Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! This episode was recorded a few weeks ago, editing has been a bit delayed by *gestures wildly about at the world* stuff. Screentime - The Wheel of Time We review the first couple of episodes of The Wheel of Time series on Amazon! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/Playing Adam - Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1) by Fonda Lee, Deathless Divide (Dread Nation #2) by Justina Ireland and Winter's Heart (Wheel...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! We have been away for a long time, sorry about that! Big News We talk about the most recent Nintendo Direct, including the N64 and Sega Genesis platforms, the weird new Mario film. and Bayonetta 3, and the upcoming new Dungeons and Dragons content. Screentime - Star Wars: Visions We review Star Wars: Visions, the new animated series on Disney+, with each episode created by a different Japanese...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! We recorded this episode about a week ago, so all the news is out of date and does not include E3! Big News We talk about the trailers for Venom, Eternals, and Last Night in Soho, the addition of Mistborn to Fortnite, God of War Ragnarok being pushed to 2022, and the announcement that Yoko Kanno will be involved in scoring the Netflix live action Cowboy Bebop series. Screentime - Army of the...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Screentime - Jiu Jitsu We review Jiu Jitsu, a movie released last year that we thought would be much more fun than it was. Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2) by Arkady Martine, The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark/Wellington Paranormal on Sky and Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier on...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big news We talked about the new release plans for Black Widow and the trailer for The Suicide Squad! Screentime - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier We review the first couple of episodes of the new Marvel Studios series on Disney+! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2) by Arkady Martine/Zack Snyder's Justice League...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! We skipped Big news and Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Galaxy and the Ground Within (Wayfarers #4) by Becky Chambers, Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard/Wandavision and The X-Files on Disney+/Spider-Man Miles Morales and the Resident Evil Village Maiden demo on Playstation 5! Ian -...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the Star Wars: Republic Commando re-release, the recent Nintendo Direct and announcement of the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword remaster, the Mortal Kombat movie trailer, the new D&D Ravenloft setting book 'Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft', and the new 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' trailer. Screentime - Space Sweepers We talk about Space Sweepers, the Korean sci-fi...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News We were short on time this week so no big news! We spend most of the episode on Now Playing and Screentime, and complaining about not being able to buy PS5s Screentime - WandaVision We talk about the first 5 episodes of Marvel's WandaVision on Disney+! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir and Acceptance /Wonder Woman 1984, The Expanse...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News We've been away for a while, and we recorded this a week or so ago, so no big news! We spend most of the episode on Now Playing and talking to anything we are looking forward to in 2021. Ian also played a PS5. Screentime No Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - The Burning God (The Poppy War #3) by R.F. Kuang, The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang, When the Tiger...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we briefly chat about the delay of Cyberpunk 2077, and that is pretty much all. Screentime - Hubie Halloween This week we reviewed Hubie Halloween for some reason, the fairly new film from Adam Sandler on Netflix. Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry, White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, and The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #2) by R.F....

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the return of Dexter, the cancellation of everything at Netflix and the end of cinema, and the trailers for Monster Hunter, Jiu Jutsu, and The Watch. Screentime - Bloodshot This week we reviewed Bloodshot, the Valiant comics adaptation starring Vin Diesel! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson,...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the trailers for Dune and The Mandalorian Season 2, and the Playstation 5 event. No Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - Authority by Jeff Vandermeer, and The Black Tides of Heaven by Jy Yang/Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime, Hellsing Ultimate and Rick and Morty Season 4 on Netflix/Marvel’s Avengers Ian - Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about Netflix cancellations, trailers from DC FanDome including The Batman, Justice League Snyder Cut, Suicide Squad and Black Adam, and the Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights. There is quite a lot of background noise this week, sorry about that!  Screentime - Project Power This week Ian reviews the new Netlfix film Project Power! Adam did not have time to watch it. Now Playing -...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News We recorded this episode a week or so ago, but we chat about the mess of the Hugo Awards 2020, the upcoming DC FanDome, the Xbox showcase, and Mulan coming to Disney+. No Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb #1) by Tamysn Muir and The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance #3) by N.K.Jemisin, and Dark Knights: Death Metal by Scott Snyder and Greg...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News We chat about The Bad Batch series announcement on Disney+ and rumours of a Lando series, and more film and TV show delays. Also Ian has some news too! Screentime - The Old Guard We review the Netflix adaptation of The Old Guard, a new action film starring Charlize Theron. We go a bit into spoilers, so if you haven't seen it, skip 46:50 to 55:40! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - The...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! No Big News or Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time Book 7) by Robert Jordan, and Children of Ruin (Children of Time 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky/Sorry to Bother You on Sky Movies/The Last of Us Part II on Playstation 4 Ian - Liquid Crystal Nightingale by Eeleen Lee, and the Best of British Fantasy 2019 collection, and Rubicon: The Triumph...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the Playstation 5 reveal and the teasers for Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon Forbidden West, and Resident Evil VIII, the announcements from the recent Pokémon Presents streams (including New Pokémon Snap!), the Margot Robbie-led Pirates of the Caribbean film, Star Wars Squadrons  Screentime - Midsommar This week we review the 2019 film Midsommar. Well, Ian does. Adam...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the trailers for Destiny 2: Beyond Light, The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, Bill & Ted Face the Music and Tenet, and DC Comics cutting ties with Diamond distribution. We recorded before the PS5 event, so don't talk about any of that cool stuff! No Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/Playing Adam - Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta and...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the trailer for The Old Guard, the upcoming release of the Synder Cut of Justice League, and and Ruby Rose's exit as Batwoman. Screentime - Snowpiercer (TV series) This week we review the first episode of the Snowpiercer TV show on Netflix. How does it compare to the film? Now Playing - Reading/Watching/Playing Adam - The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive Book 1) by...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the upcoming Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster, the Unreal 5 tech demo, Taika Waititi directing an upcoming Star Wars film, and The Mandalorian Season 2 casting. Screentime - Sonic the Hedgehog This week we review the recent Sonic the Hedgehog film, that due to the pandemic is the 2nd most successful film of the year right now.  Now Playing -...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News This week we chat about the Assassin's Creed Valhalla trailer, the new release dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima, the new live action Discworld deal, the AMC/Odeon and Regal/Cineworld boycott of Universal films, and professional tennis players having a Mario Tennis tournament. Screentime - Color Out of Space This week we review the recent adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News Very short news section this week, where we chat about all the Dungeons and Dragons free content that is going online from Wizards of the Coast at D&D Beyond, the news of the Crysis remaster, and the Vanity Fair screens of the upcoming Dune film. Screentime - Tales From the Loop This week we talk about the first episode of Tales From the Loop, a new Amazon Original Sci-Fi show based on...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News Not much news as everything is delayed or cancelled! We do talk about the early shipping of the Final Fantasy VII Remake and what was in the recent Nintendo Direct Mini. Screentime - Hellboy (2019) All the films have been delayed in the cinema, so we checked out last year's Hellboy. If you particularly care about spoilers, we start on it from 46:30. But really, it isn't a good film Now Playing -...

Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! Big News We talked about the candy DLC for the Final Fantasy VII Remake, the new Batsuit and Batmobile, Star Wars: The High Republic, and the Baldur's Gate 3 opening cinematic. No Screentime this week! Now Playing - Reading/Watching/Playing Adam - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, The Last Wish (The Witcher) by Andrzej Sapowski, and Lord of Chaos (Wheel of...