Zach solos in this episode and reviews movies from one out of five stars. Where's Kevin? ... .... I dunno.
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BURBANK, CA (May 30, 2017) — A looming global catastrophe forces Batman and Nightwing to partner with an unlikely hero in Batman and Harley Quinn, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Original Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the all-new, feature-length animated film arrives August 15 on Digital and August 29 on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray Deluxe Giftset, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD.

Welcome back to Critical Blast’s weekly look at what new comics you should check out each week.   Just a warning, I make these picks pretty much a week BEFORE I actually get to read any of these comics, so if something is a stinker, I take no blame on that.  Let's get to it!

Comics shipping this week

Traditionally, fifth weeks are usually when comic companies release specials or annuals. But more and more, Marvel just spreads their books across all five weeks of the month. Still overall, this is pretty a small week for me.

Top 5 Gambling Movies

The list of casino movies is long and will continue to increase with new movies on the rise. Among the ones that make a thoroughly good viewing, covering a range of gambling aspects, I would select five. Let’s take a quick look at each one of them to find out why these are the top 5 casino movies of all time.

Get your motor running and head out on the highway with Lightning McQueen and the whole crew when CARS 3 hits theaters this summer, June 16!

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Zach here! Yo Banjo-Kazooie was one of my favorite childhood games playing back when the N64 was in it's prime and I remember spending hours playing Banjo-Kazooie only to fulfill my collectible needs. Plus the music was ADDICTING! 

Today I play Yooka-Laylee, a game that is supposed to be a perfect recreation of Banjo-Kazooie and a dedication to kids who grew up with early platform games. This game was created by people who actually worked on Banjo-Kazzoie and the same music that was composed by Grant Kirkhope makes a shining return in composing the music for Yooka-Laylee. 

The boys take on a new hobby in Hyrule and learn to shield surf. Today the boys ask the the question. What has happened to our humanity?
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It's been a really bad year for marketing ideas that hit all the wrong notes. From Nivea's "White is Purity" advertisements to Kendall Jenner's Pepsi Protest Spot, 2017 seems to have adopted the motto, "It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time."

The latest good idea / immediate backlash plan comes from Austin, Texas, where the Alamo Drafthouse theater has decided to celebrate Girl Power by holding a "Women Only" (to include men who identify as women, the theater has clarified) screening of the upcoming WONDER WOMAN film, Title IX be damned. The exclusion of the Y-Chromosome (or ignoring the possession of one) extends not just to the audience, but will, as the theater's invitation states, include everyone in the theatre working that screening.

NEW YORK, NY – May 18, 2017 – Bleecker Street & LD Entertainment have joined forces with AT&T THANKS, Regal Cinemas and MovieTickets.com to bring the true life story, MEGAN LEAVEY, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite to service members ahead of the June 9, 2017 nationwide release of the film.

AT&T THANKS, Regal Cinemas and MovieTickets.com will generously sponsor over 190 screenings of the film on May 30^th as part of National Military Appreciation Month at participating Regal Cinemas. Active and retired service members will be invited to attend a free screening of the film in advance through AT&T THANKS and Regal Cinemas. MovieTickets.com will facilitate ticket fulfillment.

From Entertainment Weekly:

The New Mutants, the long anticipated X-Men spinoff movie, is going to be a comic book film that goes in an unusual direction. “We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe,” director Josh Boone says. “There are no costumes. There are no supervillains. We’re trying to do something very, very different.”

Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams has been cast in the role of Wolfsbane and Split actress Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik. Sources close to the production say that Henry Zaga, seen most recently in 13 Reasons Why (where he played Tony’s boyfriend, Brad), will soon be announced in the role of Sunspot. (Unconfirmed chatter has it that Rosario Dawson is currently in talks as well.)

YouTube provides us with so much amazing content it's hard to keep track of it all. But every once in a while someone comes up with a pop-culture parody that can't be ignored.

YouTuber OverEnglishMan, inspired by fan art on tumblr, sings a Star Wars: The Last Jedi parody of "Your Welcome" from Disney's Moana. The song was originally performed by Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Demi-God Maui, when Moana first meets him. High on himself and all the great things he's done, Maui explains all the great adventure he's been on for the benefit of mankind.

Hot off the season finale of SUPERGIRL, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announces the release of Season 2 on Blu-Ray!

With an expected release date of August 22nd, you'll be able to rewatch all the great moments that spun out of SUPERGIRL's first exciting season on The CW! With all-new villains, romances, drama and more the second season of SUPERGIRL drew in 4.2 million viewers weekly; making it the 2nd most watched show on The CW behind THE FLASH (for Live+7 ratings)!

(image left: "Bomb Defusal Puzzle" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by dvanzuijlekom )

It’s the final reel, and it’s all come down to this. Our central protagonist, quirkily handsome hero or feisty-smart heroine, hunched pensively over a suspicious device, pliers in hand as the camera draws in on a digital readout, a counter clicking down to an ominous conclusion.

All the car chases, gunfights, romantic sub-plots and montaged flashbacks lead up to this moment, the plot carefully (or not so carefully) engineered to guide the characters here, for the final telling of their story, a frozen moment of suspense where a single action will dictate consequence.

“So… Do I cut the red wire, or is it the green?”

ARROW wraps its fifth season on an explosive cliffhanger -- literally -- which might serve to shake up the membership of Team Arrow right down to the cellar floor.

In preparation for his final strike to break Green Arrow (STEPHEN AMELL), Adrian Chase (JOSH SEGARRA) has abducted every member of Oliver's team -- and his family, including his son, William (JACK MOORE) -- and brought them back to where it all began: the island of Lian Yu, where Oliver (supposedly) was marooned for five years.

You ready for story time? The boys try to carry out a show but Impa just wont shut up!
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Folklore has it that if you enter the Dark Forest, you may encounter the old Woman of the Woods. Or you may encounter a big Black Wolf. You may even run into a little girl.

Wait a minute. I think I've read this story before! Could it be that the actors in Lee County, Virginia are LARPing a dark, hillbilly version of Little Red Riding Hood, complete with the Three Little Pigs playing hide-and-seek with the Seven Dwarfs?

This is the moment we've been holding our breath for all week long. With Iris (CANDICE PATTON) having been slain by Savitar, right in front of our eyes last episode, how is Team Flash going to move forward?

This review delves into spoiler territory from the starting gun, so you are advised to turn away now if you do not wish to know the secrets revealed in this Season Three finale.

Ready? Set?

Let's go.

Iris isn't dead.

Having established critical successes with both ARROW and THE FLASH, CW broke even more fertile ground by utilizing their webisode engine, CW SEED, to expand the Arrowverse with the premier of VIXEN.

Vixen, aka Mari Jiwe McCabe, is voiced by MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE, who later played the real life role on ARROW in the episodes "Lian Yu" and "Taken," is the creation of comic book veterans Gerry Conway, Curt Swan and Bob Oksner. Her powers are those of the animal kingdom, granted her through her "Tantu Totem," which has been renamed in this feature as the Anansi Totem.

Coming in hot off the popularity of their webisodes, Warner Bros. Animation has announced production on DC SUPER HERO GIRLS the series!

Expected to air on Cartoon Network some time in 2018, the series will follow the adventures of super teenagers Diana, Kara, Barbara, Harley, and others. DC SUPER HERO GIRLS the series comes from producer Lauren Faust (My Little Pony) and Sam Register (Justice League Action). Are there other producers more perfect to carry the torch of such a valued property? I can't think of any.

Pitched as an action-comedy series, it's sad to see that Shea Fontana will not be working on further developing the world she has helped create. She took to twitter to comment on the upcoming series: