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the Source Be with You SCREEN May May Edition By Jared Rasic
In Pod We Trust: Since we’re still celebrating the awesomeness that is the culmination of Marvel’s “Infinity Saga” with “Endgame,” now’s the perfect time to get down with “Women of Marvel.” Hosts
Sana Amanat and Judy Stephens not only both work for Marvel, but they dish on some serious inside baseball when it comes to female representation in comic book iconography. Hearing them break down the importance of Sue Storm, Janet Van Dyne and Jean Grey might change the way you view current iterations of the characters. If there are two things I love deeply, it’s drinking responsibly and solving crimes, so the podcast, “Drunk Women Solving Crime,” basically scratches all of my very specific itches. Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins spend each episode doing just that: getting drunk and trying to figure out unsolved murders and other less-serious crimes. The show only gets funnier and funnier, and now is a perfect time to check it out. If you’re feeling bored and possibly hungry, I have a podcast now because all courtesy of Netflix
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Ready to become a Zac Efron fan?
the cool kids are doing it. Hosting with the great television writer Zeke Kamm, we sit around the World’s Last Blockbuster and talk about movies, music and what makes us such disturbed individuals. It’s called Unwinder and it might make you smile. Oh, and also in the world of self-promotion: the Source now has a podcast that reads our news stories for you, so you don’t have to use your reading skills to get our top stories. Find the Source Weekly Update Podcast on all the major feed services. Bingeworthy: In the last installment of May the Source Be with You, I talked about how great the Netflix original “Santa Clarita Diet” is and then it was immediately canceled. This understandably makes
The South Korean masterwork, “Burning.”
Now, Our Watch Begins
me reticent to talk about any of the other things I like, since God obviously hates me, but just like Daredevil, I’m the man without fear. “Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile” is a fun (yes fun!) look at the serial killer Ted Bundy, but the real find here is the absolutely skin-crawling performance from Zac Efron as the megacreepy Bundy. Efron uses every bit of his handsome-ass charisma to make Bundy a bogeyman for the ages. The South Korean slow-burn thriller, um, “Burning” is the best movie out of SK last year and a haunting and visceral film that will stick to your brain for weeks to come. You’ll feel every second of its 148-minute runtime, but it’s one of those movies that fundamentally changes how you view cinema forever. Not to overhype it or anything. Photo Courtesy of HBO
The Last of the Starks By Jared Rasic
SPOILERS! he icy fog has cleared. The dead will be burned and our characters have a moment to mourn before preparations for the next battle must begin. They have a chance to feast, to laugh and to finally be legitimized in the eyes of their peers. No more bastards anymore. Arya Stark is the Hero of Winterfell, Jon already flirts with being a legend and Dany looks on with barely disguised envy. Tyrion, Brienne, Pod and Jaime play “Never Have I Ever” until too much unsaid gets spilled across the table. Love is declared, long awaited sex is had. Dany is desperate for Jon to forget his parentage but it’s unsure whether it’s because of her desire for her nephew or the throne. None of this really
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matters until Cersei Lannister’s head is removed and someone mildly less despotic sits on the pointy iron seat. This week’s episode is mostly focused on setting the table for the final few hours of the series, with all the important folks headed toward their final positions. Jon makes a few extraordinarily poor choices before everything goes to hell in a terribly inconvenient naval battle. Dany has her foot on the line and she’s about to step over it, ready to murder everyone in King’s Landing to get her hands on Cersei (who is now a sneering and completely evil cartoon villain with no shades of Grey( joy). I’m looking forward to the books again since I know so much of the rushed character choices will make more sense when
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as it been a month already? Have you missed me as much as I missed you?? Awww, that’s sweet. Anyway, it’s been a rough 30 days since last we spoke, what with “Avengers: Endgame” stomping our hearts into Ant-Man sized pieces and “Game of Thrones” progressively feeling like the world’s deadliest game of musical chairs. It’s hard out here for a nerd. Since I like media that makes me feel terrible, I’m having a great time. With all that said, here are a few things that might make your heart feel good in the month of May.
Sansa ain’t playin' anymore.
we get POV chapters of Jaime, Bran, Jon, Dany and Cersei. This is the first time where it felt to me like Benioff and Weiss are ending the show here because they’re ready to move on, not because the story was reaching its proper conclusion.
It’s all very fun to watch and deliciously written—but imagine how much better this would be with more than just a couple episodes of build-up and only two episodes left. Still, it’s better than most other things.