The Grind, Sat@6pm: Stan's Lucky Man; Death Note; Brett Ratner v Rotten Tomatoes

No Chaser...just straight to the point! Listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse podcast, airing EVERY Saturday at 6pm ET.  Join your favorite podcast "Stormwatch" team (Dburt, Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and the "Uncanny" Daryll B.) as they discuss the latest "goings-ons" in pop/pulp/nerd culture:  after the disappointing release of last week's Iron Fist (Netflix), the team ponders just what ingredients ARE necessary to make a genre film?  Whether it's sci-fi, fantasy, Westerns, superhero themed, etc....what should an audience expect from an above average movie? (for nerds/NOC, etc); Dburt binges on Stan Lee's UK crime drama series, Lucky Man as it enters its second season; Netflix appears to be stuck in Whitewashing quicksand with the trailer for the manga/anime themed Death Note-and a Black cast member Keith Stanfield (Get Out, Atlanta) stirs up a nontroversy as well; according to recent EW interview, film director, Brett Rattner posits that the movie review aggregrator site, Rotten Tomatoes is going to be the ruination of the film industry; Hulu's forthcoming Trumpian style (we kid....sorta) dystopian adaptation of the 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale has a full trailer that hit the interwebs; more disappointing news concerning Scarlett Johansson's take on Motoko Kusanagi and the latest clip of the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film; our impressions of an improved Justice Leagure trailer....perhaps; And lastly more tidbits (is Michael Shannon possibly up for the role of Cable for Deadpool 2?; Assassin's Creed the TV series; The Pro film adaptation and we finally find out what made Thor the Unworthy).  Call in live at 646-915-9620.