Netflix’s Black Doves Cast: Meet the British Spy Show’s Characters

Helen is a mother of twins and wife to Wallace Webb, the UK government minister for defence. Buchan is also a screenwriter and his debut TV seriesPassengeraired earlier this year on ITV. Shes joined by Ella Lily Hyland as fellow psychopathic killer Williams. Litvinenko,Chernobyl,The Lazarus Projectand stage actor Sam Troughton plays UK government Commissioner Stephen Yarrick. Comedian, multi-hyphenate and household name Tracey Ullman plays the mysterious matriarch Alex Clark. Save Me,Boiling Point, Moonflower MurdersandLivings Thomas Coombes plays tabloid journalist Philip Bray....

December 5, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Lisa Robinson

Shetland Series 9 Episode 5 Review: Rossi’s Flashbacks Belong in Another Show

Shetland digs into Annie Betts past and unearths an old enemy. Warning: contains spoilers for Shetland series nine episode five. Heres a question: If you wanted to watch a London-set spy thriller, would you tune in toShetland? Annie needed to get out of London because she missed the Shetland sky, she said. Im right there with her. Now we know whats behind his unusual interest in little Noah Bett. Hes so ashamed of how he treated Annie that he sees solving her murder as a kind of reparation....

December 5, 2024 · 1 min · 186 words · Carl Evans

Star Trek Finally Addresses a Nagging Question About Starfleet Captains

This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers. At least once in their lives, everyStar Trekfan has asked themselves a variation of the same question. Whys the Captain here? The Captains sure seem like they have a lot of time on their hands. Why not just send some red shirts to deal with this nonsense? But the latest episode ofLower Decksoffers a compelling in-universe reason for the captains busy social calendars....

December 5, 2024 · 1 min · 172 words · Carmen Carpenter

The Electric State Imagines How Walt Disney Destroyed the World (in an Alternate Timeline)

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. it’s possible for you to read all of our magazine storieshere. One ofStanley Tuccis earliest memories is from the 1964 Worlds Fair. I have it so clearly in my mind. Those animatronics, made by Walt Disney, are a matter of public record. However, there are events following that Worlds Fair that Tucci does not recall. Of course, there is a very good reason that Stanley Tucci doesnt remember any of thatit never happened....

December 5, 2024 · 2 min · 275 words · Brittany Williams

From Wicked to Sing Sing: Early Awards Season Bellwethers Confirm Wide Open Oscar Race

And you do not have to take our word for it. Just look at the first slate of awards winners in the first week of December. Its also bleakly funny and off-the-beaten-path for many awards voters. Indeed, the film was not nominated even at the Gothams for Director or Best Actor. Meanwhile Amazon/MGMsNickel Boysmade an impression when it won Best Director for RaMell Ross and Breakthrough Performance for Brandon Wilson....

December 4, 2024 · 1 min · 155 words · Angela Daniel

How Paddington in Peru Uses Old Movie Tricks to Put the Bear in South America

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you might read all of our magazine storieshere. It is one of our first questions. Well, hes very demanding, says the films director Dougal Wilson. Then, perhaps fearing retaliation, he corrects himself. No, hes very reasonable, very hardworking, and very professional. Wilson is directing Paddingtons next movie outing,Paddington in Peru. But Wilson himself is new to the series since its regular director, Paul King, was busy makingWonka....

December 4, 2024 · 2 min · 304 words · Paul Whitney

Margot Robbie Is Right: Babylon Is Built to Last

Margot Robbieis still befuddled about whyBabylonflopped two Christmases ago. For some it might be a strange thing to linger on. Like when you hear thatShawshank Redemptionwas a failure at the time and youre like, How is that possible? For a certain breed of movie buff and cinephile,Babylonwould seem to check every box. Drug overdoses, [alcohol], and its unclear whether it was suicide or accidental… It is part and parcel to a feverish vision of Hollywood brilliance and blight living together in sin....

December 4, 2024 · 2 min · 227 words · Mary Anderson MD

Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae: Season 2 Is About “An Awakening”

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you’re able to read all of our magazine storieshere. In late 2021, as wealth inequality inched ever higher globally,Squid Gamehit Netflix. As before, Gi-hun will not be alone in the game. When last we saw him, Jun-ho had been shot by his long-lost brother, In-ho (theG.I. Joefranchises Lee Byung-hun), after Jun-ho went undercover as a game guard to find him....

December 4, 2024 · 1 min · 100 words · Mrs. Vanessa Simpson

Inside the Making of Secret Level: Exclusive Details From Tim Miller and Dave Wilson

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you might read all of our magazine storieshere. Our bread and butter has always been these three-to-five minute trailers. The anthology format really started there, Wilson tellsDen of Geekmagazine. Its very much a part of Blurs DNA, the short-form storytelling of it. Its a little trickier onSecret Level. This turned what couldve been an absolute licensing nightmare into something much more manageable....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 191 words · Darius Moore

Jason Blum on the State of Horror Cinema and What’s Next for Blumhouse in 2025

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you’re able to read all of our magazine storieshere. People seem to love going to horror movies in groups. So Im very glad to say that horror is alive and well. They dont want deviations; they want old-fashioned, tough, gritty, scary, gory horror. Whannell and the producer have a history going back to the firstInsidious, which Whannell wrote and starred in....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 194 words · Devin Walters

Skeleton Crew Just Inched Closer to Making a Major Star Wars Moment Canon

Skeleton Crew episode 1 goes to great lengths to recreate a circus from a much-derided Star Wars event. This article contains spoilers forStar Wars: Skeleton Crewepisode 1. We needed to shoot it from multiple angles. And as far as were concerned, thats one step closer to making theStar Wars Holiday Specialcanon. New episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will premiere Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Disney+, culminating with the finale on January 14....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 74 words · Angela Villanueva

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 1 and 2 Review: A Fun, Nostalgic Romp

This review contains spoilers for episodes 1 and 2 ofStar Wars: Skeleton Crew. Star Warsprojects of late tend to feel more and more like theyre exploiting nostalgia for nostalgias sake. This was clearly thevein of nostalgia that creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford decided to tap into. Skeleton Crews opening scene sets the stakes of this adventure swiftly and epically. A home, they soon come to learn, that no one else seems to believe exists....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 184 words · Sandra Giles

The Superman & Lois Finale Crafted a Fitting Ending for the Arrowverse

This article contains spoilers for the series finale ofSuperman & Lois. What are the auspices of a life well-lived? Its hope, joy, family, and good all these things that he is. Were all mortal, and maybe theres a beauty to our mortality that even Superman faces. So we thought it was kind of a neat thing. It was something that we were excited about, and so we followed that muse....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · Carol Bender