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S15: On-Screen Live 5.19.25: Our Reviews of Sinners, Thunderbolts*, Friendship & Final Destination: Bloodlines!
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On this edition of On-Screen Live, we're playing catch-up as we review a bunch of stuff we've seen over the last few weeks since being off the air, including: Ryan Coogler's Mississippi-set vampire opus Sinners, Jake Schreier's solid MCU entry Thunderbolts*, Andrew DeYoung's outrageous Tim Robinson comedy Friendship, and Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein's horror franchise revival Final Destination: Bloodlines! All this, plus the weekend box office numbers and more!
Snag your tickets now for our next Worldwide Digital Experience, happening Friday, June 20th at 9pm/eastern! We'll be talking all about the fabulously fun Dick Donner superhero sequel, Superman II! There will indeed be an over-served, over-indulged After Party Q&A happening immediately following the show—both the Superman II show and the Q&A will be available for replay for 14 days after broadcast. Don't miss this one, it's gonna be super fun!
U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, happening this July 18-20! Two shows are already sold out, so you don't want to miss out!
On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel!
Through December 2025, we’ll be donating all proceeds from our Tee-Public store to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new GHOSTHEADS, Too Old for This Shit, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and Jack Kirby designs! Pick something up and support a good cause!
Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Snag your tickets now for our next Worldwide Digital Experience, happening Friday, June 20th at 9pm/eastern! We'll be talking all about the fabulously fun Dick Donner superhero sequel, Superman II! There will indeed be an over-served, over-indulged After Party Q&A happening immediately following the show—both the Superman II show and the Q&A will be available for replay for 14 days after broadcast. Don't miss this one, it's gonna be super fun!
U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, happening this July 18-20! Two shows are already sold out, so you don't want to miss out!
On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel!
Through December 2025, we’ll be donating all proceeds from our Tee-Public store to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new GHOSTHEADS, Too Old for This Shit, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and Jack Kirby designs! Pick something up and support a good cause!
Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
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On this edition of On-Screen Live, we're playing catch-up as we review a bunch of stuff we've seen over the last few weeks since being off the air, including: Ryan Coogler's Mississippi-set vampire opus Sinners, Jake Schreier's solid MCU entry Thunderbolts*, Andrew DeYoung's outrageous Tim Robinson comedy Friendship, and Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein's horror franchise revival Final Destination: Bloodlines! All this, plus the weekend box office numbers and more!
Snag your tickets now for our next Worldwide Digital Experience, happening Friday, June 20th at 9pm/eastern! We'll be talking all about the fabulously fun Dick Donner superhero sequel, Superman II! There will indeed be an over-served, over-indulged After Party Q&A happening immediately following the show—both the Superman II show and the Q&A will be available for replay for 14 days after broadcast. Don't miss this one, it's gonna be super fun!
U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, happening this July 18-20! Two shows are already sold out, so you don't want to miss out!
On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel!
Through December 2025, we’ll be donating all proceeds from our Tee-Public store to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new GHOSTHEADS, Too Old for This Shit, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and Jack Kirby designs! Pick something up and support a good cause!
Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Snag your tickets now for our next Worldwide Digital Experience, happening Friday, June 20th at 9pm/eastern! We'll be talking all about the fabulously fun Dick Donner superhero sequel, Superman II! There will indeed be an over-served, over-indulged After Party Q&A happening immediately following the show—both the Superman II show and the Q&A will be available for replay for 14 days after broadcast. Don't miss this one, it's gonna be super fun!
U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, happening this July 18-20! Two shows are already sold out, so you don't want to miss out!
On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel!
Through December 2025, we’ll be donating all proceeds from our Tee-Public store to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Check out the WHM Merch Store featuring new GHOSTHEADS, Too Old for This Shit, Forrest the Universal Soldier, and Jack Kirby designs! Pick something up and support a good cause!
Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
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