The Marx Brothers Early Career Explored in Fascinating New Book

Robert S. Bader spoke to us about his book detailing the Marx Brothers' rise in vaudeville. Bader doesnt just give a history of the Marx Brothers. He fills in lost details to the whole history of the business of funny. By all accounts, it was beautiful. Ad content continues below Den of Geek: This book is more than a history of the Marx Brothers. It is an in-depth look at the evolution of show business in the early 20th Century....

December 9, 2016 · 8 min · 1534 words · Christopher Mullins

Visiting the set of War For The Planet Of The Apes

William Friedkins underappreciated masterpieceThe Sorcerersent Roy Scheider off in a truck over a long and very rickety-looking bridge. By the end you realise that its Caesars movie. People love that character. I think you should start the movie on Caesar. Id want to start in the ape world. I feel thats the version of the movie Ive never seen the beginning of ape culture. A tragedy of almost Shakespearian proportions,Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apesmatched spectacle with genuine depth....

December 9, 2016 · 3 min · 584 words · Kim Atkinson

Can We Have More of Tom Cruise the Actor, Please?

Over the weekend, we got the release of the trailer for 2017sThe Mummymovie. In it, as many were quick to point out, Tom Cruise is soon running again. But then, whenever he takes a role a little off the usual track, he does. He held his own against Paul Newman in Martin ScorsesesThe Color Of Money. A richly deserved Oscar nod followed. There is fine running in both of those films....

December 8, 2016 · 2 min · 219 words · Kevin Snyder

Den Of Geek Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Stocking Stuffers

Good things come in small packages. Here’s the proof. So you need something small both in size and budget for the discerning pop culture fanatic in your life? Then allow us to offer up the perfect holiday stucking stuffers for geeks! You dont have to blow into it to make it work. you might easily spend a good hour browsing through all the rad wearables they have available. In fact, we did, which is how we learned of their impressive assortment of 1....

December 8, 2016 · 2 min · 406 words · Catherine Hansen

Final Fantasy XV Is a Hard Look at the Generation Gap

A changed game for a changing world. How Final Fantasy XV takes a hard look at gaming’s generation gap… The generation gap is a lot like the cliffs inLooney Tunes. Eventually, however, youre forced to look. You start to notice things that somehow feel odd to you. A new social data pipe appears that requires you to type your social security number to register. Presidential debates are relayed solely through emojis....

December 8, 2016 · 3 min · 575 words · Angela Miller

Michael Showalter On The Wild Ending of TBS’ Search Party

Search Party co-creator Michael Showalter chats with us about mystery, unbecoming characters, and the drama in comedy. Whether you were bingingSearch Partysfreshman season or not, its likely that youre aware of comedic juggernaut Michael Showalter. In a lot of ways though,Search Partyfeels like it might be Showalters most complex project to date. MICHAEL SHOWALTER:Not very much. Whats the working relationship like between you and your co-creators Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss?...

December 8, 2016 · 4 min · 686 words · Anthony Williams

Salem Season 3 Episode 5 Review: The Witch is Back

Lucy Lawless gives love tips and Marilyn Manson takes a little off the top on this weeks Salem. First she gets to see her hero fulfill every promise his legend foretold. He destroys an entire troop of unkillable native Americans in full battle array. He recovers himself from a wound in time to continue fighting. She gets to save his life. Only to be numbered among the honored collateral damage that the famed Indian Killer leaves in his wake....

December 8, 2016 · 3 min · 544 words · Sara Anderson DVM

Sony’s SingStar: what’s gone wrong?

As Sony removes 683 songs from its SingStar service, is it curtains for the once-hugely popular singing game? Just thought this was worth a quick revisit. Whilst theres been no official confirmation, it seems Sony has all but given up on the game. In days of old, updates were regular and new discs were released. However, the latest addition of new songs to the SingStore came back in March 2016....

December 8, 2016 · 3 min · 533 words · Kristine Powell

South Park Season 20 Finale Review

‘Member when Matt and Trey took aim at themselves? South Park Season 20 Episode 10 The joke was on Hollywood telling us we better member. Ad content continues below Id argue that season 19 wasnt fully serialized, but the episdoes were thematically linked. Elsewhere, their two-season long Trump storyline is a win for their shoddy long-game record. They depicted a tweeting orange deciding to bomb Denmark on a whim. Or after being egged on by his ex-boyfriend....

December 8, 2016 · 2 min · 314 words · Nathaniel Hudson

Agents of SHIELD: The Laws of Inferno Dynamics Review

The Agents of SHIELD midseason finale brings us a reckoning for Ghost Rider. ThisAgents of SHIELDreview contains spoilers. The hell, Marvel? Yeah, he was corrupted by the power of the Darkhold, but why? Well, this week we find out, and damn is it effective. Bitterness has transformed Morrow into a world smasher just as hellfire transforms his nephew into the Ghost Rider. I just feel that Morrow could have been a great and multi-faceted villain this entire time....

December 7, 2016 · 3 min · 477 words · Austin Perry

An Apology for South Park’s Member Berries

I do, I member tauntauns, Chewbacca, and Star Wars all! Hence, why Id like to both celebrate and offer a sheepish mea culpa for Member Berries. Or be spending the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor writing about tauntauns. So member Member Berries? You should, even after they also become a pop culture relic following tonightsSouth Parkseason finale. But afterward, like still munch away on the little purple suckers, and well do the same....

December 7, 2016 · 1 min · 96 words · Cassandra Whitaker

Scream Queens Season 2, Episode 8: Rapunzel, Rapunzel Review

Scream Queens Season 2 is turning into a debaucherous melange of sex, drugs and premeditated homicide. This Scream Queens review contains spoilers. Shes even making me feel dated. The skin of a Halloween massacre mascot could only come from a nightmarish wonderland of creepy costumes. Of course the perpetrators paid in cash. Of course he has no receipts. Beware of deceptively kindly widows who offer you a cup of tea....

December 7, 2016 · 1 min · 81 words · Kimberly Holt

Batman Writer Tom King Talks Suicide Squad, Catwoman Developments, and More

We had a chance to talk “I Am Suicide” and Batman #12 with writer Tom King. Tom King has spent the last 3 years rushing to comics superstardom. UnlikeOmega Men,Visionsold quite well. Ive been banging theOmega Mendrum to everyone wholl listen. Tom King:Thank you so much, man. Nobody read that book, so anyone banging that drum is… Ad content continues below Oh my God. Im giving it away for Christmas presents this year....

December 6, 2016 · 5 min · 972 words · Jennifer Nelson