed and co-written by John Krasinski, took audiences on a ride. The anticipated sequel…
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Batman: Caped Crusader trailer and new stills
Now, I don’t usually do this – posting news, but it’s not every day or shoot, even every year you get a new show, Batman: The Animated Series from Bruce Timm and James Tucker. Batman:…
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The Bikeriders
So The Bikeriders is a film that I didn’t expect to like before I saw it. The reason was the talk months ago about it, which seemed to be some road trip film with some…
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Ultraman: Rising
Ultraman – one of the most known Tokusatsu and Superhero characters from Japan known all over the globe. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya after co-creating Godzilla, Ultra Q, and later, the titular Ultraman is a hero…
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Inside Out 2 – Julian’s Review
I don’t want to start this off with sentiments like Pixar is back because Lightyear didn’t work for many when it was released. It also wasn’t their fault that four of their films were directly…
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The Acolyte -Episodes 3 and 4 review
So, while Sherin focused on the first two episodes of her review of The Acolyte, I’m going to focus more on the second two episodes – episodes 3 and 4. I won’t spoil much, but…
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The Watchers
If folks have an issue with nepotism in the show business, this film The Watchers isn’t going to help quell those issues. The supernatural horror film is directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, who is the…
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Young Woman and the Sea
Young Woman and the Sea tells the story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle, a real person from the early 20th century who was a champion swimmer and the first woman to swim the English Channel. This…
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My Adventures with Superman season 2 premiere review
One of my favorite shows from last year is Back – My Adventures with Superman, the Adult Swim animated DC superhero series with a modern retelling of the early days of Superman and the budding…
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Conversation
George Miller’s return to the wasteland and to Mad Max is so big we had to double up for another RIOTUS Tag Team review.
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The Garfield Movie
Garfield was one of my favorite comic strips growing up. It was one of the first titles I read consistently, especially by going to the library and checking out the strip collections, as there were…
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IF
John Krasinski’s new film IF has always been quite peculiar to me as I couldn’t get a handle on what this film is and who it is for. Now, so that people don’t think I’m…
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Back to Black
It’s wild how something that used to seem so recent is actually a long time ago. Time moves very, very fast at times, even when the art and culture you love feel frozen in amber.…
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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
In the Disney Era of Star Wars, since they got rid of the earlier expanded universe, it seems those in charge, specifically Dave Filoni, have taken upon the task of two things. One, curate what…
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
It can be said that the feat of rebooting old franchises in a new era is quite challenging, and there have been many failures over the years for many reasons. It’s surprising that the 2011…
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The Fall Guy
I might be one of the only people under fifty years old who has been excited about The Fall Guy and knows that it’s a movie that is a reboot of the television show. The…
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Challengers, George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri x Dead Boy Detectives, SPY x FAMILY Code: White, Kaiju No. 8, Wind Breaker
The Dead Boy Detectives AKA George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri stop by for a chat. Our Rioters also get into Challengers, Fallout, and some of the anime picks they’ve been loving lately.
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Civil War
From my point of view, Alex Garland is one of the newer mantle holders of cinematic Science Fiction and Dystopic fiction. After writing 28 Days Later and Sunshine, two 2000s-era bangers, he came into his…
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Monkey Man
Like many, I was introduced to Dev Patel as Jamal in the film Slumdog Millionaire, the lovable main character on the Indian version of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as he…
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The First Omen
I’m not always the biggest fan of horror films. For me, horror only works two ways: extraordinarily effective or utterly hilarious. I’m not really the best person to see these films in the theater because…
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Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters, a story that takes place in 1920s England, is very much a topical story to me. While many things aren’t the same a hundred years apart, this story is about a person…
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Tag Team Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
In honor of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the two titans of RIOTUS are teaming together like the big fellas at the center of the movie for a joint-review of the new MonsterVerse entry.
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Road House Cast Interviews & Preview, Girls5eva, Irish Wish, Entertainment News
Sherin chats with the cast of Road House for GGR’s preview of the new movie. Our Rioters also get into Girls5eva, Irish Wish, and some entertainment news near and dear to their hearts.
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Problemista
I’m clueless about Julio Torres, the screenwriter and director of the new A24 film Problemista. From the trailer I saw last year back when it was supposed to come out in 2023, it just seemed…
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Julian’s Picks for the 96th Oscars
Alright, folks, it’s time for another Oscars ceremony, and like many other film critics, here are my picks on what’s going to win this Sunday, March 10th, 2024.
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Reinaldo Marcus Green and Bob Marley: One Love, Dune: Part Two
GGR chats with director Reinaldo Marcus Green about Bob Marley: One Love, before getting stuck into all things Dune: Part Two.
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch (season 3)
So, The Bad Batch is back with its third and final season. It snuck up on me even as it was announced that it was coming. Now, I’ll be honest: I fell off a bit…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Spoiler-Free Preview
Our Rioters get you fired up & ready for Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender with this spoiler-free preview episode.
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The Vince Staples Show
The Vince Staples Show follows the titular Vince Staples living his life as a rapper and his adventures and trials as a decently successful and known rapper in Southern California. While this sounds pretty basic,…
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The Vince Staples Show + Black Absurdism
Our Rioters were so busy getting down with Usher during the Super Bowl that they only managed to squeeze in one new segment all about The Vince Staples Show, before throwing it back to our…
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
You know, like most, I was pretty surprised that Donald Glover’s next project on TV starring was a TV series connected to a film from 2005 when stars were the driving force to see a…
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Echoes of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone at the National Museum of the American Indian
Sherin and Julian headed out to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for a special event: a Killers of the Flower Moon ‘Clips and Conversations’ hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, featuring Academy Award…
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Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez
For those who don’t know, I’m a big wrestling person. I enjoy the serialized week-to-week storytelling, along with Fightin’, which is the best type of soap opera. And Soap is what it is, and it’s…
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The Underdoggs
The Underdoggs, the new film by Charles Stone III starring Snoop Dogg, feels like a Black comedy from a previous era. A comedy greatly inspired by films like The Bad News Bears and The Mighty…
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Echo, True Detective: Night Country, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale Interview, Themes of Women United
As y’all know, GGR is all about supporting women and this episode is no exception. Sherin and Julian discuss some of the unstoppable women-led shows & movies they’ve been watching lately.
