Netflix’s Shadow and Bone adaptation is rife with excellent shipping options. Adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse YA book series, there is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to romantic relationships. Whether you’re into the Enemies to Lovers vibes of Nina and Matthias (aka Helnik), the Slow Burn angst of Inej and Kaz (aka Kanej), or you just like to see Jesper having fun with the hot stableboy, Shadow and Bone has you covered....
But more importantly, it’s a cultural milestone for Asian and AAPI audiences, who have been underrepresented and misrepresented in major motion pictures since, well, the advent of film. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is another gigantic superhero movie from arguably the biggest studio on the planet, but the fact that it features a diverse cast of Asian characters (what a concept) makes it nothing short of ground-breaking....
It was in his cell that he was approached by the super-intelligent alien centipede — and fellow Shazam super-villain — Mister Mind, who offered to form an alliance with Sivana and promised that the Seven Realms would be theirs for the taking. While the sequel, now titled Shazam! Fury of the Gods, has been steadily ramping up since late last year as production began to resume post-pandemic, Strong has not been mentioned among the various returning and new cast members suiting up for the film....
G.I. Joe’s silent, ass-kicking mascot himself, Snake Eyes, as played by Crazy Rich Asians breakout Henry Golding, takes center stage in director Robert Schwentke’s relaunch of the film franchise adapting Hasbro’s 1980s-launched “A Real American Hero” iteration. It was last represented on the big screen by 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (directed by Stephen Sommers) and 2013’s G.I Joe: Retaliation (directed by Jon Chu). The trailer wastes no time jumping into the thick of the action, showing Golding’s for-now-unmasked ninja in a high-speed car-top battle with ninjas, culminating with shots from his Uzi, the character’s signature firearm of choice....
Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 7 There’s always someone to fear on Snowpiercer. Till establishes it well during her cold opening narration. Seven billion lost in the deep freeze versus eight people killed by brutal violence on board the train. Death seems like it should be a familiar friend for the passengers on board, but when humanity’s population is down into four digits at best, it’s not surprising that every loss hits harder than the impossible to comprehend figure of seven billion....
South Park Season 21 Episode 2 What are you doing right now? Seriously why are you reading this? What is wrong with you?! Did Tweek’s first masterful concerto not spell it out clear enough yet!?! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! THEY HAVE NUCLEAR MISSILES!!! WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE DOING NOTHING?!?!!!! Hardly the subtlest of South Park theses, “Put It Down” is (mostly) a direct message—or primal scream—to its viewers and the orange-tinted couch potato with a finger on the tweet button that some of them probably voted for....
The film, following up on Sony Pictures’ Marvel Cinematic Universe-crossing version of Spider-Man, as played by Tom Holland, will see Cumberbatch reprising his role as Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme, according to THR. Moreover, the report confirms a notion regarding the addition of Doctor Strange that seems to be obvious, namely that it will fill the crucial gap of a mentor to the young hero left in the wake of Iron Man/Tony Stark’s sacrificial demise in Avengers: Endgame....
The not-so-good news is that Spiral almost goes too far in the other direction: It’s not particularly scary, it’s extremely simplistic to the point of repetition, and due to its repetitive structure, the viewer is able to figure out pretty quickly who is behind the string of murders that are being done in the style of Jigsaw. Well almost like Jigsaw, since the victims this time are exclusively plainclothes detectives....
In the first-ever SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff, the CG-animated prequel follows 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals as they spend their summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral. I wouldn’t be shocked if we get an appearance from the magic conch, a sea bear, or see the first performance of the “Campfire Song Song.” The first sneak peek comes from the series premiere “The Jellyfish Kid,” and finds young SpongeBob determined to catch his first jellyfish while his friends do whatever they can to help him....
After the hugely nostalgic trip to Ni’Var in “Unification III,” you’d think that Discovery might be briefly done with a ton of callbacks to previous eras of Trek. With Episode 8, “Sanctuary,” that guess is partially correct. When Burnham and Book hit-up Book’s home planet of Kwejian, the vast majority of what happens on that planet doesn’t have roots in old Trek canon, because, Kwejian — at least for Burnham — is a strange new world....
Although the broad strokes might be familiar to some, The Center Seat is full of new takes on old stories; at least stories familiar to people who have been obsessed with Trek since before our sun burned hot in space. And if you’ve never cracked a book on the making of Star Trek, the first episode of The Center Seat rounds up some pretty legit experts, most notably archivists John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto; These Are the Voyages author Marc Cushman; and Dr....
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 1 The Star Trek: Picard season 2 premiere has a lot of ground to cover, getting Picard’s new emotional arc underway, checking in on the rest of the cast, and catapulting a new storyline forward. For all the bombast that the season 2 trailers promised, this episode is relatively low-key until that big twist at the end. We spend a lot of time with Picard struggling to come to terms with not having any romantic love in his life....
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 8 One of the most creative episodes of Star Wars Rebels was “Through Imperial Eyes,” which did exactly what the title says. Using a first-person point of view, it opens with Rebel spy Kallus contemplating his day behind enemy lines. “Reunion,” written by Steward Lee and directed by Christian Taylor, ends a somber episode with a similar switch of point of view. It feels right....
While The Clone Wars made great strides in redeeming George Lucas’ divisive Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, some fans still consider the animated adventures to have been too bogged down in their own lore and too focused on kids. That’s all changed with Tales of the Jedi, the new animated anthology series which puts the “dark” in the dark side of the force. Among all the tragedy depicted on the show, one episode sticks out more than most by tying back to an underrated gem from the Prequels....
We’ve curated that list down to a manageable three dozen or so, both big and small screen, that are 1) all available for streaming and 2) significant or notable in some way. Your mileage may vary, and you may want to dig deeper for a few favorites we’ve left out. But we’re satisfied that this is a King list fans can easily binge for weeks on end — whether you’re trapped by a raging snowstorm in an empty hotel or locked in your house due to an apocalyptic pandemic....
This is more like it! No, episode two of Troubled Blood wasn’t any more generous with the Robin/Strike underpants progress, but it was several times more exciting than the opener by dint of having something happen in the present day. Double points for that thing being Holliday Grainger’s Robin wearing a disguise and doing a fake accent (tick that off your Strike bingo card). It wasn’t just one fake accent this episode, but two....
Nintendo’s confirmation of the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters has prompted the usual reactions from franchise fans everywhere. Of course, that’s really another way of saying that there are legions of fans out there who are still (vocally) wondering why Waluigi, Geno, and Sora aren’t in the game despite years of requests. As nearly every Smash Bros. update has taught us, though, it’s hard to please everyone without acquiring the rights to nearly every character that has ever existed and then finding a way to add them to the fighting game....
Dee (Samantha Morton) isn’t the kind of woman who can let her guard down and relax. When you’ve been through as much horrible stuff on The Walking Dead as she has, it’s natural to have a little trouble slipping into a cocktail dress and going to a dinner party, but that’s just what she has to do. Not because she wants to; Dee is definitely not dinner party material. She has to, because Lydia wants to, and because the leader of her community wants her to....
Every week it seems I read of more strange things afoot that are delightfully odd and potentially unexplained in nature. While Den of Geek wouldn’t presume to try and convince you to believe, or not, in unusual phenomena, we do enjoy exploring the topic so much we have the weekly paranormal pop culture Talking Strange podcast and video series hosted by yours truly (and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube) After all, mysterious encounters, peculiar sightings, bizarro experiences make for great stories and incredible debate fodder....
Throughout the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, the influence of Christopher Nolan has been hard to miss. A year after Nolan reinvented Dark Knight mythology with Batman Begins, and created the industry term of a “reboot” in the process, 007 had his own back-to-basics reset in Casino Royale. And following The Dark Knight’s praise for reconfiguring its iconography again for a post-War on Terror world, Skyfall would receive similar acclaim a few years later for its chilly, realpolitik tone....
