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Recurrent Events - Issue #4
So much retro to explore this week! The Weird Al movie with Daniel Radcliffe dropped a trailer. Big news for The Goldbergs 10th season. Mountain Dew VooDoo is back. Plus, plenty of other audio and visual stimulation!
Featured Story
I said this coming out of the theater! The setup and action for the bomber run that happens in Maverick reminded me so much of the trench run in the original Star Wars movie. The video comparison in this story takes it a step further though by pulling shots from other Star Wars movies to compare as well. Take a look for yourself...
A new video explains all the similarities between Top Gun: Maverick and the Star Wars franchise. And there are quite a few to be found.
Movies/Reboots
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about Daniel Radcliffe movie — www.whattowatch.com
Daniel Radcliffe stars in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a sure to be weird look at the life and career of the song parodist. Here’s what we know.
‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Sequel Adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Taylour Paige; Netflix Pic Starring Eddie Murphy Gets New Title — deadline.com
'Beverly Hills Cop' sequel starring Eddie Murphy adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige; Netflix pic also gets new title.
Paramount Pictures, Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies will be rereleasing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for its 40th anniversary.
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser is back with a new movie coming to Hulu this October, and fans got their first look at Jamie Clayton’s Pinhead ahead of the horror film’s first trailer.
TV/Streaming
I watched the first 6 seasons of The Goldbergs and Murray is a big part of why I continued to watch the show. It's a shame when circumstances happen like this, but I feel like the show has gone on too long as it stands.
The showrunners say the cast changes feel like a "huge reboot"
The Prime Video series, reportedly the most expensive of all time, had the first leg of its premiere rollout last night
Pluto TV Adding New Channels from 'CSI:', Hallmark, '60 Minutes,' More in September — thestreamable.com
As the calendar prepares to flip from August to September, an autumnal breeze is not the only thing in the air, as free streaming service Pluto TV is mixing in some lineup additions to go along with the color-changing …
‘Clue’: Dewayne Perkins To Write Animated Series In Works At Fox, Tim Story Joins As Executive Producer — deadline.com
Dewayne Perkins has been tapped to write and executive produce Fox's animated series Clue, and Tim Story also will exec produce.
Food
This is a big deal. I have not found all of the flavors in the Little Debbie ice cream line but I'm a huge fan of Pumpkin Delights and will be seeking this one out.
If you’re not familiar with Little Debbie’s Pumpkin Delights Cookies, they’re soft cookies with spiced pumpkin jam. So I’m going to guess this ice cream has pumpkin spice flavor with cookie pieces. (Spotted by Megan A at Walmart.)
Mountain Dew trots out a new, limited-time Mtn Dew Voo-Dew 2022 in time for the 2022 Halloween season.
Dairy Queen reveals their featured Blizzard menu for fall 2022 and it consists of three new flavors as well as three returning flavors, in...
Collectibles
Masters of the Universe Origins Wave 10 has officially gone up for pre-order across the interwebs today. King Randor, Digitino, Whiplash and Trap Jaw in his Mini-Comic colors make up the wave. Each are retailing for around $19.99 with an estimated release date of October 2022. Read on for pics and details, you can check...
A new partnership between Sonic Drive-In and Ghostbusters has been announced, with an assortment of toys expected to arrive at the restaurant chain later this year.
If you’re like me, you a sucker for promotional tie ins. Cereal boxes, special events, commercials, whatever. They’re all welcomed in my...
Super 7 have released the second round of Bruce Lee Ultimates! figures. Both feature looks pulled from the movies with The Fighter and The Contender.
Comics
This is one of the best comics I've ever read and it took me way too long to do so.
No DC FanDome For 2022; Brand Will Make Splash At Other Comic-Cons As Live Events Return — deadline.com
The DC Fandome confab won't be held for 2022, but the brand will make a splash at cther Comic-Cons as live events return.
Video Games
That's nutz! Microids has revealed that New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja, a ...
If you haven’t played 2K Games' mafioso open-world game, now’s the time
Blossom Tales II is the latest in a long tradition of games that walk in Link's legendary footsteps
Funcom has officially launched the latest expansion to Conan Exiles with Age Of Sorcery, and with it comes a brand new trailer.
Listen Up!
The latest podcasts on The Retro Network and beyond!
Crestwood House Season 2 kicks off this week with our first deep dive into a ghost story. Michael May is up first and he kicked us off with the 1962 independent cult horror classic, Carnival of Souls!
The Purple Stuff Podcast kicks off the 2022 Halloween season with another 10 tracks that y'all should add to your spooky playlists. Volume up!
In this episode, Tach & Jimmy look back and hilariously dissect S1EP4: "Good Night Sweet Skipper" of Gilligan's Island.
In this episode, Jason chooses "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin from Top Gun as the #18 song on the Top 50 80s Movie Soundtrack songs list.
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Curated by TRN co-creator Jason Gross, Recurrent Events is a weekly newsletter that explores streaming news and guides, movie and TV reboots, music news, video games releases, new food offerings, podcasts, fun items to collect, and much more. Jason also occasionally reviews some of the featured Recurrent Events items on the TRN TV YouTube channel so make sure you are subscribed.
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