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15 Oct

Halloween Kills: Where Does the Story Go From Here?

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This article contains Halloween Kills spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. Halloween Kills is a peculiar film that ends on a peculiar note. By the end of director David Gordon Green’s movie, a mob of Haddonfield townspeople, exhausted and fed up after 40 years of trauma brought on by Michael Myers, have decided to take matters into their own hands. Yet Michael outwits them again and again—even when he’s not directly involved. First, the mob goes into full rage mode when another escaped asylum inmate is mistaken (somewhat unbelievably) for Michael, leading not just to the inmate’s death but even…

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15 Oct

Why Squid Game Was Inevitable

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While to many Americans it may seem like Squid Game came out of nowhere to dominate more than 90 countries, for the millions of people worldwide who watch South Korean television and movies, it’s another stellar entry in an ever-growing field. Korean film and television has been growing since the 1990s and is already incredibly popular across East, Southeast, and South Asia, as well as with Asian diaspora and others around the world. As Netflix has expanded globally, they’ve invested heavily in the thriving Korean industry. Thanks to that investment and K-culture’s overall rising stature, it was only a matter…

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15 Oct

The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa Was the Original East Coast/West Coast Musical Feud

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In The Velvet Underground, director Todd Haynes expertly captures the outsider quality of the titular band. While much of the youth of the Aquarius age wanted to let the sunshine in, the band preferred to close the door, so they’d never have to see the day again. This disconnect is glaringly featured in a segment about the band’s first trip to California. When The Velvet Underground were playing Los Angeles in 1966 as part of Andy Warhol’s art collective, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, they ran afoul Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.  “This comes from them, this doesn’t come…

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15 Oct

Halloween Kills Ending Explained

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This article contains massive Halloween Kills spoilers. The second part of David Gordon Green’s rebooted Halloween trilogy, Halloween Kills, is upon us with more murder, more Myers, and much much more mayhem. This film follows on immediately from 2018’s Halloween—Michael has been left for dead in the burning basement but (surprise!) he’s not dead. Meanwhile Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), Karen (Judy Greer), and Allyson (Andi Matichak) are on their way to the hospital to get Laurie’s wounds treated. Things are about to get a whole lot worse for Haddonfield as Michael massacres person after person until the bloody finale, which…

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15 Oct

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 8 Review: The Wellness Center

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 8 What We Do in the Shadows  season 3 episode 8 “The Wellness Center,” brings back the creepy paper. Nandor (Kayvan Novak) is celebrating his ascension, the anniversary of when he was first crowned national tyrant, and Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) wants everything perfect. But perfection is subjective, as Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) proves before the title song even reminds us “they have no use for our song,” this time done in the Persian language of Nandor’s birth. The “Relentless” 700-year-old former…

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14 Oct

The Batman May Be Even Darker Than the Trailer Suggests

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The Batman made waves last year when its first trailer dropped during the inaugural DC Fandome digital event, and all eyes are on the movie once again as Warner Bros. prepares to drop a second look at the movie. Batfans would do well to keep an eye out for this Saturday’s DC Fandome 2021, which will not only feature director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson but also a second trailer for the film reboot. But if you can’t wait that long, WB has treated us to two very tiny teasers, including a shot from the upcoming second trailer. “Can’t…

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14 Oct

Metroid Dread Could Break the Franchise Sales Curse With No Compromises

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If you listen to any Metroid fan talk passionately about the consistent quality of this franchise as well as the many ways it has changed gaming over the years, you may start to wonder why we really only got one “proper” Metroid game (Metroid II remake Metroid: Samus Returns) between 2007 and 2021. Well, the answer has to do with the one word you won’t hear a lot of hardcore Metroid fans say when they talk about this franchise: “sales.” Nintendo has historically never been very open in terms of sales figures, but between the official sales figures that have…

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14 Oct

How Spider-Man: No Way Home Changed Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock Performance

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Rarely has two simple words from a movie trailer stirred up the kind of frenzy that “Hello, Peter” did in the recent teaser for Spider-Man: No Way Home. In essence, the line, as delivered with a mocking grin by Alfred Molina’s returning Doctor Octopus, was the pithy, definitively-fulfilling validation of the wild multiverse rabbit hole avenues of speculation fielded by fans. Now, as the veil slowly lifts regarding the film’s secrets, the prospective Peter in question, star Tom Holland, reveals the adjustments Molina had to make in his 17-years-awaited return. Molina is making a monumental comeback in No Way Home…

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14 Oct

Den of Geek’s Horror Movie Sleepover Memories

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The best time to discover horror movies is when you’re fractionally too young to be watching horror movies. And the best people to watch them with are not your parents, who will reassure you and allow you talk through any worries you have, but a bunch of similarly aged, ill prepared, youngsters. Hence the sleepover is the ideal screening scenario, where a bunch of kids get together to stay up all night and watch scary movies.  We’ve all got a scary sleepover story, so the Den of Geek staff has come together to share theirs. Why not share your own…

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14 Oct

Metroid Dread Is a “Sacred Cow” With Bad Design, Says God of War Creator

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After struggling to solve one of Metroid Dread‘s earliest puzzles, God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe proceeded to go on an epic multi-front rant in which he referred to Metroid Dread as a “sacred cow” with “s*** design” and criticized modern developers for trying to make games too hard. During a recent Metroid Dread stream, Jaffe encountered an early in-game roadblock he couldn’t quite figure out. Shortly thereafter, someone in the chat seems to have told him that he needs to shoot the ceiling in order to access the area above. Jaffe did just that, acted mildly…

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14 Oct

Link Tank: How Monster Girl from Invincible Subverts Female Superhero Tropes

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Monster Girl from Invincible is paving the way for a new generation of female superheroes that aren’t just glamorous. “In the third episode of Amazon’s adult animated superhero series Invincible — aptly titled ‘Who You Calling Ugly?’ — two members of supergroup Guardians of the Globe butt heads. Rex Splode, who has the power of electricity, mocks the team’s addition of 12-year-old Amanda.” Read more at Inverse Ana de Armas stole the show as Paloma in No Time To Die, but her character’s appearance was cut way too short. “No Time To Die promised us better characterization for the ‘Bond Girls’…

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14 Oct

Destroyer of Light: Jennifer Marie Brissett Puts Persephone in Space

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This article is sponsored by Destroyer of Light, Jennifer Marie Brissett‘s transporting new sci-fi novel, is a speculative fiction retelling of the Persephone myth set far into the future and light years away. The fast-paced, non-linear story unfolds over twelve chapters, and encompasses multiple perspectives over many years, bringing the reader to a world entirely unlike our own, yet endlessly informed by it. The setting? After the destruction of Earth, human refugees settled on the planet Eleusis and spread across its three habitable zones: Day, Dusk, and Night. Humans live alongside the Krestge—the very aliens whose annihilation of Earth forced…

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14 Oct

Netflix You Recap: Every Insane Thing Joe Did in Season 1 & 2

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Warning: contains major plot spoilers for You season 1 & 2 Meet Joe Goldberg. He’s a good guy who wants to keep you safe. Because Joe loves you and will save you. He’ll save you from your terrible friends and your terrible exes and your terrible self and from this whole terrible world. Granted, he’ll do it with a hammer, a glass murder tank, and a shallow grave, but that’s not the real him. He’s just a romantic who does what he does out of love. In season two, Joe (Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley) actually met Love (played by The Haunting of…

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14 Oct

Star Trek Just Made This Deep-Cut TNG Character Into a Captain

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This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 10, “First First Contact.” In the surprisingly epic, and emotionally affecting Season 2 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks — “First First Contact” — writer and creator Mike McMahan pulls us back to another era of Trek history and reveals what happened to a character who, in some ways, qualifies as the first The Next Generation Lower Decker, well before the actual TNG episode “Lower Decks” ever aired. At the start of “First First Contact,” Captain Freeman reveals the USS Cerritos will be going on a joint mission…

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14 Oct

American Horror Story Double Feature Goes Behind the Scenes at the Faked Moon Landing

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This American Horror Story: Double Feature review contains spoilers. American Horror Story Season 10 Episode 9: Blue Moon With every passing year, the human-alien hybrid efforts being undertaken by the mysterious aliens from the 1950s seem to be getting closer to something familiar. We’ve seen the early efforts; the face-hugger monster from Amelia Earhart was horrifying, but they’re getting closer, if only from the fact that half of Angelica Ross’ Theta looks halfway human (and halfway alien). However, they’ve got hundreds of failed experiments suspended in glass jars like exhibits at a circus sideshow, and they all had to come…

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14 Oct

Legends of Tomorrow Showrunner Breaks Down Season 7 Premiere and Previews What’s Next

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This article contains Legends of Tomorrow spoilers. Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 Episode 1 Legends of Tomorrow remains one of the most delightful, unexpected shows on TV. Despite its official title as DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, the show has strayed so far from its comic book roots as to be almost unrecognizable as a superhero show in most episodes. That isn’t a bad thing, by the way. Legends of Tomorrow is more workplace comedy than superhero show, full of compassionate, quirky weirdos who just happen to have superheroes…and one of the coolest space/timeships in TV history. And Legends fans have…

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14 Oct

The Best Cosplay at New York Comic Con 2021

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For the first time during the pandemic era, a major Comic Con was held in person, and where there’s a Comic Con, there’s a cosplayer waiting for a chance to display their impressive handmade looks. Mask mandates and vaccination requirements didn’t stop fans from strutting their stuff around the showroom of the Javits Center at New York Comic Con 2021. Den of Geek was on the floor, bringing you on-the-ground coverage and our print magazine featuring an exclusive Dune cover story and the NYCC show guide. One of the more enjoyable parts of the convention for us, beyond spending way…

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13 Oct

New Star Wars Character Teased in Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

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While upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi will be set during the eponymous Jedi’s years of hermitage between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, it will nevertheless showcase adventures on which he’ll encounter a sizable array of characters both old and new. Notably, one of the show’s debuting characters will be played by Eternals co-star Kumail Nanjiani, who—despite a Disney-dealt gag order that even his Marvel character, the mighty celestial Kingo, dare not break—recently teased details that, while vague, seem intriguing. While the main Obi-Wan Kenobi cast set to join star movie-role-reprising star Ewan McGregor was officially…

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13 Oct

Warzone: Why Ricochet Anti-Cheat Has Fans Worried

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Activision has finally revealed Ricochet: the long-awaited anti-cheat software that they’ll use to battle Call of Duty: Warzone‘s small army of hackers and cheaters. While millions of gamers are celebrating this announcement, many others are already raising concerns regarding the privacy and security of Richochet and the implications of its kernel-level design. You’re going to be hearing a lot of talk about Ricochet and what the anti-cheat software means for the future of Call of Duty, Warzone, and anti-cheat software in general, so let’s just take a step back and take a broad look at what the Ricochet anti-cheat controversy…

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13 Oct

The Last of Us HBO Series Set Photo Offers First Real Look at Joel

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Apart from one or two exceptions, video game adaptations have always been losing propositions, whether it’s Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, or Assassin’s Creed. But even successful translations like Netflix’s excellent Castlevania series haven’t had gone through the level of scrutiny from the fandom that’s currently aimed at HBO’s The Last of Us. It probably has something to do with the fact that the network is taking on one of the greatest video game stories ever told. Fortunately, the creative director behind the video games, Neil Druckmann, has written all of the episodes of the show’s upcoming first season,…

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