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07 Jan

The Book of Boba Fett: The Surprising Marvel Connections

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The Book of Boba Fett picks up the threads of the bounty hunter’s untold adventures in the years after Return of the Jedi, paving a new, unexpected path for the fan-favorite rogue. While most Star Wars fans expected the Mandalorian gunslinger to once again embrace a life of crime, no one could have predicted Boba’s big career change from bounty hunter to Tatooine’s newest crime lord. But this is actually a Boba Fett story decades in the making. After all, writers were already hard at work continuing the book of Boba just mere months after he took a tumble into…

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07 Jan

The Righteous Gemstones Find GODD In Season 2

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Midway through the first episode of The Righteous Gemstones season 2, the Gemstone family preaches to a packed congregation at their megachurch, as they often do. The tone, however, feels a little different this time around. “The Book of Matthew tells of nation rising against nation – a time of famines, pestilence, and earthquakes. Sound familiar?” patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) asks the crowd with a wink. “Are you saying people need Jesus’s love now more than ever?” prodigal son Kelvin (Adam DeVine) responds, emerging from the crowd in trademarked ripped jeans.  “Oh, we always need Jesus’s love, but especially…

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06 Jan

The 355 Review: Botched Spy Movie Wastes All-Star Assets

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It takes a special movie to bring together a cast like the one in The 355. This is an international, five-pointed star showcase of leading lady talent, with the female ensemble headed by Jessica Chastain, who is also a producer on the picture, and complemented by Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz, and Fan Bingbing. There are six Oscar nominations between these actors, and two wins. So, yes, it must’ve been a very special project to draw each performer to the same story. Somehow, though, that picture got lost in transit, and we got stuck with The 355 instead. As…

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06 Jan

Why Don’t Look Up Fails to Match Its Dr. Strangelove Idol

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This article contains Don’t Look Up spoilers. Is this really happening? That is the anxious, painfully relatable plea Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dr. Randall Mindy cries repeatedly during the pre-title sequence of Don’t Look Up. Over the extended prologue of the new Adam McKay and Netflix phenomenon, Mindy and his best student, PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), have discovered that a comet is a) going to collide with earth in six months; b) that it will trigger an extinction level event; and c) it’s forced them to inform the President of the United States that all life on Earth is about…

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06 Jan

Star Trek: Prodigy Just Went All In On Franchise Easter Eggs

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This Star Trek: Prodigy article contains spoilers through Episode 6. For its first five episodes, Star Trek: Prodigy has mostly established its own identity, free and separate from the rest of the Trek franchise. Yes, a holographic Captain Janeway is an essential part of the crew, and yes, several episodes have touched on themes we’ve seen before. But, in terms of making nitty-gritty references to the larger canon of Trek, Prodigy has kept things pretty low-key. Until now… After taking a brief hiatus, Prodigy Season 1 is back with episode 6 titled just  “Kobayashi.” In it, Dal (Brett Gray) takes…

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06 Jan

Mass Effect 3: Happy Ending Mod Story Explained

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The debate over Mass Effect 3‘s ending (every version of it) isn’t going to be settled anytime soon, but it certainly seems telling that more and more people over the years have started to treat the game’s “Happy Ending” mod as the RPG trilogy’s spiritual conclusion (even if it’s clearly not the canonical one). Audemus’ Happy Ending Mod has been floating around the internet for a few years now, but the mod’s recent Mass Effect Legendary Edition update has many people buzzing about this alternate ending that, as the name suggests, aspires to offer a slightly happier and generally more…

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06 Jan

My Hero Academia Season 6 Release Date & Trailer

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The world may be in disarray, but at least we have more My Hero Academia to look forward to. The very popular anime, which is based on Kōhei Horikoshi’s manga series of the same name, is still going strong after five seasons, with a sixth season slated to premiere in 2022. The upcoming season will follow the “Paranormal Liberation War” arc from chapters 253-306 in the manga, with the Heroes facing off against the Paranormal Liberation Front in all-out war. It’s one of the most celebrated arcs of the ongoing manga so far and is much anticipated by fans after…

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06 Jan

Link Tank: Why The Prestige is Christopher Nolan’s Most Underrated Movie

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You’ve probably seen the likes of Inception, Interstellar, and The Dark Knight trilogy from famed director Christopher Nolan, but you should consider watching his underappreciated 2006 film The Prestige. “For two hours you’re transported to different times and places in a matter of seconds. Decades of advancing technology have improved what we can do with filmmaking to the point where the magic tricks of today would look like science fiction to the directors of yesteryear. But sci-fi looks to the future. What will the coming decades of technological breakthroughs look like? How will humanity relate to new technology? And how…

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06 Jan

The Tourist: Jamie Dornan’s Best Screen Roles

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In most cases, an actor being cast as a character without a name doesn’t signal great things for the career. Nobody’s queuing up for an autograph from ‘woman in lift’ or ‘angry hot dog customer 2’. Jamie Dornan’s lead role in BBC crime thriller The Tourist bucks that trend. In the six-part series, Dornan plays “The Man”, a nameless (at least to begin with) Irishman who loses his memory when his car is forced off the road in the Australian desert. With barely a clue to go on, he has to find out who he is, what’s he doing there,…

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06 Jan

The Wheel of Time Season 2: What To Expect

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This article contains spoilers for The Wheel of Time. Although the first season of The Wheel of Time departed in many ways from The Eye of the World, the Robert Jordan novel upon which it is based, the elements it included and left out give us some clues as to where the series might be headed in its already renewed second season. Despite proving that its willing to change the plot quite drastically, spoiler-free guesses can be made about what might show up from the books given the way showrunner Rafe Judkins and his writers have made their decisions so…

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06 Jan

Top New Young Adult Books in January 2022

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January 2022’s most anticipated young adult books feature teens changing the past, autopsying corpses, and balancing their human and magical selves. Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes Type: NovelPublisher: Bloomsbury YARelease date: Jan. 4 Den of Geek says: This modern take on Back to the Future examines what has changed—and what unfortunately hasn’t—for today’s generation of LGBTQ teens. Publisher’s summary: From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that’s Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents’ era to save a closeted classmate’s life. All Luis Gonzalez wants is to…

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05 Jan

The Book of Boba Fett Just Pulled off Major A New Hope Callback

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This Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett article contains spoilers. In the flashback portion of The Book of Boba Fett episode 2, “The Tribes of Tatooine,” Boba Fett is on the hunt for something that can help the Tusken Raiders take down the Pyke Syndicate’s hovertrain, but it isn’t power converters. When the bounty hunter visits a cantina in the desert, he’s searching for the speeder bikes he needs to catch up with the Tuskens’ spice-smuggling enemy, and he has no problem punching and shooting his way through a biker gang to get what he needs. But eagle-eyed Star…

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05 Jan

Is Ubisoft+ Coming to Xbox Game Pass and PS5?

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Ubisoft’s recent decision to bring Ubisoft+ to Xbox and Rainbow Six Extraction to Game Pass as a day one title has created a lot of (understandable) confusion about whether or not Ubisoft+ is also coming to Game Pass and PS5 in the near future. Let’s start with what we know for sure. As noted above, Xbox and Ubisoft recently confirmed that Rainbow Six Extraction will be available via Xbox Game Pass when the PvE co-op shooter is released on January 20. Furthermore, Ubisoft has confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege will also be available via PC Game Pass and Xbox Game…

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05 Jan

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 Easter Eggs Explained

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This Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett article contains spoilers. Despite the desert planet’s reputation as the middle of nowhere of the galaxy, a lot of things happen on Tatooine. In the second episode of The Book of Boba Fett, the bounty hunter turned crime lord digs further into Mos Espa’s underworld and learns from the Tusken desert-dwellers. Along with the Tusken culture we detailed last week, there are quite a few Star Wars deep cuts to see in “The Tribes of Tatooine.” Take a look at all the Star Wars easter eggs and references we spotted in this episode… Black…

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05 Jan

PSVR 2’s Best New Features Explained

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Sony has finally revealed the PSVR 2, and while we don’t yet know the PS5 exclusive VR headset’s price or release date, everything we do know about the device’s best new features suggests that it’s going to be a worthy and fascinating follow-up to the surprisingly successful PSVR. Of course, things can get very confusing very quickly whenever you start talking about a VR headsets’ specs and features. While the rise in VR technology in recent years has enhanced our collective understanding of the concept, it’s still difficult to tell exactly what a new headset will offer or how it…

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05 Jan

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Villains Explained

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This article contains spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett. No one said becoming a crime lord on Tatooine would be easy. Yet, Boba Fett thought it would be as simple as killing Bib Fortuna and taking a seat on Jabba the Hutt’s old throne. But as The Book of Boba Fett shows, that road is in fact a very bumpy one. The new daimyo of Mos Espa expected all of Jabba’s former subordinates to bow down and pay tribute. Not everyone is so easily swayed. In “The Tribes of Tatooine,” Boba and Fennec Shand face quite a bit of…

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05 Jan

Link Tank: Valkyrie Gets a Comic-Accurate Suit in Thor: Love and Thunder

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As seems to be a tradition in phase 4 of the MCU up to this point, another character is getting a comic-accurate suit, and this time it’s Valkyrie in Thor: Love and Thunder. “Valkyrie is charging back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and she’s returning with a new look. Not only is she sporting a new outfit, but the color scheme is a nod to how Valkyrie originally appeared in the Marvel Universe.” Read more at Inverse Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has high praise for the upcoming prequel series that is set to debut later in 2022.…

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05 Jan

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 Review: The Tribes of Tatooine

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This STAR WARS: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT review contains spoilers. The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2 How long will The Book of Boba Fett keep up the flashbacks? Probably a while, judging by the slow progression of the plot in both stories this week. “The Tribes of Tatooine,” which was directed by Steph Green and written by Jon Favreau, has a double meaning. There’s the bureaucracy and assassins Boba and Fennec face in Mos Espa as the new big crime lords in town, and then there are the Tusken Raiders who helped Boba survive in the desert in the days…

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05 Jan

Michael Keaton Clashed with Joel Schumacher Over Batman’s Darkness

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The influence of Michael Keaton’s starring role in director Tim Burton’s 1989 big screen bonanza, Batman, remains powerful. It was not only a prime example of an unconventional casting choice that proved pontificators wrong, but was a bellwether moment for movies that—for better or worse—planted the seeds from which the modern, industry-dominating comic book genre sprouted. However, he famously called it quits after 1992 sequel Batman Returns over the direction of incoming threequel helmer Joel Schumacher. Now, as a Batman role reprisal glistens on the horizon for this year’s The Flash, Keaton describes the extent of the disagreements with Schumacher…

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05 Jan

Don’t Look Up Ending Explained

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This article contains spoilers for DON’T LOOK UP. In the new Netflix hit movie, Don’t Look Up, written and directed by satirical filmmaker Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman), two rather low-level astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) discover a comet is headed directly toward Earth, with the object set to smash into our little planet in six months. When it does, it will completely obliterate all life. The pair of scientists, Dr. Mindy (DiCaprio) and PhD candidate Dibiasky (Lawrence), bring their findings to the White House where they are met with indifference from the narcissistic, idiotic President Janie Orlean…

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