CBS’s new federal cop procedural Clarice is a little bit grittier than the majority of crime shows on network TV. It also flips the perspective on the mainly male POV of the genre. Both of these innovations can be attributed to the source material. The series is a sequel to the story told in Jonathan Demme’s psychological horror classic The Silence of the Lambs. It distinguishes itself from the film and the original book in two ways....
The idea that characters from The Batman could appear on the Gotham PD prequel series—which bore the working title, Gotham Central—has always seemed feasible, given the known scope of studio Warner Bros.’ shared-continuity aspirations for the DCEU. However, in a recent interview with The Wrap (via CBR), Bloys, the chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, utilizes ambiguous wording when it comes to the scope of the show’s cinematic crossover potential....
While you can argue for all sorts of great sci-fi movies without space travel (Back to the Future?), it’s tough to find a grounded sci-fi movie quite like Blade Runner in which space travel exists but is never actually depicted. In other words, although space travel is essential to the story of Blade Runner and its fugitive Replicants, we never actually witness it on screen. But could all of that change?...
Reynolds stars as Guy, an unassuming and always upbeat bank teller in the unusually violent metropolis of Free City, whose life is a curious mix of repetitious routines like getting coffee with best friend Buddy (Lil Rel Howery) and having his bank robbed by a brutal criminal gang. But all that changes when Guy, with the help of a mysterious woman named Molotovgirl (Jodie Comer), discovers that he not a real person at all but a background player in an open world video game called — you guessed it — “Free City....
Following the paradigm-shifting lawsuit filed against Marvel by actress Scarlett Johansson for Black Widow’s release strategy, the Disney subsidiary behind The Avengers and many other superheroes is set to return to court soon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel is filing a series of lawsuits against various Marvel comics figures, including the heirs of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in a bid to maintain complete ownership over its most popular characters....
Before you go all-in on the game, though, be sure to remember that the Cyberpunk 2077 hype train is typically conducted by fans who are sometimes more passionate than they are realistic. We’re already seeing people not only overhype Cyberpunk 2077 but, in some cases, base their hype on information that isn’t even true. With that in mind, here are some key pieces of information you need to know in order to manage your expectations for Cyberpunk 2077:...
Why did the Doctor travel half the universe to, as she told Yaz, “see a man about a dog”? Firstly, because the Doctor is more evasive than a mid-scandal cabinet member at a press briefing and refuses to confide in the people who regularly risk their lives by her side, and secondly, because the Doctor enjoys making dog-related jokes at the expense of new alien Karvanista. (See also: “I’ve got a bone to pick with you....
Remember Class? Nobody would blame you if you didn’t, as Coal Hill Sixth Form’s finest failed to make much of a splash when the show originally landed. If you did stick with it to the end, though, the final episode revealed that the mysterious School Governors at Susan’s old stomping ground were, in reality, Weeping Angels. Creator Patrick Ness was intending to script an angelic “civil war” if a second series had gotten the go-ahead, which indicates just how tempting a prospect the Angels can be to a writer – every showrunner wants a chance to tackle the Lonely Assassins....
The words “Big Twist” are in the headline, so obviously if you’ve not seen Sunday night’s Doctor Who, well, probably turn off your computer and try not to speak to anyone until you’ve managed to get your hands on BBC iPlayer, because we have got spoilers aplenty right here! Are they gone? Right, WOW! Did you see? And then the bit where Captain Jack was all… and Ruth was like, and you knew it had to be a Chameleon Arch didn’t you?...
Honestly, it’s a proper big spoiler. The kind you could put on a car in a Fast And Furious film. You’ll only want to read this article after you’ve watched the episode. Trust us. If you’re looking for spoiler-free thoughts, click away at this link to go to our spoiler-free review. Do not read the rest of this article unless you want to ruin the episode for yourself. Genuinely, this spoiler is so huge that we’re going to deploy our spoiler squirrel here....
The reluctant team of FBI agent John Hartley (Johnson) and infamous art thief Nolan Booth (Reynolds) find themselves mockingly dubbed “work wives” by their alluringly elusive femme-fatale quarry, Sarah Black (Gadot), a.k.a. The Bishop. Having handily humiliated the duo in their initial encounter, Black affirms her current status as the world’s most wanted art thief bestowed by the titular red notice issued on her by Interpol. Of course, the pursuit will span sublime locations around the world amidst a bevy of banter as Reynolds’s Booth is essentially in full Deadpool mode—sans the suit and scars—with Johnson’s Hartley as the perpetually-patience-deprived foil who always seems ready to flex his bulky biceps to pummel him upon the next derisive quip....
Young Justice Season 4 Episode 23 I suppose after such a strong run of episodes, there was bound to be some reversion to mean for Young Justice: Phantoms. And while “Ego and Superego” isn’t necessarily a bad episode, it certainly is puzzling. It has me wondering what the game is when they introduce a brand new (to the season) storyline, three episodes from the finish. By my count, we’ve got five unresolved plots that are all approximately converging....
Harry Styles is not terrible in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. Which is not to say he is particularly good. Like a fancy ‘50s dinner party where the meal is neither fish nor fowl, the performance is adequate; a rough-around-the-edges first attempt at being a leading man that doesn’t technically distract from the movie. It doesn’t help it either. Unfortunately, with a film titled Don’t Worry Darling that is a problem....
Doom Patrol Episode 1 Superheroes are weird. Set aside the DC holy trinity, and you still have a guy whose cosmic jewelry doesn’t work on anything yellow, another who talks to fish, and a Martian. And I love it. Yet, despite the acceptable level of weirdness we have learned to embrace from the movie A-listers of Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, and now Aquaman — and the TV headliners of The Flash and Green Arrow — there is still The Doom Patrol....
Doom Patrol Episode 15 Here we are, the end of Doom Patrol Season 1, with a finale that manages to end the adventure on an even weirder, largely satisfying, note than it began – and with both Cypress Hill playing us out after a giant cockroach and rat swap spit. This show has always been more about characters than plot, and there have been quite a few episodes that balance the bizarre with the authentically emotional....
From the opening moments of DuckTales’ final episode it feels like the end. Almost everyone is here. There’s an extra care put into the scenes, a knowledge that we are in the last hour of their adventures. A last moment of uncomplicated joy before things get messy. And at the center of it all? Webby. In the beginning she seemed to be the POV character of DuckTales, the one everything seemed to focus around....
The indoors time we’ve all had of late has helped develop a deeper appreciation for tabletop gaming, collectible card games, role-playing games and, that perrennial favorite, LEGOS. With the holidays upon us, we have partnered with eBay to bring you these incredible gift ideas that will delight everyone on your list…or you can just buy these products for yourself, we won’t tell! Pokémon: Sword & Shield: Evolving Skies Booster Box The latest expansion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game is Sword & Shield: Evolving Skies, bringing players an exciting assortment of Dragon-type Pokémon as well as Eevee’s evolutions to utilize in their gaming sessions....
Zhao dove into the deep end of the MCU pool with an adaptation of Jack Kirby’s idiosyncratic team title. After all, the film represents a tremendous threshold for the MCU, since it’s tethered to source material that, while beloved by comic connoisseurs, is nevertheless unknown to average audiences. It’s the kind of crossroads at which Marvel Studios found itself with 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which managed to thrive due to a serendipitous cast dynamic and the irreverence of director James Gunn....
The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 19 Lisa gets bumped up from first chair saxophone to high school second banana, and still is the smartest little girl in grade number two. The Simpsons’ “Girls Just Shauna Have Fun” is sweet, surprisingly sobering, and keeps its wit about. The episode opens when a double-time toe-crushing marching incident leads Springfield Elementary’s most talented musician, Lisa, to sit in with Springfield’s high school marching band....
Evil Season 2 Episode 6 Hands in the air. Dueling procedurals get arrested for resisting the officers on Evil season 2, episode 6, “C Is for Cop. This is one of the most harrowing episodes of the series on many fronts. The monster of the week is not a demon or a creature or one of the deadly sins. As Kristen (Katja Herbers) told her daughter Lila (Skylar Gray) last week: sometimes a monster is a person who forgets who they are....
