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This article contains spoilers for Rick and Morty season 5 episode 10. Rick and Morty is fighting a losing battle with its own canon.  The show has demonstrated time and time again that it prefers crafting episodic, self-contained stories to fully realize the potential of playing in a massive sci-fi sandbox. Like Rick Sanchez himself,

When Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in 1981, it was like a jolt of lightning from out of the past. As with George Lucas’ Star Wars before it, here was a throwback to many of the cinematic touchstones high and low that Baby Boomers grew up with: Saturday morning serials, prestige Oscar winners

This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 3 “Hunted” opens in a flurry of action. Blades and arrows come flying in out of the darkness. Most of Maggie’s companions stumble and fall, as do their hunters. Some get back up and scramble away towards safety, or in pursuit of

One is likely to have many thoughts flit through their head while watching Marvel’s latest epic origin story Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. “Wow, Tony Leung really is handsome.” “I didn’t realize [REDACTED] was going to be in this!” But chief among those thoughts is sure to be: “Am I crazy, or

Tony Leung’s portrayal of Wenwu takes the MCU villain to a whole new level in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the latest feature film in the franchise. Wenwu is complex and textured as written, but veteran actor Leung gives the role such gravity, a level of depth that can only be reached

This article contains major spoilers for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the latest in Marvel‘s big-budget superhero franchise, is officially out in theaters and people are loving it. And what’s not to love? It’s fun, funny, filled with some of the best fight scenes

This article contains some minor spoilers for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In the pages of Marvel Comics, Shang-Chi is known as the “Master of Kung Fu.” So when Marvel Studios announced the character to help usher in MCU Phase 4, the one thought on every fan’s mind was that whoever gets

When Mortal Kombat II hit the arcades in 1993, it was a massive hit. It took the first game, improved the gameplay, and gave us more of the gore and dark humor we loved. Plus: more fighters, more ninjas, more Fatalities, more finishing moves, more secrets, and better visuals. It solidified the franchise’s hold on

Camila Cabello’s Cinderella is the most ridiculous movie of 2021, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Entering this movie, with its cast of triple (or at least double) threats, it can be easy to let assumptions get the best of you. Cabello is an extremely talented singer, so you can assume there’s going to

Paramount Pictures’ Top Gun: Maverick is not the first major fall movie to exit the 2021 release calendar. That honor belongs to another Paramount film, Clifford the Big Red Dog. Nevertheless, this latest pushback for the Tom Cruise sequel suggests that another round of mass Hollywood delays may be imminent as COVID-19 infection rates continue

This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 9, “Dream Weaver.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 9 A number of much-loved shows are coming to an end, or have recently, that in some ways could have pushed their luck, but in other ways were a product of a moment – a moment that they looked up to

This article contains spoilers for SAS: Rise of the Black Swan. SAS: Rise of the Black Swan centers on a hijacking: terrorist leader Grace Lewis (Ruby Rose) and her Black Swans commandeer high-speed train Eurostream while it’s under the English Channel, and the SAS (Special Air Service, essentially the British Army’s counter-terrorist unit) stud Tom

Though the summer movie season is winding down (if it ever really started this year), Amazon Prime’s list of new releases for September 2021 is chock full of worthwhile movie options. For starters, Amazon’s library movie titles are quite good this month. September 1 sees the arrivals of heavyweights such as Apollo 13, Arachnophobia, Romeo

The summer movie season may be winding down, but HBO Max is keeping the movie ball rolling in September 2021. HBO Max’s list of new releases this month is heavy on the film side of things – both in library and original offerings. Two Warner Bros. films of note arrive this month. The James Wan-directed

Fans from all over the world waited with baited breath when they heard that Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk had collapsed on set of the show’s sixth season back in July.  People took to social media in droves to sing the actor’s praises, and when news broke that Odenkirk had suffered a small heart

Fans who wished for Manifest season 4 had reason to hope that Netflix would rescue their beloved show, but they might wonder why it took so long to finally make the announcement. After all, the show was in the streaming giant’s top 10 list ever since NBC announced its cancelation. But there may have been

It’s only been a couple of days since the Saints Row reboot trailer debuted during the Gamescom opening night ceremony, but that’s all the time it took for some of the franchise’s fans to wage an online campaign against the title that’s largely based on their belief that the upcoming reboot is too woke, hipster,

U.S. Paralympic swimmer Jamal Hill has big goals. “I set out upon this journey to become the LeBron James of swimming – to just become the greatest that I can be, but also the most recognized swimmer in the world,” Hill tells Den of Geek. Hill was just 10 years old when he first experienced

Netflix might as well be the San Fernando Valley, since the streaming giant has karate on its algorithmic brain, thanks to escalating hype from hit television acquisition Cobra Kai. Indeed, the series has just nabbed an advance fifth season renewal, arriving on the heels of a status-elevating Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy amongst other nods.

Warning: contains spoilers for the Clickbait finale. Criticising Netflix’s Clickbait for implausibility feels a bit like criticising a branch of McDonalds for not having a Michelin star – it’s missing the point. Of course Clickbait is implausible, it’s a McSpicy with fries, not Beluga caviar. It’s trashy and twisty and formulated to keep us watching until it serves up

Epic Games and TIME Studios (with reported cooperation with Eric D. Tidwell, Esq., Managing Director & General Counsel of the King Estate) have collaborated to host a special Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-themed event within Fornite‘s creative mode, and the internet has been quick to react with memes, confusion, and a rather interesting debate over

This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3. The third episode of Lower Decks Season 2 has, in its title, an Easter egg to the TNG episode “We’ll Always Have Paris.” It is not anyone’s favorite episode of The Next Generation, but it’s possible that “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris,”

In celebration of Halo‘s upcoming 20th anniversary (as well as the upcoming release of Halo Infinite), Microsoft has announced that they’re releasing a limited edition Halo-themed Xbox Series X console as well as a special Halo-themed Xbox Series X controller. While the controller is amazing, it’s the Xbox Series X that’s the real prize here.

The following contains Stargirl spoilers. Stargirl Season 2 Episode 3 Ever since that pink pen showed up back in Stargirl’s third episode last year, we’ve all pretty much been waiting to see who would claim Johnny Thunder’s infamous genie-summoning accessory. In “Summer School: Chapter Three” we find out – though likely not the way that

Jason Momoa is everywhere. The former Game of Thrones actor is riding high after starring in the popular film Sweet Girl on Netflix, with Season 2 of his Apple TV+ series See set to start streaming this weekend and a key role in Denis Villeneuve’s hotly anticipated Dune adaptation on deck. Oh, and as the

This is a spoiler-free review. What We Do in the Shadows season 3 brings new duties, old flames, sad farewells, and happy endings – though those are mainly enjoyed by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry), who discovers a treasure trove of the rarest pornography in the known world. There will also be a trip for Guillermo

The final gaming expo of the summer is finally here. Gamescom 2021 will bring us the latest and greatest from many of the industry’s top studios and publishers, including Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, and Electronic Arts. You can expect brand-new trailers, first look gameplay footage, and even a few surprise reveals. Here is everything you need

This article contains some spoilers for The Sopranos entire six-season run. A lot of the appeal of The Sopranos comes from viewing the personal lives of people who are a part of an illicit sector of society. The members of the DiMeo organized crime family made their way in the world in a manner that

Hugh Jackman is not a particularly nostalgic person. Which is interesting when you realize he’s more than once inhabited characters obsessed with looking backward. And that’s never been truer than for a guy like Nick Bannister, Jackman’s broken protagonist at the heart of Reminiscence. Like a certain feral X-Men antihero, Nick suffers from a lifetime

While one doesn’t think of the James Bond film series as a director-driven franchise, there have nevertheless been filmmakers throughout 007’s nearly 60-year cinematic career who have defined or developed the character at different stages. Yet only one director has had the chance to reboot and reinvent the character twice, with two different actors: Martin