Killing Eve Season 1, Episode 6 In the first five episodes of this show, Villanelle has never been out of control of her situation. Sure, she’s had to do things she doesn’t particularly want to do, but she has never truly been forced to do anything against her will. She has always had a choice and has often done what she wanted in addition to strictly performing the job The Twleve hired her for....
NBC has renewed Law & Order for season 22, bringing the flagship series of Dick Wolf’s legendary TV franchise just two seasons shy of its own spinoff, Law & Order: SVU (which was renewed for a 24th season) in terms of longevity. “The iconic Law & Order brand has long been synonymous with NBC, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring back all three of these dramas for the 2022-23 season,” Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Programming, NBCU Entertainment and Streaming, said in a statement to the press....
Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 Episode 4 Once a season, Legends of Tomorrow runs an episode where they try and change the past. It’s inevitable on a time travel show: the characters all have histories, and the consequences of changing the past are sufficiently dire to keep dipping back into that well. That’s how you get Zari trying to save her dead brother, or John trying to save his ex boyfriend....
Lethal Weapon Season 2, Episode 4 “Never underestimate the bond between a father and a daughter.” It feels like Lethal Weapon is constantly in competition with itself to up its game. The number of explosions and absurd stunts continues to increase, but the opening minutes of “Flight Risk” are the show at its most audacious and extreme. “You’ve got to be kidding! Who robs a plane?” is a question posed very early on in this episode, and then moments later Dan Cooper (a very scenery-chewing Adrian Pasdar) robs a bunch of high rollers in a private plane and then jumps right out of the door....
“The Expanse Season 5 recently made its debut, after an excruciating series hiatus. Unfortunately, fans were also met with the bittersweet news that The Expanse will come to an end with season six. The fascinating blend of sci-fi noir, space opera, and political thriller will hopefully get the ending it deserves.” Read more at The Portalist. A lot of what we know about the Roman Empire tend to get lost in translation when adapted for popular culture....
“Cyberpunk 2077 continues to be lambasted for all the problems experienced attempting to play the game, especially on last-gen consoles, but that hasn’t stopped it selling extremely well. As Eurogamer reports, a regulatory filing released yesterday by developer CD Projekt for its investors, reveals the game has sold over 13 million copies as of Dec. 20.” Read more at PCMag. Don’t forget to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on Netflix before it leaves the streaming service on Christmas Day....
“George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four has given us a whole slew of shorthand phrases for dystopian or oppressive governments and surveillance, but even if you’ve already read about Winston Smith’s struggle against Big Brother, there are a few facts, stories, and theories about the novel that are worth a closer look.” Read more at Mental Floss. One of the most anticipated conflicts on Titans, Starfire versus Blackfire, has a long history in DC Comics....
“Dragon Ball Super is getting a new anime feature! It’s called, wait for it, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Because one ‘super’ is not enough, I guess. Announced during the San Diego Comic-Con, this will be Dragon Ball’s twenty-first anime movie and the second DBS feature, following up on 2018’s Dragon Ball Super: Broly.” Read more at Kotaku Was Rocket Raccoon originally supposed to appear in Loki? New concept art suggests so....
“The forthcoming Jurassic World: Dominion is expected to be the longest film in franchise history. Collider has reported that the run-time for the sixth-entry to the long-lived Jurassic storyline will be at two hours and 26 minutes. The film is directed by Colin Trevorrow and will see the film’s staple cast Chris Pratt, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Neil return to the big screens.” Read more at Hype Beast Wanda dropped his name in the trailers, but is there a chance we’ll see Vision (or a variant thereof) in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?...
“Star Wars has some of the most gorgeous posters in the history of cinema. Part of that is because of its beautiful iconography: lightsabers, spaceships, aliens, etc. Another reason is each film has been released and re-released so many times, there are way, way more poster versions to choose from.” Read more at Gizmodo. Dan Levy speaks out against Comedy Central India on Twitter for censoring a gay kiss in Schitt’s Creek....
Loki Episode 3 The third episode of Marvel’s Loki, “Lamentis”, threw our main man and the Variant he’s been chasing into a deadly situation from which there ultimately appeared to be no escape. It also made Loki canonically bisexual in the MCU and opened up a can of TVA worms that will keep us wondering about the true nature and identity of the Time-Keepers for a while longer. There was a lot going on in the show’s most Doctor Who episode yet, which abandoned its crime procedural vibe to focus on splashing Marvel’s cash further than previous installments....
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 22 “We solve murders. How hard can it be to plan one little wedding?” In the end, it’s all very simple. You just have to be honest. Unfortunately for Lucifer, revealing his deepest desires remains something he’s unable or unwilling to do. “All Hands on Decker” reminds us in no uncertain terms that one of life’s most valuable maxims still holds true. If you don’t ask, you won’t receive....
Lucifer Season 5 Episode 15 “He’s not trying to win an election; he’s trying to win a war.” Lucifer does heartwarming and heart wrenching as well as any television series when the story requires it, but nothing adequately prepares us for the devastating news of Detective Daniel Espinoza’s death at the hands of mercenaries hired by Lucifer’s brother Michael. However, it’s the powerful, multi-layered narrative in the season’s penultimate episode that vaults “Is This Really How It’s Going To End?...
As with other shows, like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix has decided to break up the release of Lupin‘s first season into two parts. This presumably means that the production filmed 10 episodes of the show, and they have been divided into “Part 1” and “Part 2” for release. This is very good news for Lupin fans as we won’t have to wait for Netflix to write, film, and post-produce new episodes of Lupin, all in the midst of an ongoing pandemic that makes production that much harder....
Best known for his work on Doctor Who, Sherlock, Dracula, and the comedy troupe League of Gentlemen, Gatiss has become the force behind the BBC’s revival of A Ghost Story for Christmas series of television films. The original run of annuals was largely helmed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, and aired from 1971 until ’78, before returning sporadically in 2005. Gatiss made his directorial debut in 2013 with The Tractate Middoth, the Ghost Story adaptation of James’ work....
Deadpool 3 will be the first film about the Merc with a Mouth to be produced under the auspices of Marvel Studios after the first two were handled by Fox. While there were concerns that Marvel would try to water down the raunchy Deadpool to fit him into a PG-13 rating (in line with all Marvel Studios releases to date), it seems likely that Deadpool 3 will retain the R rating of the first two movies....
Nobody said time travel was easy. When Marvel Studios officially introduced temporal shenanigans into its cinematic canon in Avengers: Endgame, it did so with noble intentions. Our Avengers had to save the universe and recapture the 50% of the population that Thanos dusted away. The easiest way to do so was with a dash of Pym particles and an entanglement within the Quantum Realm. Unfortunately, however, engaging with time travel means engaging with its rules....
The arrival of Marvel’s Loki on Disney+ is maybe the biggest expansion of the MCU since Guardians of the Galaxy brought viewers out into the cosmos. However, the added dimension in Loki is an order of cosmological magnitude greater than just going into space. The main setting of Loki is the Time Variance Authority, created by the Time-Keepers to guard the one true sacred timeline. But who are these mysterious space lizards, and where do they get off deciding what the true timeline is?...
In our review of the game, we lauded the game for its engrossing story, the care with which it fleshes out Miles as a unique superhero, and the beautiful environments that showcase a tremendous attention to detail. If you’re picking up a PS5 this week, this is one of the launch games you definitely need in your library as soon as possible. While fans still have a few days before they can get their hands on Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sony has dropped the game’s excellent soundtrack a few days ahead of the release date, giving players a first taste of the music that will accompany Miles’ crime-fighting adventure....
Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) Probably the biggest news is the finally official confirmation that Kate Bishop would be a co-star of the show. Hailee Steinfield plays this possibly future Young Avenger as she joins her namesake hero (Jeremy Renner) on a quest through New York City. Bishop was created in the comics by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung as part of the 2005 Young Avengers team. She’s the daughter of obscenely wealthy and inattentive Manhattanites, who discovered her father was a bad sort, was the victim of an assault, and became a martial arts/weapons prodigy because of it....
