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Disney Fires Gina Carano Because of Course It Does

AlexGherzo | Feb 11, 2021 | 5

The Empire has finally come for Cara Dune. In news that probably doesn’t surprise anyone, Disney and Lucasfilm have fired Gina Carano, the former mixed martial arts star and current actress who appeared on The Mandalorian. Most fans assume Carano was set to be one of the main characters in Rangers...

Mystic Pizza and Mask Mandates

AlexGherzo | Feb 4, 2021 | 10

Last night, I had one of those evenings where a seemingly endless number of streaming subscriptions – coupled with my considerable collection of hard copies – ironically left me unable to decide what to watch. Before resigning myself to watching Friends until I fell asleep for the zillionth time...

The Emmys and Poetic Justice

AlexGherzo | Sep 23, 2020 | 4

The 2020 Emmy Awards aired this Sunday, and like the rest of the world, I didn’t watch it. The Emmys never appealed to me in the same way the Oscars did (before a celebration of cinema turned into a bunch of limousine liberals trying to out-woke each other). It doesn’t feel like an event, especi...

Joker and Life Imitating Art

AlexGherzo | Aug 31, 2020 | 0

“Life imitates art” is one of those clichés that people rattle off with such regularity that one typically just nods along whenever it’s uttered. But this past year, new life has been breathed into the rote chestnut, and it’s come at the hands of the increasingly violent left. All around th...

The Last of Us Part 2 Receives International Condemnation

Gaspernation | Jun 25, 2020 | 33

“The Last of Us Part 2 is Officially a War Crime” Pen has been put to paper this week in Geneva, Switzerland, where on June 19th, 2020, 195 countries signed a new resolution which made the playing of Neil Druckmann’s game, The Last of Us Part 2, a war crime. The only country who refused &h...

Gone with the Wind Copies Sell Out

AlexGherzo | Jun 11, 2020 | 11

If you’re worried about the looming threat of mob-demanded censorship, there’s a ray of hope to which you can cling. Almost immediately after HBO Max gave in to 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley’s “request” that they remove Gone with the Wind from their service (although it...