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This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4. While it’s often a good strategy for both storytelling and corporate earnings purposes, splitting a season of television comes with some downsides. Chief among them is that a split season is fundamentally not a complete season. Stranger Things season 4 volume 1 certainly came close to

Being a fan has been part of Kamala Khan’s DNA since the character was first created for Marvel Comics back in 2013. So it seems only natural that the first fan convention in the Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred during the premiere episode of Kamala’s solo Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. In a world as rich as

Netflix’s original Castlevania anime series may have come to a close with its fourth season, but the streaming service isn’t done with this universe of monsters and vampire hunters just yet. As longtime Castlevania fans know, just because Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard defeated Dracula in the 1400s doesn’t mean the Dark Lord will

This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers. Although The Next Generation isn’t overtly referenced in the sixth episode of Strange New Worlds, the feeling of TNG is keenly felt in this outing for Pike and the crew. In the episode “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach,” the Enterprise encounters a culture that seems

This review of The Orville: New Horizons contains spoilers. The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 2 The season 3 premiere of The Orville: New Horizons reinforced why this show picked up in popularity in its second season. It was poignant and character-driven, but not without the trademark Seth MacFarlane humor and sense of adventure.

This article contains spoilers for MS. MARVEL Episode 1 and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Teenagers are naturally reckless, even the most well-meaning among them. When you add in superpowers, the results may be disastrous. So it’s no surprise that following the power Kamala Khan manifested at Avenger Con in the first episode of Ms. Marvel, she

This Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi contains spoilers. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the latest Star Wars live-action series on Disney+, has shown just how desperate the situation has become for the remaining Jedi Knights hiding in the galaxy. In fact, we see in the very first episode how one Jedi fugitive is mercilessly hunted down by Inquisitors hellbent

This review contains Ms. Marvel spoilers Ms. Marvel Episode 1 MCU Phase 4 has been a time of experimentation for Marvel Studios. After a slam dunk Phase 3 climax with Avengers: Endgame, there was a shift as Marvel seemed to understand that in a lot of ways they had to start from scratch by building

The following contains Superman & Lois spoilers Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 13 In the world of Superman & Lois, heroism can come in many forms. You don’t need superpowers in order to help people or to choose to do the right thing when it counts. You don’t even need to be an adult,

This article contains Borgen Season 4 spoilers In April, 2020, it was announced that Danish political drama Borgen would be returning to TV screens after almost a decade away. Like many fans, I was delighted by the news. The show had been a source of joy during its original three season run; a sort of

Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the modern maestros of Star Wars, brought a bantha-sized batch of bounty to Star Wars Anaheim 2022 in the form of The Mandalorian Experience, an expansive display of props, costumes, and set pieces spanning the first two seasons of the popular Disney+ series, as well as The Book of Boba

This article contains The Boys Season 3 spoilers The Boys are back, but gone are the days when we would be able to binge a whole season of the show in one sitting! Amazon Prime Video is sticking to the same release format it used in Season 2 of its most irreverent series for the

This The Time Traveler’s Wife review contains spoilers. The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 4 Episode 4 of The Time Traveler’s Wife finally fills in key aspects of Henry and Clare’s backstory. We  meet Clare’s college friends and Henry’s mysterious ex-girlfriend who play fairly large roles in the novel story. This episode also manages to show

This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 1 and Doctor Stranger in the Multiverse of Madness. The Boys season 3 opens in a place where the show hasn’t dared tread before: the cinema. After filming a whole superhero movie in season 2, The Boys now entreats viewers to the fruits of Vought

This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 1. When The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke stopped by the Den of Geek studios at this year’s SXSW festival, he had a bold proclamation to make about the show’s third season.  “The very first 15 minutes of episode 1 is by far the craziest thing

This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3. As we’re fond of pointing out around here, no other show on television understands superhero culture and the effect of its prevalence on our world than The Boys. In The Boys season 3, the show’s satirical take on the Western entertainment landscape remains incisive and insightful.

This article contains Star Trek: Strange New Worlds spoilers. Although Strange New Worlds doesn’t require a casual viewer to know anything about Star Trek, it certainly doesn’t hurt. Especially with the latest episode, the utterly hilarious episode, “Spock Amok.” Right away, even in the title, the episode is referencing the famous Original Series banger, “Amok

Can you believe Den of Geek has been around since 2007? That’s practically the olden days. And a lot has happened in pop culture since we launched. Superheroes certainly weren’t as pervasive as they currently are, the Oscars has made some serious shifts, major trends in gaming appeared (and sometimes disappeared), Disney has taken over

It’s hard to underestimate the importance of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Known only as a theatre performer in the late 1990s, Jackman was chosen to replace Dougray Scott in X-Men after the latter was injured while shooting Mission: Impossible II. Jackman’s vulnerable and furious performance as the Canadian mutant spanned seven movies (not counting cameos) and

This Star Trek: Strange New WorldS review contains spoilers/ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 5 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ first season has ticked a lot of boxes thus far, from stories of alien encounters that run the gamut from hopeful first contacts to high-octane face-offs and deft character work that adds intriguing new

Warning: this Inside No. 9 review contains spoilers. Sometimes Inside No. 9 is funny, sometimes it’s thrilling, sometimes it’s touching and sometimes it’s a bit scary. The series seven finale ‘Wise Owl’ has gone for borderline harrowing. Satirizing 1970s and 80s-style public information videos, the episode is intercut with animations that resemble the ‘Charlie Says’

Based on Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, FX’s miniseries Pistol thrashes through London’s early punk scene as seen through the bleary eyes of the Sex Pistols: guitarist Jones (Toby Wallace), drummer Paul Cook (Jacob Slater), singer John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon (Anson Boon), and bassist Glen Matlock (Christian Lees), who

The following contains Superman & Lois spoilers. Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 12 Though the overarching narrative of Superman & Lois season 2 has involved everything from alternate universe doppelgangers and portals to other worlds to cults and corrupt military leaders, the most affecting storylines this season have consistently been the show’s most human

Supernatural ran for 15 years and is the longest continuously running American science fiction and fantasy show in history (pipped only by Doctor Who 1966-1989 in the UK). It has a devoted fanbase and has produced novels, graphic novels, a short web-series, and a Japanese anime adaptation. Surely, then, the show is a perfect jumping-off

This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4. The Stranger Things expanded universe, which is comprised of several standalone novels and comics, has some understandable inconsistencies that arise from having disconnected writers working in different media. Most of these are minor or at least can be written off as inconsequential if the television show

This Young Justice: Phantoms review contains spoilers. Young Justice: Phantoms Season 4 Episode 24 It’s not possible for the Young Justice: Phantoms team to be reading what’s published on this little ol’ site and responding to it in almost real time. The lead time on animation is usually massive: what we see on HBO Max

Lucasfilm is seriously bolstering its Star Wars animated offerings this year. Not only did the studio announce two new animated series — Young Jedi Adventures and Tales of the Jedi — but it also confirmed that The Bad Batch is coming back for a second season later this year. At Star Wars Celebration we even

Stranger Things was never meant to last forever. Heck, the original concept of Stranger Things was barely meant to last past its first season. But that’s before Netflix and series creators The Duffer Brothers got a look at the show’s marvelous cast and viewers’ enthusiastic response to them. Still, the end is now fast approaching.

The Mandalorian era of Star Wars is expanding with yet another live-action series, this time centering on Rosario Dawson’s wise Jedi hero Ahsoka Tano. The series, which is set five years after Return of the Jedi, just like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, will see Ahsoka continuing her search for Grand Admiral

This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4. The fifth episode of Stranger Things season 4, fittingly titled “The Nina Project”, opens with an enigmatic message. As one of Dr. Sam Owens’ agents dies (his name is Harmon, but the kids come to touchingly eulogize him as Unknown Hero Agent Man), he leaves them