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When the hardcore sound evolved out of Punk rock in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the songs were all about protesting modern life. It was frustration against the “safe” and “dull” that people felt with Ronald Reagan back in the White House. The youth knew they were getting screwed

Should you pick up this haunting tale of friendship and vengeance in 4K?

In my new book ’80s Teen Flick Festival Deep Cuts, we run Meatballs 3 Summer Job as part of Patrick Dempsey Day with the joke that people don’t remember Meatballs 2. There’s also a description of Meatballs 4 (which came out in 1992 so it wouldn’t be shown at the

Image by Nolan Ashby Inside the modern US entertainment market, the central competition for adult attention no longer sits between two streaming services. It sits between streaming as a category and the roughly thirty other digital entertainment formats that claim a share of the same evening window. By early 2026,

I barely had time to read this week, and next week looks even busier. Best Comic of My Week: Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #2 – Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips continue to build out their character and world in this second issue. Private Investigator Ezra