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You can watch, but you may not want to try these at home. Heist, Netflix’s new crime-docuseries, makes it look very tempting to go for the big money grab. Whether it comes in paper or bottles, bushels or barrels, cash is king, and it is fun to be a kingpin. Living large on illicit funds

The boys of truTV’s Impractical Jokers have been tasked with many humiliating punishments in their search for candid cringe comedy. Sal once had to perform as the “mean judge” of a children’s talent show. Q was forced to turn down a woman’s marriage proposal in a crowded stadium. The acrophobic Murr had to jump out

At best, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is a curious detour, non-required viewing for even the series’ most hardcore fans. Set between the events of Resident Evil 4 and 5, the four-part miniseries tells a story about shady government cover-ups that lacks substance or anything particularly interesting to say. Even series favorites Leon S. Kennedy (Nick

This article contains spoilers for Loki episode 5. Agent Mobius did say that time ran differently in the TVA but who could have imagined that the penultimate episode of Loki would arrive so quickly? Marvel’s Loki episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery” keeps up a streak of superb installments for this increasingly superb show.  In this

The following THE FLASH article contains spoilers through Season 7, Episode 16. The Flash Season 7 Episode 16 The War of the Godspeeds continues on The Flash, but Barry and friends get a boost from an old friend: David Ramsey’s John Diggle. And the arrival of the former Arrow star could not have come at

The Nintendo Switch OLED may fall short of some expectations, but the console’s most disappointing “missing” feature may just be its apparent lack of new Joy-Cons designed to address those controllers’ infamous drift issues. In case you didn’t know, more and more Nintendo Switch users over the last couple of years have reported experiencing some

When it comes to martial arts films, The Karate Kid was a game changer when it came out in 1984. Its lasting cultural impact was a landmark advancement for the western understanding of the martial arts. But was it a genuine representation of Karate? Den of Geek consulted Dr. Hermann Bayer, an expert authority on

This interview contains spoilers for Evil season 2. Evil season 2 turned a new page in The Pop-Up Book of Terrifying Things MMXXI. The first episode, “N Is for Night Terrors,” began with Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) trying to literally bury the hatchet on things which might disturb her sleep. Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi)

This RICK AND MORTY review contains spoilers. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 3 It seems like Rob Schrab is nostalgic for the era of kids’ cartoons from my childhood. I say my childhood, because Schrab—longtime collaborator and friend of Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon—is over a decade older than me, but he loves

From space opera to near future speculation, science fiction brings us futures beautiful and frightening. Take a look at our top picks for the best new science fiction books to read in June 2021 … The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente Type: NovelPublisher: TordotcomRelease date: July 20 Den of Geek says: Valente turns

This article contains spoilers for The Forever Purge. The Purge franchise has been astonishingly successful since the series — which now incorporates five movies and two seasons of TV — launched in 2013 with the eponymous first movie. As of this writing (with the fifth film, The Forever Purge, just hitting theaters), the saga has

To this day the second season of Digimon, known as Digimon Adventure 02 in Japan, is divisive. Some love how it expanded the world of Digimon and gave us a look into how the original characters aged up. Others aren’t fans of how the series handled its overall plot and that the new characters couldn’t

This The Tomorrow War article contains major spoilers. The key to a good time travel tale is that it must define its arbitrary rules and then stick to them. The Tomorrow War on Prime Video skillfully keeps it simple. However, there is a moment in the film where viewers might be tempted to shout at

Time travel lost its novelty as a movie storytelling device a long time ago. Yet, while sci-fi action-adventure romp The Tomorrow War doesn’t exactly wield the trope in any way that feels new, it does use time travel as an effective way to metaphorically magnify the familial drama at the heart of the story. Chris

This Monsters at Work review contains no spoilers. Disney+ launched with the promise of bringing many adored Disney franchises to the small screen, but with big picture ambition, storytelling, and production values. So far, that promise has mostly been met, with the Disney+ original series like Mighty Ducks: Game Changers and The Falcon and the

A recent report from Kotaku suggests that indie game developers are becoming increasingly frustrated with PlayStation’s policies and what they suggest seems to be a general lack of support for the indie game industry. This report comes on the heels of indie game publisher Iain Garner’s recent Twitter tirade in which he spoke about working

Other than a lot of lens flare, one aspect of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot that haters loved to bring up was the fact that the Enterprise bridge kind of looked like an Apple store. Whether or not this fact dates the movie more than the style of the ‘60s bridge, or the laid-back

Movies typically take several years to get in front of an audience, from the screenwriter first putting words on the page to the finished film unspooling in a dark theater (or, these days, streaming on your tablet). So there’s always a weird double-take when a movie like The Forever Purge comes out and it seems

The following THE FLASH article contains spoilers through Season 7, Episode 15. The Flash Season 7 Episode 15 The Flash isn’t really the sort of show that does a lot of what you might call long-lead storytelling, so the fact that the show has been teasing the return of villainous speedster Godspeed for over a

One could argue that The Walking Dead is only ever as good as its villains. Since the survivors on AMC’s long-running zombie series learned to view the undead as environmental hazards rather than antagonists, the show has needed good old-fashioned human baddies to step up to the plate. The Walking Dead is coming off an

Foundation shares a lot of thematic material with Star Wars, and it’s likely Apple crafted its latest trailer specifically to capture the attention of fans of that famed franchise. However, Isaac Asimov wrote his Foundation stories in the 40s and 50s, long before George Lucas dreamed of “a galaxy far, far away.” Strangely enough, though

Who lives in a coffee pot under the sea? Patrick Star, apparently…. In case you haven’t already heard, everyone’s favorite sea echinoderm is getting his own spinoff show! Longtime neighbor and best friend to SpongeBob SquarePants is ditching his classic under-a-rock abode and is changing scenery to spend time with his sea star family! And

This RICK AND MORTY review contains spoilers. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 2 Man, Rick and Morty is a weird fucking show. I know I’m stating the obvious here but I mean it’s weird on a fundamental storytelling level because, the thing is, under all the sci-fi madness, there’s meant to be a gooey

This Evil review contains spoilers. Evil Season 2 Episode 2 Evil season 2, episode 2, “A Is for Angel,” finds a new twist in the series’ main thrust. It is a monster-of-the-week installment which may result in an exorcism, but this time the intruding influence is not demonic. Raymond (Brandon J. Dirden), a parishioner at

Halloween Kills has freed itself from the burning basement of pandemic delays to tease the further rebooted rampages of masked maniac Michael Myers. While the sequel’s war waged against the killer by Jamie Lee Curtis’s Laurie Strode—joined by her daughter and granddaughter—is its driving force, the trailer notably showcases masks grotesquely familiar to those who

The small town of Beaverfield is much like many others across the nation in 2021. There is political polarization, longtime residents suspicious of newcomers, a stark wealth gap, infidelity, gossip, and at least one guy who is either a scary loner or just wants to be left the hell alone. But in the new film

This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers. Despite being called The Bad Batch, much of the story of the latest Star Wars animated series actually revolves around Omega, a mysterious clone who runs away from Kamino and the Empire with Clone Force 99 at the start of the show. Once just a medical

This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers. Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 9 It sounds over-the-top, but it’s true: revelations and surprises propelled this week’s round of clone adventure stories. “Bounty Lost” features excellent bounty hunter action and a pleasant focus on Omega (not just what she is, but what choices she