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When Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who make up the cult band Sparks, were young, their father would take them to the movies every Saturday. He was a commercial and fine artist who didn’t bother timing these weekly excursions to any showing’s start time, and whatever film they were seeing was usually already

This Inside No. 9 review contains spoilers. Beheading, drowning, strangulation, throat-slitting, cannibalism, exsanguination, human sacrifice, dead babies… Practically nothing makes Inside No. 9 flinch. Let’s not forget, its first ever episode was a tale of historical child sexual abuse that ended in mass murder – which might explain why it took Bafta six series to finally award it ‘Best

The Gundam franchise is gigantic. Spanning dozens of shows, movies, books, and comics, many of which are set in different timelines, have earned legions of fans around the world. When Netflix announced it was working with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and writer Brian K. Vaughan on a live-action Gundam film many fans were quick to voice

This article contains spoilers for Love, Victor season 2. When it was announced that the iconic 2018 rom-com Love, Simon would receive a spinoff TV series, many worried it wouldn’t be able to find its own unique portrayal of sexual orientation awakening. In the hands of thoughtful showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger and the

We already knew that the recently leaked Final Fantasy Origin (now formally known as Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin) would debut during Square Enix’s E3 2021 showcase, but nothing could quite prepare us for just how crazy the game’s first trailer would be or the many bizarre ways that it referenced the original Final

This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 12 “We need to know more about this power.” My Hero Academia’s previous episode started to move its characters into a more relaxed place now that the Joint Training Arc battles have reached their conclusion. This laid back energy takes up the

A new Castlevania anime series is in the works at Netflix, which should come as no surprise considering the success of the first show and how well received it was by fans of the video game franchise. With its four-season Castlevania series, the streamer has done the impossible: produce a video game adaptation that is

E3 is bringing the heat this year, with four days of big announcements, reveals, and trailers. Running from June 12-15, E3 2021 will feature press conferences and live streams from many of the biggest companies in gaming, including Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, WB Games, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and more. Needless to say, by the

E3 2020 has been canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, many studios have stepped forward to set up their own digital events designed to capture the magic of E3 and preserve the traditional June reveal season. These online events are sure to be full of surprises, memorable moments, and incredible

Guilty Gear has one of the more ridiculous storylines in fighting games. A beautiful-looking series with a fantastic cast of heroes and villains, the sci-fi anime aesthetic lends itself to some wacky concepts. The broad strokes of the series aren’t all that bizarre, as it tells a pretty basic story overall. In a world where

It’s perfectly understandable if you were too shocked by the surprise release of the Elden Ring trailer to properly analyze it the first time around, but another look at the surprisingly bountiful preview reveals some stunning details that are easy to miss. In fact, the seemingly chaotic Elden Ring trailer is filled with so many

Many of those lucky enough to own a PS5 have been patiently waiting for the release of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. While Returnal has proven to be one of the year’s best surprises, Rift Apart is really the first major PS5 exclusive we’ve gotten since the console launched last November. Since we still don’t

This article contains spoilers for Loki episode 1. Loki episode 1 “Glorious Purpose” has a lot of exposition to get through. Throwing the Marvel franchise’s God of Mischief into the orderly bureaucratic nightmare that is the Time Variance Authority is a fun idea. But dealing with time travel on any level creates some storytelling headaches.

E3 2021’s digital format is going to make the show look a little different this year, but the buzz around the event is roughly the same as it ever was. Of course, that’s really just another way of saying that gamers everywhere are already dreaming of the big games that could be revealed. While Covid-19

E3 is the most exciting time of the year for the gaming industry. It’s when all of our favorite publishers and studios get together to show us what the future holds for interactive entertainment. By the end of E3 2021, we’ll know what’s next for the Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC gaming.

Elden Ring quickly became the talk of the gaming industry after it was revealed at E3 2019, but the upcoming open-world title from Dark Souls developer FromSoftware and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has been mysteriously absent from nearly every major gaming event since its debut. So will Elden Ring be at E3

Warning: this Inside No. 9 review contains spoilers. Having met his servants in ‘The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge’ and ‘The Harrowing’, it was only a matter of time before Old Scratch turned up on Inside No. 9. This series has always had one cloven hoof dipped in the fantasy-horror genre (‘Séance Time’, ‘Tempting Fate’, ‘Dead Line’,

It almost writes itself, doesn’t it? General Mills’ Lucky Charms cereal has always been known for its green-clad mascot, a mischievous fellow who is always determined to keep the “magically delicious” cereal of pink hearts, yellow stars, purple horseshoes, green clovers, blue moons, red balloons, unicorns, and rainbows away from whichever meddling animated brats are

This article contains The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. The sun is shining brightly as Arne Cheyenne Johnson (Ruairi O’Connor) stands up before the courtroom. On this bright, seemingly glorious day in God’s country, the young man who once sacrificed his own body to a demon in

From video store clerk to eventual New York Times bestseller. It makes for quite the trajectory, eh? That’s still clearly Quentin Tarantino’s thinking too. The mercurial and celebrated filmmaker behind such modern classics as Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds has teased for years that he looks forward to the day he can retire from filmmaking

This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 11 “If you can’t save yourself, you don’t have the strength to save others.” My Hero Academia has always emphasized the importance of teamwork and how a hero needs to be able to trust their peers rather than operate as a one-man

It may not be the first console you think of when you hear the term “Nintendo Hard,” but the N64 is the quiet home of some of the hardest games in the impressive history of Nintendo consoles. While hardly the “last great console” so far as hard games go, the N64 is one of the

As with the previous Conjuring movies, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is based around a case investigated by real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. While the extended Conjuring universe, which includes the Annabelle movies, The Nun and The Curse of La Llorona, is pure fiction, the main Conjuring films stick with

Back in 2018, news broke that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson was to stay aboard for Marvel Studios’ planned sequel to its 2016 blockbuster, with Benedict Cumberbatch also reprising his role as the Sorcerer Supreme. Entitled Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the project was touted as the MCU’s first horror movie, which seemed

Nelson Riddle is a patron saint of comic book entertainment. He wrote the theme to Batman, the original 1960s camp classic TV series which paved the way for all things geek. That theme caught the excitement children of all ages felt from the moment of the twirling introductory horns through the POWs and ZOKs of

This article contains Marvel Cinematic Universe spoilers. It’s been well over two years since the events of Avengers: Endgame, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting exactly what went down during the climax of the Infinity Saga and some of the entries that led to it. There were plenty of Easter eggs and nods to other

This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead packed a punch on Netflix the weekend of its release. By the following Monday, the Justice League director’s zombie heist epic was well on its way to becoming one of the streaming service’s top 10 most watched movies of all time.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 episode 8: Testimony. With June out of Gilead, the premise of The Handmaid’s Tale has shifted. A drama about resistance and endurance has become a drama about recovery and survivorhood, and those new themes are being treated with characteristic complexity. Over the years, this show could be accused of lacking

This article contains Cruella spoilers. Disney’s latest live-actioner, Cruella, is a prequel to 101 Dalmatians which sees Emma Stone’s budding fashion designer Estella begin to grow into her villainous alter-ego Cruella de Vil. By the end of the film ,she hasn’t yet reached the depths of Disney’s puppy-skinning diva – there’s time yet – but

When it comes to zeitgeist-capturing crime dramas, HBO just absolutely cannot miss. It seems like every couple months or so, the hallowed pay cable network (and now streaming service…kind of) presents a compelling crime drama that captures TV fans’ imaginations. The latest effort is the excellent Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet as the titular