John Cena leads this week’s streaming guide as his Suicide Squad character kicks off his own series on HBO Max, Netflix releases some new and original thrillers and more

The landmark horror franchise gets a modern update that delivers some of its most intense thrills and clever humor yet

Metal radio show host Viktor Palak talks to the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast about being out in metal, and queer life in the Czech Republic. While She Sleeps provide a Camp Classic themed about finding mental resilience. And HCGBs gets entries from Blanket and Wilderun.

The gruesome action in this home invasion thriller is insanely good

A gory thriller starts the new year on Shudder while HBO Max celebrates Harry Potter and more in this week’s guide

A ton of blockbuster franchises return this year along with a handful of anticipated horror releases

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast discusses the vital issue of which is more gay, black metal or power metal, as well as looking at the queer angle on a metalcore classic from Shadows Fall, plus putting albums from Der Weg Einer Freiheit and Voidsphere into the HCGB jukebox.

It was a good year for movies, all things considered. Here are the picks for the best of another weird year.

The return of Boba Fett, Letterkenny, Cobra Kai, Young Justice and plenty of originals end the year

Neo is trapped in the Matrix once again, and as this film tells us, so are we

Bradley Cooper delivers one of the best performances of his career in this dark tale of a man’s downward spiral

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast enjoys DragonForce’s biggest success accidentally looking far more gay than intended, explains why Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” (the 1987 version) sings to their queer side, and puts NYE albums from Spineshank and Unleash The Archers into HCGBs.

Happy holidays from Knotfest! ‘Tis the season to check out a return to The Matrix, a star-studded Adam McKay flick on Netflix and a lot more

Marvel’s latest pulls in past iterations of the Spider-Man franchise for Peter Parker’s greatest battle

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast sees the (seemingly unlikely) queer side off Darkthrone, accidentally spark some intense debate about stereotypes with the guys from A Gay And A Non-Gay, and pick some “Christmas” albums for HCGBs in the shape of Sonata Arctica and Melechesh.