The MadHouse

This week in the NFL, we saw major upset and high scoring offenses put up big numbers. Thursday night saw the San Francisco 49ers hosting the New York Giants, Sunday night featured an old rivalry as the Las Vegas Raiders took on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Monday night’s double header saw the Philadelphia Eagles against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a Super Bowl 2022 rematch between the LA Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. Other games covered this weekend were Texans / Jaguars, Dolphins / Broncos, Vikings / Chargers & Bears / Chiefs.

This Netflix sports documentary centers an incident that took place at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan on November 19, 2004. During a exhibition basketball game between the Detroit Pistons & the Indiana Pacers, a brawl took place at the arena between players and fans after a Detroit fan threw a cup at Pacers’ player, Ron Artest. This incident was the turning point in the NBA and became the most controversial game of all time.

This Disney & Pixar animated film was released in theaters this past summer and officially dropped on Disney+ this past weekend. The film was co written & directed by Peter Sohn and has a voice over cast that includes Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen & Catherine O’Hera. In a world where the Elements come to life, a fire girl, Ember, enlists the help of Wade, a young guy made of water, to save her father’s bodega from permanent closure but things take an unexpected turn when Ember and Wade fall for each other. This film marks the 27th film under the Pixar banner during their collaboration with Disney.

This week’s matchups saw Thursday night’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday night saw the Miami Dolphins taking on the New England Patriots and Monday night double header featured the Cleveland Browns versus the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints taking on the Carolina Panthers. Sunday afternoon saw games such as Texans / Colts, 49ers / Rams, Cowboys / Jets, Chargers / Titans & Lions / Seahawks. Multiple teams saw some Star players who suffer major injuries including Browns’ running back, Nick Chubb, who’s been lost for the season.

This crime thriller was done by Robert Rodriguez who serves as director, writer, producer, editor & even co shot the film and has his 2 sons serving as producers and composers for the film. The movie stars Ben Afleck, Alice Braga, Jackie Earle Haley & William Fichtner. Afleck plays a detective on the hunt for his daughter kidnapper but his investigation leads down the rabbit hole of super secret government agency and humans with supernatural abilities. This film was released at the South by SouthWest Film Festival in March of this year, hit theaters 2 months later and is now available on Peacock.

In the season finale of our 9th season, we have a SPOILER ALERT as we do a deep dive into the latest episode of the newest “Star Wars” spinoff series which is available now on Disney+.

Football season has returned and with a bang. Thursday night’s game saw the defending Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Detroit Lions, Sunday night saw a legendary rivalry as the Dallas Cowboys battled the New York Giants, Monday night featured a classic as the New York Jets went against the Buffalo Bills. Some of Sunday afternoon games featured the Houston Texans VS the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the New England Patriots.

This film is based on a specific chapter of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, “Dracula”. It was directed by Andre Ovredal and stars Corey Hawkins, Liam Cunningham & David Dastmalchian. Captain Elliot and the crew of the Demeter voyage from Transylvania to London only to discover that the legendary vampire known as “Dracula” is also aboard the ship and slowly picks them off one by one. This film languished in development hell for nearly 2 decades until finally being put to production in 2019 with Ovredal attached to direct while actors Jude Law, Noomi Price & Ben Kingsley we’re all attached to star but never fully committed to the film due the unfinished script at the time.

This film was directed Adrian Grunberg and stars Josh Lucas, who plays an oil rig’s corporate associate that brings his family to a vacation in Baja, that turns dark after they discover a mysterious shark has trapped them and few other workers on the rig. This movie had a spring theatrical release in 2023 before available on Prime Video later in the year.

The 14th film in the DC Cinematic Universe was directed by Angel Manuel Soto and stars Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, Susan Sarandon & George Lopez. In Palmera City, Jaime Reyes has returned home only to find out his family and city have fallen into hard times both emotionally and financially. However, one fateful day Jaime’s whole world changed after he is given a sentient weapon that bonds with his body and turns him into a superhero. DC’s change up to their management has explained that “Blue Beetle” will be the next step in a new cinematic universe, helmed by James Gunn.