Analysis: Time to toss another coin for ‘The Witcher’ and more

newsofmax12/18/2021

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Henry Cavill stars in season two of "The Witcher" on Netflix.

I am. Because between the stress of the holiday and anxiety about variations, I don’t really sleep completely peacefully these days.

If this is you, come join me on the communal couch (social distancing of course) to take your time until things get better.

‘The Witcher’ Part 2

I don’t like fantasy, but the presence of Henry Cavill is enough to make me a believer.

The “Man of Steel” star returns as Geralt of Rivia, the monster hunter, in the second season of the Netflix series, based on the popular book series by Andrzej Sapkowski.

Those books have been adapted into a even more popular video game series, and The show has a lot of action – especially in this season when the war is raging.

Season two begins streaming on Friday.

‘Swan Song’

Mahershala Ali plays Cameron, a terminally ill family man, in

Name a role that Mahershala Ali didn’t play. I will wait.

In this new film, he plays a doting father and husband who is faced with an incurable illness and a possible way to protect his family from the grief that follows.

The main characters are heavyweight in this movie, with Naomie Harris playing his wife, Poppy, and Glenn Close as his doctor.

It started streaming on Apple TV + Friday.

‘Shatner in space’

William Shatner (left) and the crew of NS-18 hovering inside the Blue Origin space capsule.

Did you ever think you would see the day when the legendary “Star Trek” William Shatner will really boldly go where no TV star has gone before?

This new documentary takes us behind the scenes of Shatner’s ride with Blue Origin, funded by Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos.

At the age of 90, Shatner became the oldest person to ever travel into space.

The documentary is streaming on Amazon Prime, naturally.

Bonus: Catch me enjoying with CNN’s Audrey Irvine about some of the failures shared by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith for so long. (Someone said entangled?) You can watch the latest episode of my show, Pop Life Off! here:

Two things to listen to

‘Succession’ podcast

Brian Cox as Logan Roy is featured in a scene from season three of

Part three in the book, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still fall in love with your HBO series. (HBO and CNN are both part of WarnerMedia.)

Above this podcast, journalist Kara Swisher “unpacks real-world events like the story is happening on screen.”

Swisher has guests including people who work on the show and fellow journalists who help break it all down.

Ways to maintain love “Succession”.

It streams on Apple, Spotify, and other services where podcasts can be found.

‘The real killer’

If you’re a regular reader of Pop Life Chronicles, you know that true crime is a passion of mine. For your newbie, get rid of that information.

The “real killer” is exactly the kind of podcast that has to be plugged in all the way to try and verify the truth.

Host Leah Rothman investigates “one of the most gruesome crimes in Missouri history.” It was a case that made it difficult for law enforcement and resulted in a St. Louis was sentenced to life in prison.

Nearly 40 years later, New evidence has emerged, and the question is: Who is the real killer?

The first two episodes are currently streaming on IHeartRadio and other podcast platforms.

One thing to talk about

Many media partners have chosen not to publicly participate in this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony because of diversity issues within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

If an award show isn’t televised, is it really an awards show?

The 79th Annual Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday, but because of diversity issues and ethical questions raised about the organization behind it, the ceremony did not have a network to broadcast the event.

What is the award ceremony without television?

Awards shows are supporting life in terms of ratings, but one thing Hollywood loves is self-celebration.

So I suppose so.

Something to sip

From time to time, something will happen on reality TV that can lead one to question what “no description” shows really are.

Such was the case with this season of “The Bachelorette.”

Social media has been wowed over the past few weeks by this year’s love-seeking woman of the year, Michelle Young, which ended with the final four contestants of both races, just like her .

Now, it could simply be that, as a person of color, she finds more in common with other contestants of color.

But viewers are more skeptical, whether ABC is just trying to shut down the controversy over the series’ past lack of diversity and former host Chris Harrison. left the franchise because of racially insensitive comments.

What do you think? Coincidence or the savvy skill of the show’s producers?

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