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The 15 Best Video Games of 2015

With 2015 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past year in sports and entertainment. You know what that means: Lists! We’ll be rolling out plenty of year-end lists for you here at The Comeback during the next couple of weeks that sum up the best we’ve seen this year. First up, […]

Watch: Oscar Isaac sings Bill Murray’s Star Wars theme from SNL

Oscar Isaac is already a highly regarded actor among many movie fans and critics. But with his role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, he might break into the cultural mainstream into outright celebrity very soon. Being featured on the cover of GQ could certainly be an indication of the […]

20 years ago, ‘Heat’ was Pacino and De Niro at their best

The selling point for Heat was simple, yet significant. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro were in the same movie. Two iconic actors considered among the very best in the profession dating back to the 1970s, yet had never been in a film together. Nowadays, casting Pacino and De Niro would be notable, but more […]

Watch: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ gets meta and busy in first trailer

Trekkers who hoped that the third of the rebooted Star Trek films might harken back to the original series’ tenets of exploration, diplomacy and science are probably going to hate the trailer for Star Trek Beyond. One of the criticisms from longtime fans regarding J.J. Abrams’ updated movies is that they were more Star Wars than Star […]

Serial recap: Season 2 begins deep dig into Bowe Bergdahl case

One year ago at this time, the podcast Serial was a cultural phenomenon. People downloaded the show (a spinoff of This American Life) every week, eager to listen to and then discuss the story host Sarah Koenig and her staff told over 12 episodes. That story was the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and […]

Marvel announces showrunner for ‘Iron Fist’ series, silencing rumors of troubled production

With Netflix’s release of Jessica Jones, the second of its five planned Marvel series, development is now throttling up on another of its superhero shows. On Monday, Heroic Hollywood’s Umberto Gonzalez reported that a showrunner is now in place for Iron Fist, featuring the company’s famed martial artist with the mystical power to channel his energy into […]

Video: Channing Tatum says a Hateful Eight things to a kitten

The cast of The Hateful Eight and director Quentin Tarantino appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night to promote the film, which will open in limited release on Christmas Day. Missing from the guest list was Channing Tatum. who does have a role in the film but hasn’t been seen in any of the trailers. To […]

Cover your eyes! New ‘Batman v Superman’ trailer is an inconsistent mess

As promised, the new full trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice premiered Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The three-minute preview provided plenty of new footage and money shots that will surely be screen-capped throughout the comic book and movie geekosphere. Yet I’m wondering how many people watched this thing and thought it was […]

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