We are one week away from the exciting Arrowverse crossover, “Elseworlds”. To get us ready, tonight’s episode of Supergirl ended with a shot of Earth 90. The world has been destroyed despite the best efforts of that Earth’s Flash, Jay Garrick (John Wesley Shipp). He is fighting against a man known as The Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) who appears to be using a book to change things. While it looks like he’s a bad guy, previous incarnations of the character have generally been in the morally gray area, so we probably should not jump to conclusions.
LaMonica Garrett as The Monitor. Image courtesy of The CW.
The snippet shows the vicinity littered with the bodies of superheroes as The Flash confronts The Monitor. Without any other choice, it looks like The Flash is now on his way to our world for some help. He may find things are not exactly perfect in our world either though, as Oliver and Barry have swapped lives. Even Supergirl is living in a topsy-turvy world as she gets locked in the pipeline meta jail by her sister. What else could go wrong? (See what I did there?)
Check out the Earth 90 clip and let us know what you think! Then watch “Elseworlds” beginning Sunday, December 9, 2018, starting with The Flash at 8/7c.
Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Image courtesy of Marvel Studios.
Marvel Studios has released a new poster for the upcoming Captain Marvel movie. The bright, colorful, and electrifying poster showcases Brie Larson’s titular character and has certainly hyped up fans for the new MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movie.
Along with the poster release, news also dropped that a new trailer will be released Monday December 3rd, during ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast, which starts at 8:15 p.m. EST. So, be sure to tune in!
Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, and Judah Lewis in ‘The Christmas Chronicles.’ Image courtesy of IMDB.
If you haven’t yet watched The Christmas Chronicles on Netflix, then I warn you, ahead there be spoilers.
What do breaking-and-entering, grand theft auto, and kidnapping have to do with Christmas? Throw in a broken sleigh, a blues-singing Santa, and eight runaway reindeer, and you have all the makings of an epic Christmas movie.
The Christmas Chronicles is one of several Netflix original movies to be added to the streaming service this season. It tells the story of two siblings, Kate and Teddy Pierce (Darby Camp and Judah Lewis, respectively), who have recently experienced the death of their father (Oliver Hudson).
The movie opens with a montage of family Christmas movies of the past, ending with their last family Christmas. It is at this point we realize that we are seeing the videos through Kate’s eyes as she tries to reconnect with her now broken family. Kate decides to record her own video, but this one will be for Santa. Her efforts at convincing Santa that she was an almost good girl this year are interrupted by her brother Teddy, who has no time for his sister’s imagination. He considers crushing her dream by telling her that there is no such thing as Santa, but he just can’t do it. Despite the distance their father’s death has put between them, he can not bring himself to destroy his sister’s belief in Santa Claus.
His father’s death has set Teddy adrift. He has fallen in with the wrong crowd and spends his time drinking beer and stealing cars. He is acting out and distancing himself from his sister. He does not want to believe in Santa, in Christmas, or in himself. His sister catches him stealing a car and records it on the video camera that she takes everywhere — the very same camera that her father used to record all their family Christmases.
When their mother (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) is called into work on Christmas Eve, Kate uses the video she made to blackmail her brother into helping her catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. They create an elaborate setup, complete with video camera, Christmas cookies, and a jingle bell alarm system to wake them when the big man appears. The bells go off, and the chase is on.
Kate and Teddy run outside and see Santa (Kurt Russell) leaping from house-to-house and disappearing into each in a cloud of red coal dust. They follow his trail and are stopped short by a wondrous sight floating above them: a sleek sleigh pulled by eight very amazing reindeer. In her effort to get a closer look at the sleigh, Kate climbs a pole, ignoring her brother’s pleas to stop, and she manages to tumble inside the cargo compartment of the sleigh. Teddy leaps for the sleigh and manages to get in and hide just as Santa returns and takes off.
Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, and Judah Lewis in ‘The Christmas Chronicles.’ Image courtesy of IMDB.
Kate startles Santa, and things go off the rails fast. Santa loses control of the sleigh, and the reindeer break loose and fly off. Santa guides the now reindeerless sleigh to a crash landing in Chicago. Upon landing, he discovers that the bag of toys and his hat, the source of his magic, are both missing. Without them, Santa is cutoff from the North Pole and any help. The first thing he must do is find the reindeer. But they need some transport to do that. The sleigh is out of commission, and there is no way to contact the elves to start repairs. Santa, with Teddy and Kaie in tow, goes to a nearby restaurant to procure a way into the city.
Despite his best efforts, they leave empty handed, but all is not lost. Thanks to Teddy, who snags the keys from the valet, they manage to steal an already stolen car and begin their reindeer hunt with the police hot on their trail. Santa and Teddy drop off Kate to look for the reindeer and take off with the police in pursuit. Kate finds the recalcitrant reindeer, and Santa is arrested for grand theft auto. And before the police can stop him, he sends Teddy and Kate off with the reindeer to look for the sack of toys, which is the key to reaching the North Pole and the elves.
With the help of Santa’s high tech tracking device, they finally locate the bag of toys. Kate crawls into the bag and is transported to the North Pole. Meanwhile, outside the bag, Teddy is accosted by thugs who steal the bag and abduct him.
Back in jail, Santa is trying to convince the police of his identity but they understandably are not buying his story. They throw him into a holding cell just as all hell starts to break loose in the city. With Santa unable to deliver Christmas gifts, the Christmas spirit is seriously depleted, and the result is angry people, an extreme crime rate, and a very busy police department. The longer that Santa is kept from Christmas, the less Christmas spirit there is, and the bleaker the future becomes.
Santa realizes he must do something to jump-start Christmas, so he uses the power of music… specifically, a blues rendition of “Santa Claus is Back In Town.” It is at this point that Kate, Teddy, and the elves show up and stage a jailbreak. Santa escapes, and it appears that Christmas is back on track, until Santa realizes that his window for saving Christmas is all but closed. But Kate and Teddy refuse to give up on saving Christmas, and they convince Santa to let them be his helpers. They devise a plan that will have Teddy driving the sleigh, Kate calling names and addresses from Santa’s list, and Santa delivering the gifts. Without having to carry his pack, Santa can slip in and out of the houses much more easily.
Kurt Russell as Santa Claus in ‘The Christmas Chronicles.’ Image courtesy of IMDB.
They manage to get it all done, and Christmas is saved in the Saint Nick of time! This is a feel-good Christmas movie. Knowing that things would be made right in the end did nothing to dampen my delight. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The elves were absolutely adorable: think “minions” crossed with “mogwai,” and you get some idea of their personalities. The scene with the elves confronting the thieves reminded me a lot of the bar scene in Gremlins.
Kurt Russell’s portrayal of Santa was equally delightful. He drives a sleek sleigh with some James Bond-inspired magic gadgets, and he breaks a few of the Santa stereotypes as well: he does not have a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly, and he definitely does NOT say, “Ho! Ho! Ho!” He also makes an excellent dark sunglasses-wearing blues singer. I couldn’t help but see him as a combination of Father-Christmas-meets-Jack-Burton (Russell’s character from Big Trouble In Little China), with a tiny amount of Snake Plissken (Russell’s character in Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.) mixed in for spice.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Oliver Hudson, Darby Camp, & Judah Lewis in ‘The Christmas Chronicles.’ Image courtesy of IMDB.
Do yourself a favor and treat yourself and your family to The Christmas Chronicles. I know you will enjoy it as much as I did. There is also a bonus at the end: Goldie Hawn appears as Mrs. Claus. Russell and Hawn have not shared romantic screen time since Overboardin 1987, so it was a real treat seeing them working together again.
First announced at the Las Vegas Annual Evolution (EVO) fighting game tournament, the character of “Negan” (voiced by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his bat “Lucille” will be appearing in season two of Tekken 7 DLC, along with several returning characters. In the gameplay that is based around The Walking Dead television series, we see Negan threateningly taunt the other characters, like he did on the show’s seventh season premiere.
There is no set release date for Negan. So, there is a chance we will see more of him at the next EVO which is early in 2019.
Releasing December 3 are the characters “Armor King,” “Craig Marduk,” “Anna,” “Lei,” and “Julia.”
Tekken 7 can be played on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The new season pass is available now.
Denisof will play a character named Adam Masters, the fiancé of Mary Wardwell (Michelle Gomez) who has returned from working overseas with Physicians Without Frontiers. The catch is, he has no idea his love has been taken over by Madam Satan.
Playing a warlock named Dorian Gray will be Goodacre. He is the owner of Dorian’s Gray Room (an exclusive nightclub) and is skilled in keeping secrets.
What do you think of the new cast additions? Let us know in the comments below!
Aaron Rodgers, State Farm Insurance Agent Patrick Minnis, and David Haydn-Jones as Gabe Gabriel in the newest State Farm commercial. Image courtesy of State Farm.
David Haydn-Jones (Supernatural, A Bramble House Christmas) has graced television screens yet again with another new commercial for State Farm. These commercials feature Haydn-Jones as Gabe Gabriel, the sports agent of Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers. Try as he might, he just can’t seem to do as well for Rodgers as his State Farm Insurance Agent.
This particular commercial has Gabe Gabriel telling Rodgers to get used to the cold weather since he’s trying to trade him to a team in Siberia. You can watch it below or right here via State Farm.
Though not all of the State Farm commercials David Haydn-Jones are in are posted to their YouTube channel, you can see another half a dozen of them here on Nerds and Beyond, including a few posted on State Farm’s Twitter account.
These short commercials never fail to make us laugh, and we can’t wait to see the next one!
Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina in “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.’ Image courtesy of IMDB.
The second season of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina now has a release date. Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) will continue to figure out her place in the witch/mortal worlds on April 5, 2019.
Like the show’s first season, season two will have ten episodes. Now that Sabrina has signed her name in the Book of the Beast, the next season will see her in a different light, with Satan trying to get her to go dark side.
In an interview with IndieWire, show creator Robert Aguirre-Sacasa hinted at a Salem-focused episode, as well as the possibility we may hear him talking in the future.
Originally released in 1954, this classic holiday film stars Bing Crosby (Bob) and Danny Kaye (Phil). After Phil saves Bob’s life in the army, the two become a widely popular vaudeville musical act. They agree to see a sister act as a favor to an old army buddy. The sisters, Rosemary Clooney (Betty) and Vera-Ellen (Judy) are going to Vermont to perform at an inn and Phil, determined to play matchmaker, sneakily arranges for himself and Bob to go along. When they realize the owner of the empty inn is their former General, the duo decide to bring their entire musical act to Vermont in a secret attempt to bring in guests and give back to the General that meant so much to them.
Rob Benedict is set to appear at SF Sketchfest 2019, for the Will You Accept This Rose podcast. The podcast, hosted by Arden Myrin, regularly features Rob as they talk about ABC’s The Bachelor, and all of it’s spin-offs.
In the house, Declan hears the horses making noise and goes to investigate. When he walks past the door of the barn, the bikers come out and tell him if he wants to see his friends, he will drop his gun.
Ten hours earlier.
Declan brings Reggie (Ryan McDonald) to visit the grave of his sister- who is also Reggie’s mother- where he tells him that he also bought the plot for himself beside her. Reggie crouches in front of his mother’s grave and touches the ground asking if they can stay a while.
Before going back to Roses, Declan stops by a diner and tells Reggie that he bought it for him, he can serve breakfast anytime he wants. Reggie begins to pace saying he does not know anything about business then hugs his uncle excited.
Rose tells Declan that this is her last run, she thought she could do this, but with losing her nephew, she does not think so anymore.
Rose is bailing on Declan for drug runs. Declan might respect it, but how will he move drugs? #NewBlood
Alex calls Declan and changes the drop off location, Teresa is there with him and tells him that she wants Declan dead. Alex reassures her that Nats (Dylan Taylor) and Enzo (Daniel Kash) are dead by the end of the day and he will kill Declan.
While in protective custody awaiting to be transferred, a member of the motorcycle club goes and stabs Nats, killing him.
Detective Bullock (Lisa Berry) gets a phone call informing her the Nats is dead, she is furious because her deal with Enzo depends on Nats safety. Ken (Eric Hicks) tells her it’s a matter of minutes, are they going to let this ruin everything she worked hard. Detective Bullock goes in to talk to Enzo and his Lawyer (Angela Asher) saying that his son is on the way to the new prison. Enzo makes sure his nephew Luca (Franco Lo Presti) is safe from everything, she reassures him he is. Enzo signs the papers and asks what they want to know; Detective Bullock leans over the table wanting to start with the twins.
Ken calls Declan to tell him that Nats is dead, and Enzo is in protective custody at a hotel. Declan tells him to find who killed Nats and that will lead them to Teresa, reminding Ken that he was handpicked for this position by him.
Luca, still waiting to hear from his father Domenic (Louis Falcone), gets a call from Teresa asking if he is alright. He says he is in charge now and that his phone is the only way to reach her.
At the hotel, Enzo’s lawyer gives him a phone to call Luca to check on him, Luca says he has not heard from his father, just Teresa. Enzo tells him he is going to prison and wants him to take care of his grandson and be safe and free. Enzo tells Luca that his father is not coming back. Later that evening while playing cards with the officer there is a knock on the door, and you hear gunshots, Enzo is dead.
Declan offers to get a crowbar that Rose needs from the shed and finds the cocaine stash that Twix (Ajuawak Kapashesit) has been stealing from him. He goes into the house angry and yells at Rose asking if she has been taking from him. Rose tells him that all that stuff belongs to Twix, Declan goes after him and threatens Twix but does not kill him because of Rose.
Detective Bullock and Ken go to see Bobby (Brandon Oakes) in jail to ask him how Nats died on his watch but he says nothing. Ken tells him that Declan sent him and proved it by mentioning the licorice he brings. Bobby tells Ken that it was the bikers that killed Nats and Ken calls Declan to tell him. As they leave the prison, they get the phone call that Enzo is dead.
When Declan does not show up to the drop with the bikers, Teresa says she will kill him herself.
Back to where the episode began in the barn on Rose’s property, Teresa has both Reggie and Rose hostage and tells Declan to get on his knees. Theresa is making him chose which one lives between them.
Declan says he will not choose and to take him. Reggie looks as Declan and smiles saying it is alright as Teresa kills him. Teresa then shoots Declan and leaves the barn. Just as Alex is going to shot Rose, Twix comes in and kills him but dies in the process. Declan manages to get up and go after them; he kills Siro (Wole Daramola) then shoots Teresa before collapsing to the ground.
With the song Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd in the background, they show us what happened to everyone after that event.
Rose tells the cops that it was her brother Twix that stole from the bikers and did everything, the day at the barn was the last time Declan saw her. Too much had happened between them for them to go back to before. Detective Nellie Bullock’s department gets shut down, and she gets sent to fraud, while Ken gets promoted. Luca and the baby are off somewhere living free and as happy as they can be.
As for Declan, he buried Reggie next to his mom, and as he looks over the city, his voiceover says,
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