Bundle up, warm up the hot cocoa and prepare for lots and lots of anime. Crunchyroll has announced every new and returning series that will debut on its service through the end of January. The biggest show on the block this time is the return of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End on January 16. You’ve no doubt been busy “taking the Frieren Challenge” and drawing her from an upward angle like everybody else on social media. Now it’s time for the real thing. Trigun: Stargaze, the followup to the recent reboot, will begin its run January 10. After the theatrical sneak preview, the third season of Jujutsu Kaisen begins January 8, same day as Fire Force Season 3. The first COVID period piece we’ve seen comes in the form of “Anyway, I’m Falling In Love With You” on January 8, along with the first season of “The Invisible Man And His Soon To Be Wife,” about the titular invisible man and the blind woman who loves him. And as we’ve covered before, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes debuts its second season January 5, the same day as a romance called “You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!” (Who says […] The post Crunchyroll Lays Out Its 2026 Winter Season appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Ten years ago Archie Comics radically reinvented itself. The comics publisher largely known for entertaining children would do a 180 and begin targeting adults. The DeCarlo house style was kaput; in its place was a more realistic, grown-up style and a rotation of professional writers. There would also be “Archie Horror” titles filled with gore and swearing to make it clear (perhaps too clear) that Archie “wasn’t just for kids anymore.” The children’s material would still survive, in the form of the supermarket digests. But at the comics shop it was a new world. But as the years have gone on, that model has decayed. None of the titles from the 2015 relaunch have been seen in years. Months have gone by without a single Archie-branded title shipping to shops. Most recently, the collapse of Diamond Distributing seems to have curbstomped the majority of the supermarket digests, something that seemed invincible. Now Archie is announcing another reboot…but not through them, through Oni Press. Uh-oh. In September of 2026, a new mainline Archie series will begin, written by Ice Cream Man’s W. Maxwell Prince and illustrated by Fábio Moon (Casanova). The following month, a new Sabrina series will launch, written by […] The post Archie Comics Announces Reboot…Through Oni Press appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

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The year 2025 has been a very good year for Korean crime dramas streaming in the U.S. across platforms like Netflix, Viki, Disney+/Hulu, and more. Below are 7 standout K-dramas reviewed by PopGeeks. (1) Trigger Memorable Quote: “Every bullet tells a story.” They Deliver Illegal Firearms Right to Your Door? A gritty cop and his enigmatic partner team up to stop illegal firearms from flooding South Korea. Detective Lee Do avoids lethal force, relying on a taser instead of a gun. But South Korea, a nation where gun ownership is rare, is suddenly flooded with illegal firearms. Chaos erupts. At one crime scene, bullets were hidden in the ceiling; at another, weapons were seized. Lee Do, a former military sniper, identified the arsenal: XM177, AK-47, MP5, and MK MOD 1. He suspected the cases were linked. A student shooter, taken alive, revealed the guns were delivered by courier. Later, Lee Do encountered Moon Baek, who claimed he had also received bullets and a list of addresses. When a parolee armed with a weapon stormed the police station, Lee Do abandoned his taser. Using seized evidence and his sniper skills, he subdued the attacker. The immediate threat was stopped—but the bigger […] The post Seven (7) 2025 Korean Crime Dramas You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Stefano Milla is directing from Toney's script. The post ‘Bora’ Star Tiffany Toney Spearheads New Horror Thriller Now Underway In L.A. From ‘To Get Her’ Director appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

Independent game studio BitBeamCannon, based out of Knoxville, has been working on a very Mega Man-inspired platformer for the Sega Genesis (and Steam too). It’s called Metal Mack, and the influence is just barely disguised. Instead of Dr. Light you have Professor Photon, instead of Rush you have Rusty. etc. The year is 20XX and the world is in peril. Photon converts his most advanced android into a powerful attack robot and sends him out to make scrap metal of the evil machines running rampant. You’ll find power-ups throughout the levels, and you can easily guess how you’ll earn them. Unlike Mega Man, though, Metal Mack has the ability to duck and shoot at the same time. The wildest thing about Metal Mack is that it’s also coming out for the Neo Geo…physically. The Neo Geo was SNK’s super-high-end console from the early 90s that no one could afford except adult collectors. The games came on giant cartridge boards that cost $700 in some cases (in 90s money). Metal Mack’s Neo Geo cart doesn’t run the bill up quite that much, but $325 is still a wild amount for a homebrew game. Don’t panic though…there’s a Metal Mack for every […] The post Metal Mack: A Mega-Sized New Homebrew For Genesis appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Opening in February from Toei. The post SAMURAI VENGEANCE: Official Trailer Revealed For Takashi Minamoto’s New Adaptation Of The Hit Novel appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

As you think about the recent murder of director Rob Reiner, and all he left behind, consider this: Steven Spielberg is still out there and making movies. He revolutionized the industry with Jaws, and that was fifty whole years ago. He was one of the most influential forces in every Gen-X and Millennial childhood, to the point that some recent movies and shows have been giant love letters to him. Today whatever the man’s doing just seems to happen in the background of IP and sequel noise. He’s still making movies…but for how much longer? My point is not to take him for granted. You don’t know what you have until it’s gone. With his next film, Disclosure Day, Spielberg returns to one of his favorite subjects: aliens. A yet to be named central character, played by Emily Blunt, is reading the weather off a teleprompter for the local news in Kansas City when she suddenly starts….popping. A bunch of bizarre clicking noises start coming out of her mouth and the news crew is like “whaaaa?” to say nothing of the people watching at home. Apparently she has stumbled onto some great truth. The kind of truth that makes you […] The post Spielberg Returns To Sci-Fi With ‘Disclosure Day’ appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

The film will also have its World Premiere in NYC on December 28. The post EKLO-I Teases The Beginning Of The End In The Official Trailer Ahead Of Its 2026 Release appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

Twelve Academy Awards Oscars shortlists have been released, including those for soundtrack and animation categories The post 98th Academy Awards Oscars Shortlists Released appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Yuki Yamada will lead the cast! The post CHIRURAN: SHINSENGUMI REQUIEM Gets The Live-Action Drama Treatment In Spring 2026! appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

:Last year, before the release of M3GAN 2.0, Universal Studios announced a spinoff of sorts was on the way, an “erotic thriller” called Soulm8te. Despite sounding like it had little to do with either M3GAN film at all, the globe just got cold feet at the eleventh hour. It was supposed to be released January 9, but has now been pulled from the schedule indefinitely. Soulm8te is about a man whose wife dies and, rather than accepting the loss, he creates an android replacement of her. Does it go wrong? You bet it does.  “In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, he inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate,” the official description says. Kate Dolan, the director of Soulm8te, said her movie was “an exploration of relationships and loneliness…Despite technological advances, there are enduring human truths we cannot escape, and I am looking forward to delving into those depths.” Hope she wasn’t looking forward to it TOO much. This doesn’t mean Soulm8te will never see the light of day; it means Universal no longer has an interest in releasing it themselves. They say they’re now shopping the movie around to other companies. Where it will wind […] The post M3GAN Spinoff ‘Soulm8te” Canned By Universal Three Weeks Before Release appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

“Mary Kills People” is a 2025 Korean drama, 12 episodes, categorized as Medical drama, Thriller, and Black Comedy. It is a remake of the 2017-2019 Canadian series by the same name. Memorable Quotes: “Mercy isn’t always clean — sometimes it leaves blood on your hands.” “Every confession carries a price, but silence can cost even more.” “Death isn’t the enemy; indifference is.” “Helping someone die doesn’t make you a monster — refusing to see their pain does.” SUMMARY: An exploration of euthanasia and compassion. A doctor secretly helps terminally ill patients end their suffering. But her choices blur the line between compassion and crime. ♦ Where is the Line Between Mercy and Crime? “Mary Kills People” is a bold Korean drama that confronts the taboo subject of assisted dying ~ euthanasia, or mercy killing ~ through a morally charged narrative. Set in modern South Korea, the story follows Woo So-Jeong, a highly respected emergency room doctor devoted to saving lives. Beneath her professional reputation, however, she leads a dangerous double life as a clandestine facilitator for terminally ill patients who wish to end their suffering on their own terms. Her secret work places her at the crossroads of compassion, medical […] The post Mary Kills People ~ Morality, Mortality, and Immortality is Not an Option appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Bundle up, warm up the hot cocoa and prepare for lots and lots of anime. Crunchyroll has announced every new and returning series that will debut on its service through the end of January. The biggest show on the block this time is the return of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End on January 16. You’ve no doubt been busy “taking the Frieren Challenge” and drawing her from an upward angle like everybody else on social media. Now it’s time for the real thing. Trigun: Stargaze, the followup to the recent reboot, will begin its run January 10. After the theatrical sneak preview, the third season of Jujutsu Kaisen begins January 8, same day as Fire Force Season 3. The first COVID period piece we’ve seen comes in the form of “Anyway, I’m Falling In Love With You” on January 8, along with the first season of “The Invisible Man And His Soon To Be Wife,” about the titular invisible man and the blind woman who loves him. And as we’ve covered before, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes debuts its second season January 5, the same day as a romance called “You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!” (Who says […] The post Crunchyroll Lays Out Its 2026 Winter Season appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

“Pro Bono” is a 2025 Korean drama, 12 episodes, categorized as Legal drama, Comedy, and Workplace; and streaming on Netflix. Memorable Quote: “If you don’t understand it, memorize it. There is no such thing as defeat in my dictionary!” SUMMARY: A passionate lawyer takes on cases for those who cannot afford representation, uncovering corruption and hidden agendas along the way. ♦ From Not So Respectable Judge to Pro Bono Attorney In “Pro Bono”, Kang Da-Wit is a once-celebrated judge whose brilliance, efficiency, and flawless public image place him on a fast track to elite judicial power. Admired both in court and on social media, he appears to embody modern success. Yet beneath the polished surface, his motivations are rooted more in ambition and material gain than in justice. His ascent collapses overnight when a mysterious meeting with an old acquaintance leaves him waking up to a box of cash in his car trunk. Soon after, he is charged with bribery and corruption. Whether framed or complicit, the damage is irreversible. Kang Da-Wit resigns in disgrace, his reputation destroyed and his dream of reaching the Supreme Court extinguished. Forced to start over, he joins a prestigious law firm, expecting a return […] The post Pro Bono ~ K-Drama Courtroom Comedy Drama appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Opening in U.S. theaters in February! The post DRACULA Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Is On A Centuries Old Quest For Blood And Vengeance! appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

The year 2025 has been a very good year for Korean crime dramas streaming in the U.S. across platforms like Netflix, Viki, Disney+/Hulu, and more. Below are 7 standout K-dramas reviewed by PopGeeks. (1) Trigger Memorable Quote: “Every bullet tells a story.” They Deliver Illegal Firearms Right to Your Door? A gritty cop and his enigmatic partner team up to stop illegal firearms from flooding South Korea. Detective Lee Do avoids lethal force, relying on a taser instead of a gun. But South Korea, a nation where gun ownership is rare, is suddenly flooded with illegal firearms. Chaos erupts. At one crime scene, bullets were hidden in the ceiling; at another, weapons were seized. Lee Do, a former military sniper, identified the arsenal: XM177, AK-47, MP5, and MK MOD 1. He suspected the cases were linked. A student shooter, taken alive, revealed the guns were delivered by courier. Later, Lee Do encountered Moon Baek, who claimed he had also received bullets and a list of addresses. When a parolee armed with a weapon stormed the police station, Lee Do abandoned his taser. Using seized evidence and his sniper skills, he subdued the attacker. The immediate threat was stopped—but the bigger […] The post Seven (7) 2025 Korean Crime Dramas You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Aside from the Stranger Things finale, the return of Fallout will be the highlight of this month. Johnathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s adaption of the hit video game series is a hit unto itself, and does not require knowledge of game lore to enjoy. Season 1 was excellent and I’m rewatching it right now, in anticipation of its glorious return this Wednesday, the 17th…. …oh, wait. This came out of nowhere, but Amazon has decided to move up the release date for Fallout Season 2 by one day. Instead of the 17th, it will now be released TOMORROW, the 16th. Ack! I’m not done! I haven’t finished my rewatch yet! And I simply don’t have time in my day to binge through the rest of it in so short a span of time! I hate to say it, but at least for me, getting the new season one day early is ANNOYING! …Yeah, I know, I’m speaking for myself here. My solace lies in the fact that this time, the episodes will appear on a weekly basis instead of all at once, so I will have time to finish Season One AFTER the Season Two premiere. Season One ended with […] The post Fallout Season 2 Debut Moved Up To December 16 appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Independent game studio BitBeamCannon, based out of Knoxville, has been working on a very Mega Man-inspired platformer for the Sega Genesis (and Steam too). It’s called Metal Mack, and the influence is just barely disguised. Instead of Dr. Light you have Professor Photon, instead of Rush you have Rusty. etc. The year is 20XX and the world is in peril. Photon converts his most advanced android into a powerful attack robot and sends him out to make scrap metal of the evil machines running rampant. You’ll find power-ups throughout the levels, and you can easily guess how you’ll earn them. Unlike Mega Man, though, Metal Mack has the ability to duck and shoot at the same time. The wildest thing about Metal Mack is that it’s also coming out for the Neo Geo…physically. The Neo Geo was SNK’s super-high-end console from the early 90s that no one could afford except adult collectors. The games came on giant cartridge boards that cost $700 in some cases (in 90s money). Metal Mack’s Neo Geo cart doesn’t run the bill up quite that much, but $325 is still a wild amount for a homebrew game. Don’t panic though…there’s a Metal Mack for every […] The post Metal Mack: A Mega-Sized New Homebrew For Genesis appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

You want to know why it took so long for a trailer about the second half of Stranger Things 5 to appear? You want to know why it didn’t just show up at the end of the previous batch? Because the Duffer Brothers only finished editing those episodes two days ago. True. Ross confessed as much on Insta. That means this whole thing was probably edited together in 48 hours, but it doesn’t look rushed. Looks great. BOOM:   This trailer raises a lot more questions than it answers. What’s up with the big red ball of energy Steve and Dustin are staring at? Dustin says “everything we’ve ever assumed about the Upside Down has been dead wrong,” but what have we been assuming? Just basic stuff so far…is it NOT another dimension? (Please don’t have this be Earth in the future or the past because that would be stupid.) And why, after everything those soldiers just saw, are they shooting at ROBIN? You just saw the real McCoy stomp through and massacre all your squadmates! Robin isn’t your enemy, dipwads! The trailers prior to Part One have been showing scenes of a Demogorgon getting into the hospital and threatening […] The post The Latest Stranger Things 5 Trailer Turns Everything Upside Down appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

As you think about the recent murder of director Rob Reiner, and all he left behind, consider this: Steven Spielberg is still out there and making movies. He revolutionized the industry with Jaws, and that was fifty whole years ago. He was one of the most influential forces in every Gen-X and Millennial childhood, to the point that some recent movies and shows have been giant love letters to him. Today whatever the man’s doing just seems to happen in the background of IP and sequel noise. He’s still making movies…but for how much longer? My point is not to take him for granted. You don’t know what you have until it’s gone. With his next film, Disclosure Day, Spielberg returns to one of his favorite subjects: aliens. A yet to be named central character, played by Emily Blunt, is reading the weather off a teleprompter for the local news in Kansas City when she suddenly starts….popping. A bunch of bizarre clicking noises start coming out of her mouth and the news crew is like “whaaaa?” to say nothing of the people watching at home. Apparently she has stumbled onto some great truth. The kind of truth that makes you […] The post Spielberg Returns To Sci-Fi With ‘Disclosure Day’ appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

Killer Whale (2026) Brings Ocean Terror and Heart-Pounding Survival If you’ve been craving a survival thriller with a fresh twist, Killer Whale might just be your next must-watch. Directed by Joanne Brechin, the filmmaker behind the indie favorite This Dog’s Life, the movie marks her first major Hollywood leap. She co-wrote the script with Katherine McPhee—not the American Idol singer, but an equally creative force—which brings a sharp, suspenseful edge to this tale of friendship, terror, and the consequences of captivity. The film stars Virginia Gardner (A Breed Apart, F**, Marry, and Kill*, The Runaways) as Maddie, and Mel Jarnson as her best friend Trish, who audiences will soon know from her upcoming role as Cammy in the new Street Fighter movie. Together, the duo heads out on what seems like the perfect getaway: a boating trip meant for fun, laughter, and adventure. But the idyllic outing quickly descends into nightmare territory when Maddie and Trish find themselves trapped in a remote lagoon with Ceto, a killer whale whose behavior has been warped by life in captivity. While killer whales rarely attack humans in the wild, as explored in the documentary Blackfish, captivity takes a toll on their mental health—and […] The post Killer Whale : Captivity, Chaos, and the Deadly Mind of a Killer Whale appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

The films opens in February! The post KUNG FU: Kai Ko And Leon Dai Level Up In The Official Trailer appeared first on Film Combat Syndicate.

Stupid Never Dies: The Zombie RPG You Never Knew You Needed Hold onto your brains, folks—GPTRACK50 Inc. is cooking up something delightfully bonkers with Stupid Never Dies, a blazing-growth 3D action RPG that’s part hack-and-slash, part monster-mayhem, and 100% weirdly charming. Set to arrive in 2026, this game lets you step into the decaying shoes of Davey, a lowly zombie with big feelings… and an even bigger love for a cryonized human girl named Julia. Yes, that’s right—Julia. And if the name rings a bell, it’s probably because it’s a cheeky wink at Lollipop Chainsaw’s Juliet Starling. Zombie romance meets over-the-top campiness? Check and check. Davey isn’t your typical shambling undead. Though he lives at the bottom of monster society, he still clings to memories of his human life—especially the memory of Julia, the girl he wants to bring back. Think Warm Bodies with a side of absurd, high-energy madness, but this time you’re the one chomping through hordes of otherworldly creatures in a dungeon that looks like it was designed by someone who had one too many energy drinks. Stupid Never Dies | Teaser Trailer Rather than an elaborate gameplay trailer or cinematic, GPTRACK50 Inc. introduces us to the […] The post Stupid Never Dies: Zombie Romance Meets Hack-and-Slash Chaos appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

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