Westworld Episode 6 Review: The Adversary

This Westworld review contains spoilers. But it all serves a strangely subversive reappropriation of these lazy TV tropes. Maeve is going downstairs to manipulate Felix with great ease, and eventually Sylvester with expected intimidation. This is where Newton really shined and likely earned herself a frontrunner status at the Emmys next year. Perhaps because for Maeve, it means purely hell. Were about to have some fun, indeed, in the coming weeks....

November 7, 2016 · 2 min · 396 words · Megan Lee

Why HBO’s Oz Is Still Influential 20 Years Later

We revisit HBO’s sterling and seminal prison drama Oz on the run-up to its 20th anniversary… This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. Certainly nothing to match its bleakness, verisimilitude or narrative-framing-flights-of-fancy. Of course it isnt just polite society or its authoritarian instruments that act against the inmates. Sometimes the show could be wilfully ridiculous, particularly in its later years.) We aint ever gonna change. In the end, Dino was wrong....

November 7, 2016 · 1 min · 202 words · Brandon Dunn

Class Episode 4 Review: Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Class delivers a dramatic mid-series episode with the feel of a finale in Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart… This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. This review contains spoilers. Ad content continues below You cant just fast-forward to the good stuff. Its UK-size run of eight episodes pretty much demands that it does. April has gone to the Shadow world to get her heart back. Ram, being Ram, has gone after her....

November 5, 2016 · 2 min · 345 words · Paul White

Hearthstone: The Legend of the Game’s Greatest Deck

How one deck of cards became the stuff of Hearthstone legend. Its called Adrenaline Rush and, for one mana, it allowed Rogue players to draw a card. Two cards if they managed to play another card before it. To those that do not knowHearthstonethat well, this card must not seem like a big deal. After all, drawing cards is just a natural part of this game, isnt it? Ad content continues below...

November 5, 2016 · 3 min · 573 words · Thomas Rogers

Sailor Moon R, Episode 4 (50) review – Usagi’s Crisis: The Tiara Stops Working

An outing to a new virtual reality arcade lands Usagi’s family in the middle of a Cardian attack! Usagi checks out a virtual reality arcade (remember when virtual reality was a thing? ), but is bummed when it comes off as couples only. It gets even worse when Sailor Moons tiara doesnt work. Too bad about the tiara. I wonder if Usagi can bring it into one of those We Buy Gold!...

November 5, 2016 · 2 min · 264 words · Shane Ochoa

Screenwriter Jon Spaihts: Doctor Strange Has the Best Origin Story

Ad content continues below Jon Spaihts:Very little mandate. We really just sat down to figure out what the story ought to be. Strange story to tell. In the end, his origin story from the comics is so compelling that we found it undeniable. His is one of the most elegant origin stories. You already had some great bones to work with there. I think it is the best comic book origin story....

November 5, 2016 · 4 min · 784 words · Robert Chan

11 Best Genre TV Heroines of The Last 25 Years

As the series progresses, its reasonable to wonder whether theres anything Sam Carter cant do. Lets make this simple. Sounds a bit like Cersei Lannister. Melinda May Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. That her peers refer to Melinda May as The Cavalry tells us everything we need to know aboutS.H.I.E.L.D.s jack-of-all-trades. Did I mention that shes immortal? Having the courage to face her inner demons comes later, but is nonetheless just as impressive....

November 4, 2016 · 1 min · 176 words · Jason Mcfarland

Alien: Covenant and Prometheus – Making Sense of Their Plots

What was Prometheus all about? What can we expect from Alien: Covenant? Prometheustoyed with weighty themes, yet left plenty of specifics frustratingly obscure. What happened on the planetoid LV-223 that led all those Engineers to die in a heap? Who made the black goo? So how can we square all this in the context ofPrometheusandAlien: Covenant? These show a grey, body-strewn landscape recall the ash-covered victims of Pompeii, frozen in their death throes....

November 4, 2016 · 1 min · 132 words · Holly Nelson

Doctor Strange: the first attempt to bring him to the screen

Nearly 40 years ago, Doctor Strange got his first shot at screen glory. We take a look back at the Dr Strange TV pilot… Remember the theme tune to Manimal? That was also Chihara. This other reality is imagined as a wonderfully kitsch amalgam of weird filters and lava lamp-style vortices of colour. The demon Balzaroth is imagined as a black-clad figure teetering on the back of a wayward horse....

November 4, 2016 · 2 min · 239 words · Jason Young

Doctor Strange: The Wonderful Weirdness of the 1978 TV Movie

Marvels 1978 Doctor Strange TV movie (officially known asDr. Strange) is admittedly, something of an acquired taste. But theres an undeniable charm and air of mystery about this particularDr. Strangemovie, although it may not be quite to everyones taste. Remember how I referred to this as deliberately paced? That is, perhaps, an understatement. But when the supernatural stuff happens, its got some legitimate atmosphere. The Nameless One, an extradimensional demon that Morgan le Fay answers to is creepy in its minimalism....

November 4, 2016 · 1 min · 201 words · Kevin Griffith

Hacksaw Ridge: Why It Took a Lifetime to Make (Plus 10 Years)

The reception forHacksaw Ridge, from the Venice Film Festivalto our very own review, has been glowing. Ad content continues below I understand that you were in Venice when the film received a 10-minute standing ovation. What was that like? Oh my gosh, it was fantastic. I had never been to Venice before. Its such fun, but this, Ive never really experienced anything quite like this, the film. Had that been the first time youd seen the finished film?...

November 4, 2016 · 5 min · 961 words · Stephanie Nguyen

Supernatural Season 12 Episode 4: American Nightmare Review

We may have been shouting at the TV during last night’s episode of Supernatural… This Supernatural review contains spoilers. Supernaturaldoes a great job tying situational plots into overarching or emotional plot. Dean texts Mom like a teenage girl. Dean focuses on Mom and son in church longingly. Its mostly Dean who seems so affected perhaps because Mary died when Dean was old enough to remember her. Sam was just an infant, so he has no recollection of her....

November 4, 2016 · 2 min · 229 words · Troy Moss

The Quietly Radical Ending of Doctor Strange

This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. This article contains massive spoilers forDoctor Strange. After all, Doctor Strange isnt your average whatever that is Marvel hero. Theres no huge in-built audience here, outside of those following the Marvel cinematic universe religiously. And, to a degree, the film lives up to that risky billing. Theres a horror-ish undercurrent to the movie. It feels just a little different from what Marvel has been serving up....

November 4, 2016 · 3 min · 447 words · Pamela Barnes