Today on the 5: Rumors are swirling that Apple, Samsung, and likely other phone manufacturers will stop including charging bricks and possibly cables with new phones purchases. This is a case where I think marketing will be key to success.

Today on the 5: You may have seen a lot of noise around the sad state of Quibi, a streaming service with no point that nobody is interested in. Oh Quibi, how could it have possibly (not) come to this! 

This week we're talking The Empire Strikes Back and Ubisoft Forward. Show music by Reed Love and OGRE. Support the show!

For those interested, here are my multiple guest spots on other shows in the last week:

• Heartbeathero Radio 0018
• Fist Of The Filmmaker ORCA vs JAWS: THE REVENGE Special
• Project Archivist 325

Today on the 5: Getting ready for my appearance on the Fist Of The Filmmaker podcast, I revisited Jaws The Revenge for the first time in over a decade. Unlike Orca, the final sequel (so far) to the classic film is pretty much exactly what I remember it being.

Today on the 5: Getting ready for my appearance on the Fist Of The Filmmaker podcast, I went back and watched Orca for the first time in a while. I was reminded again of how much better the movie is than the reputation it has.

Today on the 5: Game prices are on the way up, even as it's pretty clear they've been going up for quite a while in the background. Between that and the iterative upgrades in new consoles, what will the future of gaming look like?

Today on the 5: One of the aspects of the pandemic in the United States is that it has revealed how broken our education system is. What this had led to is people who analyze nothing and therefore believe anything.

This week we're talking about OFF THE GRID, the Fallout TV series, rebooting Star Wars, Sworn To Justice and Hired To Kill. Show music by Reed Love and OGRE. Support the show!

Today on the 5: I watched another recommendation from Len Kabasinki, a B level action movie called Hired To Kill. I started this one with low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised how much better it is than it should be.

Today on the 5: I watched another entry in the Cynthia Rothrock pantheon of films, Sworn To Justice. This one feels like a far cartoonier version of Righting Wrongs. That makes it both lighter and less memorable overall.