The Wednesday Edition - Jan 22, 2020
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Movies, Pokémon (franchise), Pokémon: The First Movie, Toho

Why Did They Remake the Masterpiece That Is Pokémon: The First Movie With CGI?

"Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to." –One smart thing some dead Sith said once.
TV, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek (franchise), Star Trek: Picard

A Primer on All You Need to Remember Ahead of Picard

Pictured: Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard of the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: PICARD. Photo Cr: Trae Patton/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Need a refresher on the backstory before Star Trek: Picard? We've got you covered.
Movies, The Last Full Measure

Review: The Last Full Measure Doesn’t Focus Enough on Its Best Aspect

The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure is a beautiful look at how we look at veterans, especially those who served in Vietnam, but I think there was a way of exploring the struggles of the men who survived the Battle of Abilene that I wish there was more of in the movie.
News, donald trump, impeachment

So What Exactly Is Donald Trump’s Impeachment Defense?

Donald Trump in profile in front of an American flag.
Trump's legal team has released a 110-page impeachment defense. Let's dive in.
Movies, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Joe Rogan, Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Says 90% of His Black Friends Were Okay With Tropic Thunder and Ugh, Here We Go Again

Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder (2008)
Oh no. Did those Black friends also tell you to never invoke them in this way?
AMP Featured, TV, Arrow, Arrowverse, Green Arrow and The Canaries

Why We Loved Green Arrow and The Canaries

Arrow -- "Green Arrow & The Canaries" -- Image Number: AR809b_0627r.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Katherine McNamara as Mia and Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Siren -- Photo: Colin Bentley/The CW -- © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Arrow's penultimate episode and spin-off backdoor pilot for Green Arrow and The Canaries was a ringing success
Movies, contributors, Little Women

What Little Women Perfectly Captures About the Struggles of Being a Female Writer

Saoirse Ronan in Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN.
With female creative freelancers charging 47% less than their male counterparts as of 2019, it’s easy to draw a comparison between what happened back then and what many female writers still need to put up with to see their work published today.
Big on the Internet, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Jared Harris, Sadly, Is Not Playing Doctor Octopus

Time to re-calibrate those Spidey-senses.
TV, AMC, Dispatches From Elsewhere, Jason Segel

Let’s Fall Down the Rabbit Hole of Dispatches From Elsewhere

amc's dispatches from elsewhere cast
But is it just an immersive gaming experience, or part of a wider and more sinister international conspiracy?
Big on the Internet, Brad Pitt, Celebrities, Jennifer Aniston

Reigniting the Brad and Jen Obsession: Can We Not?

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston attend the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. 721313 (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner)
These are two people who deserve to live their lives as they want and be left alone and do their jobs.
Books, books, infinite jest, Twitter

Murdering Books Is Just Fine, and Here’s Why

Twitter is in an uproar after one user posted a picture of several books sliced in half and explained that a colleague had called him a "book murderer."
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