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Is Fringe a show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do the fans all tell you “season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great,” leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain

This article contains mild The Last Duel spoilers. It was one of the nice surprises of the fall moviegoing season. A Ridley Scott epic based on a true story opened in cinemas. And despite early skepticism on social media, it proved the critics wrong with a taut narrative and a whole ensemble of impressive performances—particularly

Warning: this A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers. Who’d be a vampire? Yes, the eternal youth, fashion, cars, French castles and beautifully wallpapered Mayfair abodes are one thing, but oh the guilt and inflexible hierarchy that goes with it. Matthew de Clermont should be spending this time dancing sexy tangos with his magical wife

Did any performer have a better year than Andrew Garfield in 2021? “Exploring grief on a public platform can be cathartic, and Andrew Garfield has been sharing his as he’s promoted tick, tick…BOOM! Now, the Screen Actors Guild has nominated him for his work in bringing Jonathan Larson to life in the Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed musical,

This article contains spoilers for Station Eleven. “I’ve been adrift in the strangest galaxy for a long time. But I’m safe now. I found it again. My home.” – Dr. Eleven It’s not an original observation that many, if not most, good stories are about stories themselves. After all, they say “write about what you

Fan-favorite Scott Pilgrim is back! This time as an anime adaptation headed to Netflix. “Scott Pilgrim, which has been a beloved comic, a cult classic film, and an absolutely addictive video game, has now reached boss level with an upcoming anime adaptation. Netflix and UCP (The Umbrella Academy, Chucky) are adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series,

This Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett article contains spoilers. The Book of Boba Fett throws quite a few new characters into the mix in “The Streets of Mos Espa,” as the city’s new daimyo continues to deal with threats to his throne. A (final?) confrontation with Black Krrsantan and the Hutt twins ushers

“What’s your favorite scary movie?” an all-too-familiar voice (deployed once again by series stalwart Roger L. Jackson) intones on the phone to Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), who’s cooking up some food in her kitchen when she picks up the ringing landline. But in a twist, Tara doesn’t rattle off “The Shining,” “Halloween,” or even “Stab,”

Ben Affleck appears pretty relieved these days. That’s at least how he comes across in interviews promoting his recent films, including The Last Duel and The Tender Bar. Neither of those films set the box office on fire—with the first flopping despite its quality cast and director and the latter being primarily an Amazon release.

Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive’s recent acquisition of Zynga has fans worried (or excited) that Grand Theft Auto 6 could be designed with a mobile port in mind. For those who haven’t heard, Take-Two recently announced an astonishing $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga Inc.: a social and mobile game developer best known for casual gaming

This article contains spoilers for the Dexter: New Blood finale. A polarizing Dexter finale is better than a universally derided one, right? Dexter: New Blood, the revival of Showtime’s hit drama, finished its run last night with a definitive ending that is leagues above the original swan song, but still controversial among the Dexter faithful.

On paper, a story about a team of high school girls soccer players stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash feels like a CW Network fever dream (or a nightmare depending on how you feel about CW dramas). In actuality, Showtime’s Yellowjackets has turned out to be one of television’s most surprising and underrated

The CW, home of shows like Riverdale, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and more, has been put up for sale by its parent company. “When we think of The CW these days, it’s usually in terms of capes and tights—not surprising, given how much of the network’s schedule is filled with the various superhero shows produced by

We’ve had a lot of fun in recent months looking at the history of some of the hardest games ever made, but it’s hard to talk about the most difficult games of all time without giving a little love to the boss fights that often make them as challenging as they are. So far as

This article contains spoilers for Superman & The Authority. The Man of Steel of Superman & The Authority looks a little different than you might be used to. Graying at the temples, a hint of smile lines around his eyes, and a capeless outfit that looks equally ready for some serious work in a laboratory

Warning: this A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers. They may be magical creatures ruled by mystical rites, but when it comes to family, the vampires, witches and daemons are no different from the rest of us. Gather the clan together under one roof and pretty soon it’s all rivalry, resentment and stalking out of

This article contains Don’t Look Up spoilers. Is this really happening? That is the anxious, painfully relatable plea Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dr. Randall Mindy cries repeatedly during the pre-title sequence of Don’t Look Up. Over the extended prologue of the new Adam McKay and Netflix phenomenon, Mindy and his best student, PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer

This article contains spoilers for The Wheel of Time. Although the first season of The Wheel of Time departed in many ways from The Eye of the World, the Robert Jordan novel upon which it is based, the elements it included and left out give us some clues as to where the series might be

Ubisoft’s recent decision to bring Ubisoft+ to Xbox and Rainbow Six Extraction to Game Pass as a day one title has created a lot of (understandable) confusion about whether or not Ubisoft+ is also coming to Game Pass and PS5 in the near future. Let’s start with what we know for sure. As noted above,

When the musical version of The Producers first began previews on Broadway in 2001, an incident made headlines after an irate audience member stood up and began pacing the aisles of the St. James Theatre. “Where is Mel Brooks?” he is reported to have shouted. “This is an outrage!” Brooks—the composer, lyricist, writer, and actual

Another year of pure Yellowstone TV dominance has come and gone. Fans can quibble with whether Yellowstone season 4 and its all out war saga was creativity successful or not, but what cannot be denied is the awesome ratings power of this Taylor Sheridan-created Paramount Network series. In its fourth season, Yellowstone was once again

Ring in the New Year with exorcisms, dreamscapes, and a true crime writer’s take on a haunted house. Read on for January 2022’s top horror tales long and short! The Wakening by JG Faherty Type: NovelPublisher: Flame Tree PressRelease date: Jan. 18 Den of Geek says: 2022 could use an exorcism to kick things off,

The Golden Girls icon Betty White passed away this past weekend. Let’s honor her legacy by going through some of her career highlights. “Betty White, the vivacious comic actress who had the longest television career in the history of the medium, has died. TMZ first reported her death, which law enforcement authorities confirmed. She was 99. White is best

Prepare to welcome back some TV favourites in 2022, and also to say goodbye to a fair few. Of the selection below, a clutch are due to end this year including Sky fantasy A Discovery of Witches, Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, BBC crime drama Happy Valley, BBC thriller Killing Eve, BBC fantasy adaptation His

It’s a new year and Disney+ is ringing in 2022 the say way it ushered out 2021: with lots of Boba. That’s right, Disney+’s list of new releases for January 2022 is highlighted by The Book of Boba Fett. Though the series starring everyone’s favorite bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor (or maybe second favorite now

If police drama remains the bedrock of British TV commissions, with new crime series Karen Pirie, Marlow, Magpie Murders, The Responder, Sherwood and more on their way, then a glittering seam of fantasy and horror is also pleasingly visible. 2022 will welcome a host of supernatural and sci-fi series, from Neil Gaiman adaptation Anansi Boys,

Warning: this review contains spoilers for Doctor Who ‘Eve of the Daleks’ “You go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom, there’s always one stupid old satsuma. Who wants a satsuma?” Surprisingly prescient words, spoken by the newly-minted Tenth Doctor all those Christmases ago. After all, we as

Really, this one’s all about Pig isn’t it? The film in which Nicolas Cage plays a chef who embarks on a mission to retrieve his kidnapped best friend – a truffle-foraging pig. If you don’t want to watch that at least twice in January, then you may be beyond help. Other than that, Sky Cinema

This review of The Expanse contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 6 Episode 4 It’s official: The Expanse is clearly treating its final season as though the story were continuing, leaving it up to the viewers to decide where everyone will end up. The emotional beats in “Redoubt” were wonderful and would have been right at

Last year, we said “…every work of art made in [2020] is a small miracle. Every comic creator who put irons in the fire in a year that certainly didn’t lack fires deserves gratitude and commendation.” That’s no less true in 2021, a year where days felt like months and each month somehow also passed