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How many crime-fighting superhero families can the world of The Umbrella Academy accommodate? Well, guess we’ll find out soon.  For those of you who don’t recall (which is totally fair, given that July 31, 2020 was approximately 179 years ago), the conclusion of The Umbrella Academy season 2 introduced a second Umbrella-style superhero team: The

This The Watch review contains spoilers. The Watch Episode 3 The newest episode of The Watch takes the departure from the original Terry Pratchett Discworld series even further, so that only the names of the characters and some slight bits of characterization resemble the books at all. Instead, it sends viewers down the plot toward

Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, and Muhammad Ali walk into a motel room. No really, this isn’t a put-on. It’s an event that actually happened (more or less) on the night that Ali won the heavyweight championship of the world in 1964, and right before he changed his name from Cassius Clay. Now what

When asked about the evolution of American Gods from Shadow and Wednesday on the road to the more hidebound setting of Lakeside, Ricky Whittle makes no secret of his feelings about American Gods season 3’s bold change in scenery. “This is my favorite part of the book. I’ve always been looking forward to doing this,”

If any living actor knows how to prepare for a death scene, it’s probably Sean Bean. From The Lord of the Rings to GoldenEye, Patriot Games or Clarissa, the man has learned his away around simulating that last breath. But probably his most famous death scene, at least this side of Gondor, was also one

If the first season of A Discovery of Witches was like cooler, sexier Twilight for grown ups then season two might be likened to the later, less sexy installments of that saga. There’s nothing that ruins a fizzy will-they-won’t-they relationship like the couple getting together and being happily in love.  Season two finds our protagonists

Looking for space opera or alternate Earths? Here are some of the science fiction books we’re most excited about and/or are currently consuming… Join the Den of Geek Book Club! Top New Science Fiction Books September 2020 Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots  Type: NovelPublisher: William MorrowRelease date: Sept. 22   Den of Geek says: This next-level

Graham and Ryan have left Doctor Who, and it was sad/joyous/on telly (delete as applicable), but where do their departures rank on the all-time list? The question of “Who counts as a companion?” is a tricky one. Overall it’s an ad hoc combination of different criteria, with allowances made for the exceptions that are intended

This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6 The Expanse has reached an interesting threshold where it’s becoming possible for the series to outdo its own source material. Specifically, the dialogue in this week’s more emotional scenes was used to its maximum potential, in some ways surpassing the parallel sequences in

Warning: contains A Discovery of Witches season 1 plot spoilers It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. At the start of A Discovery of Witches season one, the magical world was in crisis. Creatures – witches, vampires and demons – were in decline on Earth.

This giveaway is sponsored by Tales From the Hinterland, the latest from The Hazel Wood author Melissa Albert, isn’t just a stunning collection of dark fairy tale stories; the book itself is art. The 12 stories inside are accompanied by full-page illustrations from Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and printed endpapers. In a

There’s no getting around it; you’re going to see more of your TV than your friends and loved ones over the next few months. That being so, it’s lucky that there continues to be still so bloody much of the stuff, despite Covid-19’s best efforts to shut it all down. They might have been delayed,

It’s a new year and everyone wants to put the vile cesspool that was 2020 behind them. Thankfully, HBO Max is coming out swinging to make the transition out of the hellyear even easier. HBO Max’s list of new releases for January 2021 is positively packed with notable film releases and even a fun HBO

Despite Bruce Wayne’s enduring 80-year run as the Batman, he isn’t the only character who has donned the cape and cowl. Jean-Paul Valley most famously took over as Batman in 1993’s “Knightfall,” while Dick Grayson succeeded his mentor during Grant Morrison’s time writing the character in the 2000s. Young Terry McGinnis was recruited by a

This The Watch review contains spoilers. The Watch Episodes 1 and 2 Anyone who has read science fiction and fantasy novels in the last 40 years has at least heard of Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld,” and it’s with some trepidation and cautious optimism that fans of the books have anticipated the new BBC adaptation, The Watch,

This article contains Cobra Kai season 3 spoilers. Despite its iconic standing within the martial arts genre, the martial arts in The Karate Kid have never been outstanding. Sure, the crane kick is a classic, but from a technical standpoint, it’s not that impressive. Ralph Macchio had no martial arts training prior to undertaking the

This Vikings review contains spoilers. Vikings Season 6 Episode 18 “Here is the grave of the most famous Viking who ever lived.” There’s an element of truth to the well-known axiom that says it’s always calm before the storm, and as we near the end of the saga, Vikings allows its characters a moment to

What can be said about the Amityville, Long Island “Horror House” that hasn’t been said before? Not much apparently, but discovery+’s special “Shock doc” Amityville Horror House has a great, gory time going over it again. First, they tell us what we already know, the beautiful house in the affluent suburb, just an hour from

This Doctor Who review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free preview is here. It may be the start of a brand new year, but ‘Revolution of the Daleks’, an episode of Doctor Who that’ll need to tide us over for a while, is more focused on looking back and taking stock than teasing what’s ahead. As the

This article contains spoilers for Cobra Kai season 3. “Are you sure about that?”  Even without seeing who said it, fans of The Karate Kid knew exactly who it was. It had to be Chozen Toguchi (Yuji Okumoto), the nemesis of Daniel (Ralph Macchio) from The Karate Kid Part II. The line whetted our appetites

This Vikings review contains spoilers. Vikings Season 6 Episode 13 “If anyone kills him, it should be me. A brother’s privilege.” Like most shows, Vikings is at its best when the action and dialogue flow easily, and the seemingly disparate storylines offer some measure of cohesion. Even though there’s still significant physical and narrative distance

This Bridgerton article contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 1, including the ending. If you think our sex education could be better today (which you should), then Bridgerton‘s depiction of Daphne’s pre-marital lack of knowledge around sex may astound you. In the first season of the delightful romance drama, Daphne has to find out about masturbation

It’s morning in Australia which means Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun, Netflix’s new sketch comedy series, has been out for more than a day when we meet the show’s stars over Zoom. The Aussie comedians who comprise the troupe Aunty Donna—Broden Kelly, Mark Samual Bonanno, and Zachary Ruane—are already fielding scathing reviews.  “My

This Wonder Woman 1984 article contains spoilers. Wonder Woman 1984 sees Diana take to the skies in a way that is reminiscent of other superhero characters we’ve seen on screen before, but that we had yet to see from Wonder Woman in the DCEU. This led many viewers, including this writer, to wonder about the

This article contains a spoiler for The Mandalorian Season 2 2020 has been a wild and unpredictable year for most of us, but it also brought with it a ton of key cultural incidents and shifts that kept online news and trade outlets pretty busy at their keyboards. As we finally grind toward the end

KFC has entered the console war with KFConsole, which includes a built-in chicken warmer. Yes, you read that right. “Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Rock and roll. Fried chicken and video games. Some things just go together—like KFC Gaming and Cooler Master, which teamed up to create a game console with a built-in

This Chilling Adventures of Sabrina review contains no spoilers, except for some information that was presented in the series’ trailers. It is based on all eight episodes of season 4 that were made available to critics. “Once more into the fray, right guys?” Let’s just bottom line things right up front here: This is Chilling

Under normal circumstances, it’s easy to get lost in the grind of daily living, missing the forest for the trees. Under normal circumstances, one can be too busy to notice that history is occurring all around them. 2020 was not a normal year. After nearly 12 months of pandemic and shutdown, social unrest and political

This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 4 “It kinda feels like something is about to change!” “Yeah. It does.” There’s a moment in “From One Hand to Another” when Willy Tybur and Theo Magath look upon a statue of Helos, a renowned Marleyan hero and an inspirational figure

This article contains Wonder Woman 1984 spoilers. Our spoiler free review can be found here. It’s widely acknowledged that between DC and Marvel, DC has the best villains. From the volatile anarchy of the Joker to the delicious anti-heroine of Catwoman, some have even become worthy of their own spin-off movies. So it was a