Below Deck Season 11: Captain Kerry Has a Huge Firing Decision to Make for Episode 4

Below Deck’s Barbie Pascual is on very thin ice after altercations with Cat Baugh and Fraser Olender. This Below Deck article contains spoilers. Were requesting that we were all as nice as we could be to Cat. And [Barbie] things that were all now against her. I said, Thats certainly not the case. However you have been vile to me for the past two days,' Fraser continued. Thats where Ive come to, Captain....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 270 words · Brandon Villanueva

Is Helldivers 2 Worth It? Solo Player Experience, Server Problems, and More

Since its launch on February 8,Helldivers 2has become the talk of the gaming world. Comparatively,Helldivers 2is quickly setting both player count and sales records. Its also getting people to talkaboutStarship Troopersagain, which is an objectively great thing. Ad content continues below Yes,Helldivers 2has a Battle Pass. Of course, that estimate may vary depending on your luck and strategies. How Long Does it Take to Beat Helldivers 2? Helldivers 2is a co-op multiplayer game that does not offer a single-player campaign or story mode option....

February 20, 2024 · 2 min · 307 words · Sarah Morse

Marvel Just Hinted at a Major X-Men Origin Story Retcon

This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #1. Who areQuicksilverand theScarlet Witch? Most would say that they areMarvelsuperheroes, twin members ofthe Avengersand, sometimes, theX-Men. But a lot has changed since then. With the purchase of 20th Century Fox, the MCU can now include mutants. Marvel finally acknowledges that expectation inScarlet Witch & Quicksilver#1. Magneto is dead, Wanda, he proclaims before running away. Ive no need for his absentee opinions....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 175 words · Brittney Elliott

Richard Osman’s Next Book Is About a Famous Crime Novelist

The best-selling author of The Thursday Murder Club series isnt straying far from home with his new book. Theyve all done it.Agatha Christieinvented Ariadne Oliver. Now, mega-successful crime author Richard Osman has written a book about a mega-successful crime author. Now, hes announced the first details of that book, and revealed its cover and title. Out in September 2024, Richard Osmans next book published by Penguin Books will beWe Solve Murders....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 197 words · Jesse Klein

Sex Education Fans Need to Watch BBC Three’s Boarders

Missing the Netflix show? From the creator of Timewasters, British teen race comedy-drama Boarders is funny, shrewd and worth your time. On the street with their midriff out and no coat on. What I actually felt was joy. Boarderschannels the best teen comedy-dramas and does it to talk about race. Series one (hopefully therell be more) packs a lot in to six episodes. They dont only experience hostility; there are also students only too keen to patronisingly adopt a Black bestie....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 130 words · Nancy Camacho

These Unofficial 1980s Doctor Who Films Blazed a Trail

These 1980s fan films got there first. Then there are all theunofficialappearances thatdefinitely still count. A particularly interesting fan-madeDoctor Whoproduction is the series of short films made bySeattle International Filmsin the 1980s. It seemed like the perfect subject for a film. Along the way anticipated a number of developments that would later find their way into the TV series. New Kinds of Adventures A female Doctor was not the only new element Johnsons episodes would introduce....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 132 words · Alexander Watts

This Madame Web Line Shows the Movie Doesn’t Understand Spider-Man at All

This Madame Web article contains spoilers. With great power comes great responsibility might be the most important line in superhero fiction. Ad content continues below But it places the motivation in the wrong direction. Like most of the original Marvel heroes thatJack KirbyandSteve Ditkocreated withStan Lee, Spider-Man has power thrust upon him. InMadame Webs retelling, responsibility is a means to power. Spider-Man is the greatest hero of all time precisely because hedoesntwant the power, but he accepts the responsibility....

February 20, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Melissa Willis

Breathtaking Review: Dignified Retelling of a Shameful Sh*tshow

This humane NHS Coronavirus drama speaks volumes from behind the mask. Why should we have to go through all of that again on screen wasnt once enough? Its a clear-eyed depiction of a regrettable sh*tshow. Without overstatement, the drama makes it clear that this isnt a battle being fought on only one front. Theres the virus, and then theres the volley of untruths and unscientific bravado coming from above. Suspected cases of Covid-19 without a history of travel arent tested....

February 19, 2024 · 1 min · 199 words · Sally Brown

How Young Sheldon Foreshadowed The Big Bang Theory Finale (After It Already Aired)

Thanks to Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory had two series finales in one night. Allow us to explain. Its heartbreaking and probably something many viewers can understand and relate to. The sequence is an affecting moment of hope. New episodes of Young Sheldons final season air Thursdays at 8 p.m. All episodes of The Big Bang Theory are streaming on Max.

February 19, 2024 · 1 min · 62 words · Robert Smith

Revisiting the Best Games of 1999

1999 was one of thebest years in video game history. What were the best games of 1999, though? The answer to that question will obviously (hopefully obviously) vary wildly from person to person. At the very least, though, its a fun conversation to have. Ad content continues below Any games released for any regions during that period are considered eligible. Here are the 20 best games of 1999: 20. CTRs nearly perfect controls and expanded combat options made it a slightly more competitive alternative toMario Kartsparty game style....

February 19, 2024 · 3 min · 549 words · Jack Leblanc

Star Trek’s Weirdest Attempt to Be Sexy Failed Miserably

Getting hot and steamy with gel lathered all over barely clothed actors… and the captains dog?! Star Trek: Enterprise tried to be sexy and failed. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001. The nightEnterprise, later to be namedStar Trek: Enterprise, premiered with Broken Bow. I taped it on VHS and watched it with my mom a day or so later. We both enjoyed it well enough. Until we got to a certain scene....

February 19, 2024 · 2 min · 406 words · Mark Henderson

The Failed Hannibal Adaptation That Led to Silence of the Lambs

Its all Michael Manns fault. Eventually, De Laurentiis landed on the perfect filmmaker to adapt the novel: directorMichael Mann. For the part of Lecter, renamed Lecktor for some reason, Mann castBrian Cox. Cox has none of the elegance and allure that later actors would bring to Hannibal. Manhuntermay differ from later Harris adaptations, but it has an appeal all its own. And yet,Manhunterflopped. No one was more disappointed than De Laurentiis....

February 19, 2024 · 2 min · 249 words · Ann Barrett

The Way Review: Earnest, Weird British Dystopian TV Is Back

Remember the politicised society-falls-apart TV of the 1960s and 1970s? Crime and periods drama dominance isnt the only modern TV trend bucked byThe Way. As they travel together, their priorities sharpen and realign as most learn the inadequacy of their old approach. Owens drug withdrawal leads to expressionist fantasy sequences and spooky hallucinations. The Ways problem is its insistence on explaining its mad moments, and worse, over-explaining them. Or is that the point?...

February 19, 2024 · 1 min · 155 words · Marilyn Moore