Fargo Season 4 Episode 9 Review East West

Fargo Season 4 Episode 9 If last week’s Fargo featured a climactic shootout at a train station that felt strongly influenced by The Untouchables, “East/West” looks back even further in film history for inspiration. In a not-so-subtle homage to the Wizard of Oz, Fargo goes black and white and prominently features a small dog and a Kansas tornado, but here the fortune teller that Dorothy finds while running away is replaced with a vague billboard, which takes on a deeper and more ominous meaning by episode end....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 583 words · Donna Levi

Fear The Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 12 Review In Dreams

Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 12 I’m just going to throw this out there: the second half of Fear the Walking Dead’s sixth season hasn’t been kind to moms. First, Virginia is killed off in “Things Left to Do” shortly after revealing to Dakota that she’s actually her mother, not her sister. And then, “In Dreams” spends most of its runtime selling the downbeat notion that Grace dies in labor....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 755 words · Ryan Ballard

Geeky Treasures That Have Popped Up On The Antiques Roadshow

Even more exciting to the average geek than an authentic gilded Louis XIV chair with intact ebony inlay and pristine marquetry though, is when something from the world of film and TV turns up on the show. Dotted among the sideboards, paintings of horses, old milk bottles and jewelled brooches that would outprice the average student loan, here are a few recent instances… *So many things made of human hair turn up on The Antiques Roadshow....

December 9, 2022 · 6 min · 1083 words · Donny Rogers

Giveaway Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick By David Wong

In this second book of the Zoey Ashe series, Zoey Punches The Future in The Dick, Zoey must come to terms with her father’s immoral legacy, while also trying to run the family business. Click here to enter via our official giveaway page! In celebration of the book’s new release, we’re choosing five lucky winners to receive a copy of this latest entry in the Zoey Ashe series. This story follows up on the first book in the series that was released in 2015, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, which establishes the world seen in Wong’s second book....

December 9, 2022 · 1 min · 194 words · Mamie Epperson

God Of War Ragnarok How To Transmog Your Armor And Change Its Appearance

In order to unlock God of War: Ragnarok’s transmog system, you’ll first need to upgrade a specific piece of armor to its maximum level. You can level up individual pieces of armor by collecting the appropriate amount of upgrade materials and then visiting Brok and Sindri’s shop to have them perform the upgrade itself. Each item costs a different amount of materials to upgrade, so you’ll want to check on the requirements of the individual piece you’re looking to upgrade in order to make sure you’re farming for the right supplies....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 458 words · Gary Moore

Godzilla King Of The Monsters Complete Easter Eggs And Reference Guide

As Godzilla: King of the Monsters unspools in all its titanic glory across movie screens around the country, one thing about the movie is clear: director Michael Dougherty, a huge fan himself, has fashioned an unabashed love letter to Godzilla, his friends and foes, and the 65 years and more than three dozen kaiju movies produced by Japan’s Toho Studios and the now-expanding MonsterVerse created by Legendary and Warner Bros....

December 9, 2022 · 8 min · 1567 words · Denise Holder

Greta Review Chloe Grace Moretz Stalker Movie Gets Lost

Instilling a few snickers among colleagues who might dub it “Mommy Instinct,” Greta is an incongruous meshing of styles from the otherwise typically astute Jordan. Half-stalker movie cliché and pseudo-Grimm fairytale, the film brightens the tension the more time it spends in Greta Hideg’s (Huppert) shadowy Brooklynite home. Secluded behind a back alley that ever frames it like the woods nestling a gingerbread house, it is there that a French woman waits for any young doe-eyed thing to fall into her web....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 663 words · Norman Nesbitt

Halloween Ending Explained

How the tables have turned. For so many years, Michael Myers has been the Boogeyman of our nightmares, that all but nameless Shape who stalks our dreams. Or more precisely, the Shape who stalks babysitters dreams and every cinematic visage of (feminine) innocence that can be gutted. Until now. During the closing moments of David Gordon Green’s grand legacy sequel to the original Halloween, three generations of Strode woman badassery stands above Michael Myers as the flames of Hell lick at his feet....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 639 words · Sara Martin

Halo Infinite S December Release Date Is Hard To Trust

On the one hand, this release date feels like a sigh of relief. Halo Infinite was supposed to be the Xbox Series X/S biggest launch game (it was even prominently featured on the Xbox Series X’s retail packaging), but when developer 343 Industries announced in August of last year that they decided to delay the game to 2021 due to “development challenges” that included the “ongoing COVID-related impacts,” they created a void in the Xbox library that was entirely understandable given the circumstances but heartbreaking to many nonetheless....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 727 words · Karen Cook

His Dark Materials Season 3 Cast Changes Explained

Sophie Okonedo, Chipo Chung and Xaphania In season two (filming of which mostly squeaked inside the line before the first UK lockdown in March 2020), fans were introduced to new character Xaphania, voiced by Sophie Okonedo. The leader of the rebel angels who joined forces with Lord Asriel to destroy the controlling, misogynistic Authority, Xaphania is a key character in season three’s war. Okonedo’s unmistakable voice was heard in four episodes (‘The City of Magpies’, ‘Tower of the Angels’, ‘The Scholar’ and ‘Aesahættr’), speaking to Mary Malone via her Oxford lab computer, narrating the Lord of the Rings-style ep 4 prologue about the forging of the Subtle Knife, and standing with Lord Asriel in the finale....

December 9, 2022 · 2 min · 287 words · Ann Ivy

Horizon Forbidden West Every Tallneck Location

Even though Horizon Forbidden West is larger than Zero Dawn, the new entry still only sports six Tallnecks. This means that the ambulatory towers are harder to find and, more importantly, harder to scale. Here’s how to easily find every Tallneck in the game: Tallneck 1: Cinnabar Sands This Tallneck is easy to locate and is probably the first one most players will discover while playing Horizon Forbidden West. Look for a ruined satellite dish north of Stone’s Echo but southeast of Plainsong....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 459 words · Debra Jarman

Horizon Forbidden West Where To Find Every Outfit

The right Forbidden West outfit will certainly earn you a few extra style points, but the points that matter most are the resistance and skill buffs you get with every outfit. Some pieces of armor even grant special skills that can’t be acquired anywhere else in the game. Since you’re going to have to change your clothes often in Horizon Forbidden West to keep up with the game’s various challenges (especially if you’re trying to beat it on higher difficulty settings), here’s a look at every unlockable outfit in the game, where to find them, and why you should (or shouldn’t) wear them:...

December 9, 2022 · 13 min · 2612 words · Mary Bazile

House Of The Dragon What Is A Small Council

Nobody is saying that absolute monarchy is perfect. Gods know that Westeros could benefit from some elections here and there. But for thousands of years in the continuity of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, the Seven Kingdoms has got along just fine with its succession of kings and noble figures. Sure you get a Mad King Aerys or a Maegor the Cruel here or there, but for the most part the Targaryen dynasty (and the smaller petty kings across the seven kingdoms that predated Aegon’s Conquest) have kept things in line....

December 9, 2022 · 7 min · 1446 words · John Johnson

How American Gods Finds Stability And More Neil Gaiman In Season 3

After a successful first season, showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green departed, followed by actors Kristin Chenoweth and Gillian Anderson. In February 2018, Jesse Alexander and original series author Neil Gaiman were announced as co-showrunners for the second season, but Alexander was removed in September 2018 and the lion’s share of the second season was guided by directing producer Chris Byrne and line producer Lisa Kussner. Season 3 now brings new showrunner Charles “Chic” Eglee (Dexter, The Walking Dead), who reunites with Gaiman and deals with another big cast turnover: New Media (Kahyun Kim), the Djinn (Mousa Kraish), Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber), and Mr....

December 9, 2022 · 7 min · 1450 words · Samantha Younglas

How Batwoman Season 2 S Batsuit Improves On The Original

Check it out… “Ryan’s journey starts from a place of ‘What can this Batsuit do for me?’” said showrunner Caroline Dries of the new look. “But it’s not long before she realizes the power of its symbol and what it can do for everyone else in Gotham City. As Ryan embraces everything that makes her special, she adjusts the suit to fit her physically and figuratively. This meant creating a new body design and new cowl that was undeniably a statement that screamed ‘powerful....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 436 words · Bradley Torres

How F9 Fixes Dom Toretto S Origin Story

After nine Fast and Furious movies—10 if you count Hobbs and Shaw—you would think the personalities and backstories of the core cast are pretty firmly set in stone. After all, we’re constantly reminded this is a family, and you always hope you know those closest to you. But even the closest knit of families can have long buried secrets, and as it turns out in F9, they’re of the darkest variety too when it comes to Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 769 words · Mark Distaffen

How Fear The Walking Dead Season 6 Changed Due To The Covid 19 Pandemic

Speaking to Den of Geek on a Zoom call ahead of the Fear the Walking Dead season 6 premiere, the show’s cast reflected on how the production changed in midst of the pandemic and how this new, real-world context might add a measure of profundity to the already social commentary-heavy show. “I drove home after shooting got shut down and I was like ‘Oh, I’ve been on a show about the apocalypse and this feels like the apocalypse,’” recalls Colby Minifie, who plays the show’s main antagonist, the authoritarian but enterprising Virginia....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 566 words · Wendell Nathan

How The Batman Theme Recalls Michael Giacchino S Video Game Soundtracks

For those who don’t know, Giacchino began his composing career in the video game industry where he quickly made a name for himself working on the soundtracks for various Disney games. However, it was his work on the PlayStation adaptation of The Lost World: Jurassic Park (one of the first console titles to feature an original live orchestral score) that really set him apart. The scope and complexity of those scores led to him composing the revolutionary soundtracks for the first Medal of Honor games, which soon caught the attention of J....

December 9, 2022 · 3 min · 491 words · Donald Nichols

How The Mandalorian Solidifies Timothy Olyphant As Tv S Best Marshal

When people talk about great actors, they often mention versatility as a defining characteristic. However, not every actor needs to be a chameleon. Some of Hollywood’s most successful performers channel their inherent likability or tap into specific personality traits within themselves to find a character type that they can portray time and time again. Sometimes when an actor finds themselves portraying a similar role in every project they’re attached to, it can be seen as limiting, but in other cases this typecasting occurs because it constantly bears fruit....

December 9, 2022 · 4 min · 691 words · James Mackinder

How The Midwich Cuckoos Explores The Politics Of Parenthood

This new version though, a seven part series for Sky, has updated Wyndham’s story and places a major focus on the differing relationships between parents and children (even when those children are aliens). Den of Geek sat down with Farr and episodes one and two director Alice Troughton to discuss attachment, body politics and that extraordinary birthing scene. What’s your relationship to the source material and what was the inspiration for doing a new adaptation?...

December 9, 2022 · 8 min · 1505 words · Douglas Sawicki