Vikings Season 6 Episode 19 “We all have a duty to preserve the old ways.” Nearing the end of its six season run, the series penultimate episode “The Lord Giveth . . .” sets up a fascinating dynamic for the final chapter in Michael Hirst’s history based drama Vikings, but it’s the return of an old friend that brings an emotional close to an episode that otherwise finds warring sides in Wessex and Kattegat jockeying for position....
HBO’s Watchmen episode 2 continues the pattern of the first episode, not only reminding audiences of its ties to the comics, but also offering echoes of the original story in unexpected places. And just as we did with episode one, we’re here to track down all of the Watchmen Easter eggs on the HBO series. If you spot something we missed, let us know in the comments or on Twitter and we’ll get this updated!...
Better Call Saul ended its fantastic six-season run on Monday night in the most fitting way possible. There were no gunshots, there was no bloodshed, and there was no physical violence or gore. Instead, the show ended with a mesmerizing mix of flashback scenes and courtroom dramatics, harkening back to the program’s early seasons before the characters got so mixed in with the cartel. After Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) gets put in prison for an 86-year sentence, he gets a special visitor from his “lawyer....
“The global economic environment is a challenge that many of you around the world are no doubt experiencing,” says Jim Ryan, President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, via a recent PlayStation Blog post. “We’re seeing high global inflation rates, as well as adverse currency trends, impacting consumers and creating pressure on many industries. Based on these challenging economic conditions, SIE has made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price (RRP) of PlayStation 5 in select markets across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), as well as Canada....
The release of Magic: The Gathering’s next set, Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, is the first brand crossover for Magic. Unlike Mythic Odysseys of Theros and The Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms marks the first time D&D is coming to the gameplay world of Magic: The Gathering. This crossover was bound to happen! Magic and Dungeons & Dragons share many of the same characteristics....
Smith’s Clerks became the most unlikely of generational touchstones: a passion project that spoke to a specific moment of Gen-X apathy as well as the timeless ennui that comes with being in your 20s and not knowing what to do with your life. This minuscule, outside-the-mainstream indie broke out at the Sundance Film Festival, and the rest is ‘90s alt-culture history. This was the beginning of Smith’s View Askewinverse and a string of decade defining comedies—as well as an unlikely trilogy with Clerks spawning both Clerks II (2006) and now, finally, this fall’s upcoming Clerks III....
It’s easy to forget now in the aftermath of its historic success, but there was a time when the PlayStation 2’s notoriously complicated architecture made it a nightmare to work with. Long before rumors emerged that the PlayStation 2 could be converted into a weapon of mass destruction (seriously), the gaming industry’s biggest studio’s looked at Sony’s new hardware and wondered “What the hell are we supposed to do with this?...
During the Marvel panel at SDCC, MCU boss Kevin Feige revealed that the 18-episode Daredevil: Born Again will arrive on Disney+ in Spring 2024. For most people, the subtitle simply refers to the fact that Cox is returning to the role after six years. But for comic book readers, the title refers to one of Daredevil’s best stories — and one his bleakest. Written by Frank Miller, drawn by David Mazzucchelli, lettered by Joe Rosen, and colored by Christie Scheele, “Born Again” covered Daredevil #227–231....
Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 7 Damn, it’s good to have Wynonna Earp back. “Love’s All Around” has a clever premise that wastes no time throwing us back into this world after more than six months away. In a mix of Greco-Roman mythology and Midsummer Night’s Dream, Waverly makes a bet with a stripper/food deliverer/”love professional” named Demetri (I guess Puck was already taken) that love is real. Unbeknownst to Waves, Demetri is actually a Cupid and he has slipped a vial of love flakes into her blazer pocket....
Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 9 Wynonna Earp has often balanced the inherent darkness of its premise with, among other tones, some zany supernatural fun. Ostensibly, “Crazy” is another case-of-the-week story that has Wynonna & co. hunting a social media-obsessed genie who has a cannibal suffering from kuru disease as her, er, master. Past that, it’s yet another glimpse into just how deeply Wynonna has internalized the curse she was once ruled by, and just how much she is suffering because of it....
Unsurprisingly, highlighting this press conference were long-awaited projects from Bethesda Softworks and Activision Blizzard, which is currently in the process of being acquired by Xbox. In fact, this showcase was a good primer for how Xbox is seriously boosting its offerings now that Blizzard is joining the collection of studios under the platform’s banner. Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 were heavily featured, with the latter even getting a confirmed free-to-play early access this fall....
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 was probably written a year or more ago. That said, it certainly feels like the writers were thinking the same thing I was after last week: holy cats there’s a lot left to do....
Young Justice Outsiders Episode 12 “Nightmare Monkeys” is Young Justiceat its best: a deep dive into a character and the show’s mythology. It’s also Young Justice: Outsiders at its best: a show that is doing a bunch of crazy shit that it would never get away with on broadcast or cable tv. If YJ was still on Cartoon Network, they would have been canceled the second the showrunners put the words “Doom Patrol GO!...
Young Justice: Outsiders Episode 7 Probably the biggest hurdle to the success of Young Justice: Outsiders after six years away was getting everything back together again after everyone went their separate ways, and some things have changed irrevocably. “Evolution” was a terrific episode, one of the finest Vandal Savage stories in any medium, but as good as David Kaye is in this episode voicing him, it’s still a reminder that a ton of time has passed since the show was last on the air and some of their voice cast couldn’t come back....
While the news that Microsoft is working to complete a nearly $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is shocking for reasons that go far beyond what new video games we’re going to get, it’s hard to look at the list of Activision Blizzard properties and not get a little excited about the many dormant franchises the Xbox team could revive. It might sound like we’re simply dreaming when we suggest that Xbox could do more with the Activision Blizzard library than Activision Blizzard did, but Head of Xbox Phil Spencer’s recent comments about which Activision Blizzard properties he would love to revisit have a lot of people genuinely excited by the idea that Microsoft bought the company for so much more than the rights to the Call of Duty franchise....
Vampires are much older than any myth associated with the terror of Transylvania. It is a primordial fear that probably goes back to the dawn of man. Of course, back then there were very real beasts that were just looking to take a nip and drink someone dry. Why not the other people in the cave? Everyone was always looking over their shoulder and just when you think someone’s got your back, they nip your jugular and leave you in the dirt watching them lick their fingers....
The Word began life in August 1990 as a tame, tea-time shadow of the fearlessly innovative show it would later become. What saved it from becoming a real-life version of Nozin’ Aroun’ – the spoof youth show so insufferably condescending it prompted Rik to destroy his TV set in the anarchic 1980’s BBC sitcom The Young Ones – was the decision by Channel 4’s Chief Executive Michael Grade to shift transmission from 6pm to late-night....
The movies on this list won’t give you that problem. These opening credits are perfect scene setters for the movies that follow, so you won’t have to worry about awkward popcorn wasting moments. It’s not a top 50, rather a selection of 50 interesting credits sequences, some chosen by Jenny and some by Alex. So here we go… 1984 (1984) I’m going to assume everyone reading this knows the basic plot of 1984....
For the acclaimed actor, Hodge, whose casting as Hawkman was reported this past September, the role will finally yield a long-sought chance to play a major superhero, and he’s clearly excited to rock the signature wings. Yet, while Hodge has been showing visceral joy over this appearance for director Jaume Collet-Serra’s cold-intro Shazam spinoff, Black Adam, his awareness of the ongoing responsibility that a black actor must bear when fielding such a culturally influential role is made quite clear in an interview with Geeks of Color....
December 1 12 Disasters (2012) (Moviesphere) 2012 (2009) Air Force One (1997) A League Of Their Own (1992) Angels & Demons (2009) Assassin Of Youth (1938) Body Of Evidence (1993) Cake (2006) Christmas Chalet (2019) (Up Faith & Family) Diary Of A Mad Black Woman (2005) Dr. No (1963) Euphoria (2019) Full Moon High (1981) Gandhi (1982) Goldeneye (1995) Goldfinger (1965) Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee (2016) (Showtime) Gun Brothers (1956) Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) Hemingway’s Garden Of Eden (2010) Hot Air (2019) Into The Blue (2005) Letters To Juliet (2010) Los Rodriguez el más allá (2019) (Pantaya) Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008) Outlaw’s Son (1957) Priest (2011) Snowbound for Christmas (2019) (Up Faith & Family) Spanglish (2004) The Chumscrubber (2005) The Hurt Locker (2009) The King’s Speech (2010) The Kingmaker (2019) (Showtime) The Natural (1984) The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006) The Spy Who Loved Me (1997) Tombstone (1993) True Confessions (1981) True Lies (1994) Year One (2009) A House Divided: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel) City On A Hill: Season 1 (Showtime) Enterprice: Season 1 (Topic) George Gently: Season 1 (Acorn TV) Idiomatic: Season 1 (Sundance Now) Lidia Celebrates America Home for the Holidays: Season 1 (PBS Living) L Word Generation Q: Season 1 (Showtime) Mr....
