Krypton, Gotham, Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead spin-off. Is there no end to TV’s thirst for commissioning prequels? ANewsroom-style series about The Daily Planet before Clark Kent started working there? A psychological procedural featuring Dr. Harleen Quinzel but no Joker? A jungle-set adventure series about Gorilla Grodds granddad? There wasTheYoung Indiana Jones Chronicles,Young Herculesand the animatedMuppet Babies, to name but a few. Even here in the UK, classic sitcoms got prequels such asFirst Of The Summer WineandRock & Chips....

This article contains spoilers for severalHobbitrelated things. Peter Jacksons trilogy ofHobbitfilms may be the fantasy fans equivalent of the old BeatlesWhite Albumdebate. You know the one, right? WouldThe White Albumactually have been better off as a single instead of a double LP? And which tracks doyoucut to get it there? With the release of the third (!) In other words,of courseThe Hobbitwould be more than one movie. And the stone giants were never heard from again!...

The 100 delivers a powerful mid-season finale that questions if we are defined by our biggest mistakes. Majorspoilersahead forThe 100s mid-season finale. Venture no further if you have not yet watched tonights episode,Spacewalker. At least in orbit, no one was trying to kill the last of the space-faring humans. A year ago, the struggle was against attritionof supplies of oxygen, of hope. Sending the 100 to the ground was a bold, desperate move....

Mark Wahlberg rolls the dice in a remake of the 1974 James Caan drama The Gambler. But does he win or crap out? I am not a gambler. Sadly,The Gamblerdoesnt give me any real insight into that. The thrill of risk is not present on his face, in his voice, or his body language. The Gambleropens in theaters on Christmas Day (December 25). Like us onFacebookand follow us onTwitterfor all news updates related to the world of geek....

Here’s our review… When it comes to a Tim Burton movie, Im an eternal optimist. All charm and gesticulations, Walter sweeps the new divorce off her feet and into his marriage bed. Avoiding much of the earnest stiltedness associated with its subject matter on film,Big Eyesis thereby refreshingly off-balance. Intriguingly though, Burton (whos always been an actors director) lets both performers enjoy the total spotlight. However, his trademark preference for constantly bemused composition or broadly offbeat performances is always underneath the surface....

This review contains spoilers. Charlie Brookers been hiding something. Even, or perhaps especially, with our public demons. At this point in proceedings, Matt is the villain of the piece. Hes alsoand well get back to thisa deeply unreliable narrator. Does all that though, mean that Matt deserves to be ostracised? I give him until the next ad break before that handsome face is spread all over the pavement. Brookers drama urges caution here and elsewhere inWhite Christmas....

This festive season, friends of Den of Geek have laid further troubles on our already tired minds. What did you think of Doctor Who? Oh it was really good, they said. No, he was the Doctor. Ad content continues below What? So are you looking forward to the Christmas one then? It got a bit too nerdy last year. Still, its not like people didnt warn us about the whole friendship thing....

Between 2000 and 2010, he directed nine. But beneath the genre surface, theres a uniting element: a mortal character on the search for meaning. The beings who made the vicious beast inAlienalso made us. There is nothing, Weyland gasps. Lying next to him, Davids disembodied head offers no comfort: I know, comes the reply. Tyrell reveals to Batty that a Replicants short life is set from birth and cant be extended....

Ad content continues below Joaquin Phoenix:Ive got to say Im really selfish. I dont think I think about the audience. And I dont really know why I make the decisions that I make. I wish I did just so I could give you a solid answer in an interview. But its usually just a feeling. Its kind of like falling in love, you know. You know I attempt to come up with reasons but I dont fully understand it....

Thats not to say it invented the musical TV show far from it. Join us as we look back at the all-singing, all-dancing musical serial. Ostensibly, this is to revive the towns fortunes, but its really as much about his own ego. Moreover, and quite fitting for his business, hes a gambler. Looking back though, the star-making turn here is Tennants. At once a romantic anti-hero and a slightly crooked copper, hes the most beguiling character in the serial....

Admittedly, that may be a biased assessment. The same audience whod see Ridley ScottsPrometheus, or James CameronsAvatar. And theres the big problem. What happens when a director-led franchise loses its director? JJ Abrams is gone, lured away by his the opportunity to direct his childhood favourite,Star Wars. Ad content continues below [related article: Is the Star Trek Franchise in Trouble?] And why should they? Whatever you think of Abrams movies, they werent about that....

Can you talk a little about how the book came about? When I was 14 years old I was crazy about Dr Seuss. One of the words I made up was Squickerwonkers. Is there going to be a different vice for each book? Both are nine books each, so the entire series will be 18 books. Why publish it now? And I realised that my first passion has always been writing....

Can you talk a little about how the book came about? When I was 14 years old I was crazy about Dr Seuss. One of the words I made up was Squickerwonkers. Is there going to be a different vice for each book? Both are nine books each, so the entire series will be 18 books. Why publish it now? And I realised that my first passion has always been writing....