Critical Hits & Misses #271

• Mic takes a look at anti-immigrant hate groups in America, and how these once fringe ideas have suddenly become mainstream. 


• Fortune discusses the dismal summer blockbuster season as August comes to a close, and looks at why Hollywood suffered its worst summer ever. 

For today's musical hit,we have Echosmith and "Future Me"

Today's critical rolls: Did you see any of this year's big summer flops? (Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, Valerian, to name a few). Did you  actually enjoy any of them?

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Critical Hits & Misses #266

• Over at The Verge, Laketh Stanfield explains why Netflix's Death Note isn't whitewashing due to its mostly white cast. Meh, not sure I buy it. 


• The summer movie season is winding down, so we should immediately start talking about next summer's potential blockbusters! USA Today has a list of ten movies coming out next year to get excited about. 

For today's musical hit, we have Thirty Seconds to Mars and "Walk On Water"

Today's critical rolls: Forget next summer, what are you looking forward to for the rest of 2017, in terms of movies and Netflix and tv?

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Critical Hits & Misses #262

• Forbes discusses how the US box office was a hot mess... other than super hero movies like Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Who says the superhero genre is dying?


• Gail Simone recently took to Twitter to criticize how Zeus has become part of Wonder Woman's origin story, and that it was one of the few things Simone didn't like about an otherwise awesome film. 

For today's musical hit, we have Lindsey Stirling's "Brave Enough"

Today's critical rolls: Would it have been better for Diana/Wondie to not have a father? Why or why not?


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Critical Hits & Misses #231

• Entertainment Weekly examines how the wonderful women of summer 2017 are changing Hollywood forever. This is a pretty good look at how 2017 has changed for women in Hollywood, compared to just ten years ago. 


• Michelle Rodriguez has threatened to leave the Fast & The Furious franchise if women aren't given better parts in the future installments. This is definitely something we can get behind!

For today's musical hit, check out this Epic Disney Villains Medley from Peter Hollens.

Today's critical rolls: If you woke up tomorrow as a Disney villain, who would you be and why?


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