DP Bradford Young on Bridging the ‘Mundane and the Spectacular’ in Arrival

Ad content continues below Bradford Young: Ha ha, thats great. Well as the human being reading it, there was a lot to anchor myself into, you know. The material got me quick. Im a real fan. When you got together with Denis what were those discussions like? When we first got together it was real just human. Yeah, Ive got kids. All those basic questions. What kind of films do you like?...

November 10, 2016 · 4 min · 670 words · Angela Miller

Ghost In The Shell: Why It’s Still Disturbingly Relevant

Theres a matter of factness toGhost In The Shellthat is perfectly chilling. If our souls are programs within machines, then it follows that those programs can be hacked. If they can be hacked, they can be controlled, shut down, or corrupted. What might it mean if the organic bit of us were taken away? What would remain, and how would its absence change us? Yet her body also seems plastic and somehow sexless; a vehicle to be driven, like a car....

November 10, 2016 · 2 min · 219 words · Marie Edwards

How Marilyn Manson Plans To Cut Loose As Salem’s Barber

Marilyn Manson makes his low-key debut on this weeksSalemseason 3 episode The Heart Is a Devil. Two short scenes will give a glimpse into a typical day of his character, the town barber. Thomas Dinleys shop doesnt have a pole and hes not cutting heads this time around. Barbers did double-duty as doctors and surgeons in the hazy, crazy days of the Salem Witch Trials. He already owned original pieces of the ancient medical equipment he worked with on set....

November 9, 2016 · 8 min · 1661 words · Michael Rodriguez

Steven Universe Is The LGBTQ Representation We Need

ThisSteven Universefeature contains spoilers up to Last One Out of Beach City. About a year ago I first started hearing about a little show calledSteven Universeon Cartoon data pipe. It dealt with a little boy and his Gem friends saving the world. Oh, that sounds cool, I thought. I just didnt think it was really for me. Then some gifs started appearing that made the show seem, well, pretty gay....

November 9, 2016 · 4 min · 795 words · Sandra Nelson

Does anything actually change in the Marvel cinematic universe?

14 movies in, does the Marvel cinematic universe ever really fundamentally change? This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. This article contains spoilers for The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World. Some people although not many hate Marvel films, but you usually know what youre going to get. This does mean that a Marvel Cinematic Universe event is often a predictable one, though. Of course, all movies are predictable to an extent....

November 8, 2016 · 1 min · 197 words · Andrea Huffman

The Boys From Brazil is Weirder Than Any Horror Movie

What has Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, and 92 Hitlers? The Boys From Brazil! In a lot of ways, Ira Levin was the Dan Brown of the 60s and 70s. What if all the seemingly perfect wives in a seemingly perfect suburban community were really robots?). He was a master of the outrageous storyline and the twist ending. Problem was, he was an absolutely miserable writer. Were talking just plain bone awful here....

November 8, 2016 · 3 min · 497 words · Brandon Gamble

Doctor Who: The Power Of The Daleks animation review

A classic in every sense, The Power Of The Daleks is now available to buy in animated form. Here’s our review… But chief scientist Lesterson is keen to wake them up… As such, the style is far morePugwashthanPrincess Mononoke, but its surprisingly effective. Ad content continues below This isnt to say that the humanoid characters are badly animated, though. All of the best character work has been saved, quite rightly, for Patrick Troughtons Doctor....

November 7, 2016 · 1 min · 111 words · William Hanson

Doctor Strange: Who is Dormammu?

Dormammu, the mysterious figure in the Dark Dimension, has menaced Doctor Strange for years. This article containsDoctor Strangespoilers. In Doctor Stranges earliest comic book appearances, he went up against mostly one off villains. But when the Dread Dormammu appeared, things changed. Now, Dormammu has finally made his way to the big screen. Dormammu was just another mystical sounding name that Strange, Mordo, and the Ancient One bandied about. Lovecraft and Robert E....

November 5, 2016 · 3 min · 559 words · Jeanne Chandler

Power Rangers Dino Super Charge: The Rangers Rock! Review

We consider who the real leader of Dino Super Charge is while the endgame finally gets rolling! ThisPower Rangers Dino Super Chargereview contains spoilers. Power Rangers Dino Super Charge Episode 19 Oh hey, theres the endgameDino Super Charge. I wondered when you were going to show up. Sledge is back and man, I missed him. What wasnt so nice was the reason why Sledge was gone. Heh, Im hilarious. Then he went on vacation....

November 5, 2016 · 4 min · 787 words · Wendy Bartlett

15 Best Gilmore Girls Episodes

If you want a quick introduction to the show,Rorys Danceis the perfect way. Its precisely this history that makes the final twist so utterly heartbreaking. Then theres Rory and her impending choice between nice guy Dean and bad boy Jess. Sleep-deprived townies in 1940s garb are the best kind of townies. Gilmore Girlsdoesnt do flashbacks, but when it does it does so in one of its most divisive episodes. Season four was a transitional year in general, and this is the start of the shows second phase....

November 4, 2016 · 1 min · 175 words · Elizabeth Chaney

Ultra HD 4K Blu-rays, and pricing people out of a format

It should be a crucial Christmas for the Ultra HD Blu-ray format. But not with 30 being asked for Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates… This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. And its people who really care about home cinema who are really needed right now. On Blu-ray, I remember the fun Paul Walker thrillerInto The Blueenjoying a similar status). Its been a cautious start for the new format....

November 3, 2016 · 2 min · 331 words · Lonnie Phillips

30 of TV’s most triumphant, heartening moments

We all need a bit of a lift now and again. And some forward-jumping narrative trickery, to boot. But for me it was the You think youre champions? Marge has actually bought Bart the game he wanted so badly and tried to steal. The moment that gets me the most is in the last episode,Leaves. As with the best narratives, the darker and more depressing the moment, the greater the pay-off....

November 2, 2016 · 4 min · 835 words · Kyle Gordon

Roy Of The Rovers: celebrating its letters page of July 1988

This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. And then I like to read the letters page of said publications. Thank the lord his son also called Roy turned out to be a great player too. What were the odds? Ad content continues below Anyway. You might not get much out of this, but I really quite loved it. Within two years, Alex Ferguson has secured the F.A. Manchester United eventually named a stand after him....

November 2, 2016 · 2 min · 334 words · William Anderson