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The Bad Batch Season 3 Catch-Up (Disney+): Last time viewers were with the team, Tech had fallen to his death and Omega was abducted to help move along the cloning program that the Empire was carrying out in secret on Tantiss. It turns out (unsurprisingly) that this program is to try and create a clone that can use the force as part of “Project Necromancer” (previously mentioned in The Mandalorian and seen in action in The Rise of Skywalker). The problem is that the show is very clearly trying to set up where the Heir to the Empire movie is going while not being too predictable but anyone who has read the book Heir to the Empire kind of knows what happens. Either this season ends with the destruction of the cloning facility on Tantiss (likely considering the current ongoing comic Darth Vader from Marvel shows Exogol in play between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as part of a weird retcon that makes Rey a Skywalker by blood because Luke’s severed hand from Bespin was used as part of the cloning process that produced Rey’s father) or the team never finding Tantiss so Ahsoka and the people from the New Republic Era can have a final confrontation there, maybe with a clone of Mace Windu filling the role of C’Baoth in the original novel?
The Girls on the Bus Episodes 1 and 2 (Max): This is an interesting look at the current political journalism landscape in this fictitious take on a Democratic primary. Is everything changed just a little so the characters and businesses are very thinly veiled caricatures of real life? Yes. Is that bad? No. Melissa Benoist is great as the lead but the most intriguing aspect of the show is Christina Elmore’s Kimberlyn who is trying to rise in her career while working for “definitely not Fox News” and dealing with the outright dismissal of her any time she tries to do anything.
You May Have Missed:
Wonka (Max): One of the biggest snubs from the technical categories at the Academy Awards last week has hit streaming and it is just a delight to watch. If someone missed this in theaters last holiday, this is worth a watch at home. For a full review, click here.
This Week In Theaters:
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Of all the active franchises that get sequels with massive budgets, the most baffling is Ghostbusters
which has made one good movie in the history of its franchise. Either way, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hits theaters this weekend and serves as a follow-up to 2022’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife so viewers over 35 should get excited for this.
Immaculate: Sydney Sweeney’s horror passion project about a nun who is suddenly pregnant without a father hits theaters this weekend.
Last Week At The Box Office:
Kung Fu Panda 4: $30.0 Million
Dune: Part II: $28.5 Million
Arthur the King: $7.5 Million
Imaginary: $5.6 Million
Cabrini: $2.8 Million
