This week’s Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) episode, The Long Night, represented the first real time that HBO’s insatiable fantasy drama became a victim of its own expectations. The Battle of Winterfell did, technically speaking, live up to its promise as the longest battle in entertainment …
Read More »Where will the MCU go next after Avengers: Endgame?
The Infinity Saga has come to a close with Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab), which means we now have big questions for just how Marvel Phase Four will play out. After watching Marvel’s latest big adventure, there are some clues that will let us predict what’s coming with Marvel …
Read More »Avengers: Endgame deaths revealed: Who died and how they were killed
Despite the fact that we knew some Avengers: Endgame deaths were coming – no-one could totally escape all that drama, could they? – we didn’t realise they would hit so hard. Sure, it wasn’t half the entire Marvel cast being wiped out like Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab), …
Read More »A show “no woman alive would watch” – heres what critics originally thought of Game of Thrones
With Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) very nearly here, it’s easy to forget that not everyone loved the fantasy epic to begin with. It feels like the hit HBO show has always been a TV force to be reckoned with, but it’s not like everyone saw …
Read More »20 cool facts you never knew about Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) is so close we can practically taste the snowflakes of winter, but do you know your Lord Varys from your Viserion? While the lore of George RR Martin’s fantasy world is large enough to fill a small library, the trivia behind …
Read More »Every Pokemon confirmed to appear in the Detective Pikachu movie
Detective Pikachu has scarily realistic Pokemon (have you SEEN that Mr. Mime?!) and while some of the Pokemon in the movie are obvious from the trailers, what about the Pokemon you may have missed? There’s a number of fleeting appearances from various Pokemon in the Detective Pikachu trailers, that only …
Read More »Forget Die Hard, Gremlins, and Love Actually. There is no greater art-form than the terrible Christmas TV movie
I really like crap Christmas TV movies. I’m not just talking about Christmas films here, you must understand. I’m not just talking about cheesy Christmas films. I’m talking about the specific, rubbish, trite, shamelessly gooey, made-for-TV type films that appear en masse out of nowhere between November and early January, …
Read More »Brave, bold, and brilliant, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has the potential to be the best Spidey movie ever
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is unlike any other Spider-Man movie you’ve ever seen. Taking its cues from the comic book series of the same name, early footage from Sony’s animated Spidey effort neatly sidesteps the MCU, swinging by and serving up a brave and bold effort. It not only acts …
Read More »Quiz: How would you die in a horror movie?
What would horror movies be without their death scenes? Whether fiendishly creative, shockingly unexpected, or just explosively gory, these cinematic kills are the lifeblood (ahem) of the genre. Of course, all of us are inclined to think that we’re smarter than the hapless victims of these violent episodes. “Don’t go …
Read More »Terrible name, brilliant show – why Money Heist is the best Netflix TV show you’re (probably) not watching
We need to talk about Money Heist (opens in new tab). The Spanish-language show on Netflix – known as La Casa de Papel (house of paper) in its native tongue – is one of the best shows on Netflix (opens in new tab) that too many people aren’t watching, despite …
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