Andor Episode 12 In the season 1 finale of Andor, characters previously siloed to different parts of the galaxy converge on a funeral on Ferrix, and all hell breaks loose. By the end of it all, Cassian and Luthen arrive at a similar emotional place as they did in episode 3, but back then, Cassian was resisting the call to adventure in his hero’s journey. By the end of season 1, the message of Andor’s finale is clear: Cassian is ready to embrace his destiny and the Rebellion is about to heat up big time....

But millennia before Talky Tina told Telly Savalas “I don’t think I like you,” dolls have existed, going back to Ancient Egypt and Rome. Present in nearly every culture, they were placed as servants in a pharaoh’s tomb, were said to aid in fertility, teach a child how to parent, or be a listener to tell all your worries to. They could as much be items of art or religious signifcance as a child’s plaything....

As with so many first looks at new characters and designs from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this one has hit social media as a photo of a shirt worn by the crew, which features a battle-damaged Ant-Man helmet and the reflection of a menacing figure clad in purple and green (the traditional colors of so many Marvel villains created in the 1960s). It’s especially cool because even from this blurry first look at Kang, it’s clear that we’re getting a very comics accurate look for him on the big screen....

“The film looks at the horror of being an individual in America today and all the crises that we are facing, quite frankly,” Cooper said during a Comic-Con@Home panel. “Climate crisis, drug addicted populace, our treatment of Native Americans, abject poverty, all of those things but without hopefully feeling like a message film, wrapped into a monster film.” That monster is of course the Wendigo, an antlered supernatural being known for its malevolent and cannibalistic qualities....

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead packed a punch on Netflix the weekend of its release. By the following Monday, the Justice League director’s zombie heist epic was well on its way to becoming one of the streaming service’s top 10 most watched movies of all time. What does that mean? That there’s a good chance we’ll be getting a sequel in due time. A sequel announcement won’t come as much of a surprise to those fans who’ve been following along, though....

If you ever wondered what brought Ludwig Dieter to zombie-infested Las Vegas, Army of Thieves has the answers. The Army of the Dead prequel not only serves as an origin story for Ludwig (Matthias Schweighöfer) but also as an introduction for a whole host of new narrative possibilities for Netflix’s fledgling cinematic universe. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Army of Thieves become its own spin-off series if the first movie does well on the streaming service....

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 21 “You’re not a slave, nor are you a God. You’re just a human! You don’t have to obey anyone! You can decide. You get to decide!” Back when Attack on Titan first started there was a cryptic nature to the significance behind the first episode’s title, “For You, 2000 Years From Now,” both in terms of what it’s referring to and who is behind this message....

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 27 “You can’t separate humanity from violence…” The heroes in Attack on Titan have limited numbers and resources, but what they really have the least of at the moment is time. Every second that passes contributes to the greater likelihood of a bleak future as Eren’s onslaught of Wall Titans move closer to their destination. Characters would love to have the luxury of another campfire chat to weigh their options, but every moment of silence that’s taken in “Retrospective” has deafening reverberations for their future....

For Back to the Future fanatics, the Holy Grail of Hill Valley is footage from the five weeks that Eric Stoltz starred as Marty McFly. Stoltz, an actor who has proven his comedic chops in recent years through his work in the Noah Baumbach films Kicking & Screaming and Mr. Jealousy, delivered a performance that was reportedly too intense for how filmmaker Robert Zemeckis envisioned the character, and was subsequently replaced by Michael J....

When HBO announced that its excellent dark comedy Barry was renewed for season 4, there was an interesting detail tucked into the press release. The show’s creator, producer, and star Bill Hader is set to direct all eight episodes of the show’s fourth season. Truth be told, the arrival of Hader as the full-time Barry director has been a long time coming. After directing the first three episodes of the show’s first season, Hader returned to direct two more in season 2, and a whopping five in the show’s current third....

Last week, False Faces ambushed the Crows and abducted Angelique, leaving several Crows dead and Jacob Kane fuming. In this week’s “Arrive Alive,” the masked gang is pulling heists at pharmaceutical companies across the city, all in an effort to create more Snakebite. Batwoman and Sophie are both looking to stop them, and to save Angelique in the process, but when Batwoman intercepts a False Face driver during a heist who turns out to be an undercover Sophie, she ruins the mission and they lose their one lead on Angelique....

Batwoman Season 2, Episode 4 Batwoman is using its new protagonist to tell stories that matter about the people superheroes (and superhero shows) forget. It is also, simultaneously, trying to keep the audience invested in characters whose stories have run their course. Kate Kane might not be dead, but she should be. After Alice’s and Sophie’s visit with Safiyah where she revealed that Kate is alive, the search for her is in full force....

Cyberpunk 2077‘s collection of PC mods will undoubtedly grow to include entirely new ways to play the game, but for the moment, the small initial sampling of Cyberpunk 2077 mods currently available largely focuses on addressing some of the game’s fundamental technical issues and other design shortcomings. So while bigger and better creations are almost certainly on the way, here are some of the best Cyberpunk 2077 mods available now:...

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang Type: NovelPublisher: Tor BooksRelease date: September 27 Den of Geek says: Neon Yang’s Tensorate series of novellas was an inventive, adventurous secondary world. We’re excited for the release of their debut novel. Publisher’s summary: It’s an old, familiar story: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war....

MANIAC (1934) From the early days of RiffTrax when all VODs were public domain comes this rather short film that’s just…man. It’s a low-budget exploitation flick from the early days of cinema that comes off as an Edgar Allan Poe story mixed with a fever dream mixed with a sitcom plot gone horribly wrong. Dr. Meirschultz is a mad scientist who experiments on bringing the dead back to life, accompanied by his assistant Don....

People took to social media in droves to sing the actor’s praises, and when news broke that Odenkirk had suffered a small heart attack but was in stable condition, everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief. The star took to Twitter to thank everyone for their outpouring of love and support days after the scare. When traumatic events happen in life, it’s often good to find a small silver lining in the shroud of darkness....

Black Lightning Season 4, Episode 5 This episode of Black Lightning is impressive, and it raises the stakes in several exciting ways. The family discovers Jennifer blew up in the ionosphere but Jefferson can feel Jen’s energy so he suits up and goes up there to absorb her. The amount of power is almost too much for him, but he is able to capture her particles. They are able to store Jennifer’s essence while they use a hadron particle condenser—which Barry ran over to them, off-screen naturally— to convert her energy to matter....

Building a gaming PC is a funny process. There you are with your new tower filled with all the glorious hardware that we’ve recommended, a brand new monitor (or two or three), and you’ve even managed to remember to get a copy of an operating system. You’ve spent the money, you’ve put the work in, and now you’re finally ready to go. But you’re still missing three essential components of the PC gaming experience: a mouse, keyboard, and headset....

That makes it that much stranger that the Season 5 update doesn’t even include notable balance updates for the game’s new and existing weapons. The Warzone team has said that balance patches are coming (and Warzone recently received a mid-season update that buffed and nerfed many of the game’s guns), but you’re forgiven if things feel a bit familiar at the moment. Still, as is usually the case with new Warzone seasons, it seems that an elite few weapons are already climbing their way to the top of the meta....

Of course, there are some who wonder if Returnal could actually “overcome” its small nature and perhaps even become the next great PlayStation franchise. Maybe that’s why more people than usual seem to be focused on the game’s sales. After all, it’s hard for a game to become a franchise if it doesn’t sell well, just as it’s hard for developers to stay in the spotlight if their biggest releases don’t do well....