Some Country For No Men: "Predator: Badlands," reviewed.

Love the One You’re With: Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. (20th Century Studios)

I fear I’ve let you all down by not publishing a thinkpiece exploring What It All Means that both of the Arnold Schwarzenegger / Jesse Ventura movies from 1987, Predator and The Running Man, have a sequel and a remake (respectively) hitting cinemas a week apart from one another, 38 years later.

Anyway, my Washington City Paper review of the new Predator: Badlands is here.

You can also listen to the Pop Culture Happy Hour episode where I discussed the film with pals Glen Weldon and Ronald Young, Jr. below.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Never Say "Die Hard"

Alan Rickman & Bruce Willis both got film careers because of Die Hard. We'll always have Die Hard. (Fox)

We had to do a Pop Culture Happy Hour discussion of Die Hard because it’s holiday time and because the beloved classic turned 30, uh, back in July and because we just had to. I thought I was being punk’d when I got the invitation but I’m so glad it was real. This was the awkward Christmas Eve holiday party/attempted spousal reconciliation I’ve been waiting to be invited to since I was 11 years old. Yippie kai yay, podcast lovers. (My punishingly long Die Hard Dossier is here.)