This Week in Pop Culture: ‘Halo’, ‘Ambulance’, The Oscars, and More
There have been a bunch of pop culture announcements, trailers, and news this week – let’s catch up, shall we?
News
- Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died
- Extraction 2 is done filming
- Halo: The Series has set a new streaming record
- Michael Bay about his latest: “Some of the CGI is shit in this movie.”
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, currently has a rare 100 percent critics‘ score
- The Oscars are tonight, if you care about that kind of thing
Trailers:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition – Paramount+ April 5th
The definitive vision of Director Robert Wise.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Theaters April 8th
The world’s favorite blue hedgehog is back for a next-level adventure in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2. After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
Ambulance – Theaters April 8
In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no.
Only Murders in the Building – Hulu June 28th
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living among them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late.
Men – Theaters May 20th
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside. She hopes to find a place to heal. However, someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread soon becomes a fully formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
