• What We Desperately Need to Learn from the ‘Doctor Who’ Witch Trials

    There’s an important lesson embedded in this week’s Doctor Who adventure, and it applies to just about all of us. It’s presented in such an over-the-top way that a lot of people will probably miss it. But if you go beyond the immediate story and look deeper, it’s there. And it’s one that we desperately…

  • Record Store Day: Black Friday Edition Sneak Peak!

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, traditions like noshing on some turkey and dressing, and trying not to nod off while spending some time with the people we love on Thanksgiving are all well and good, but the holiday tradition that matters most to vinyl hounds the world over actually comes the day after. No, I’m not talking…

  • ‘Doctor Who’ Reminds Us That Humans Can Be the Scariest Creatures of All

    Like any good science fiction show, Doctor Who has always had its share of evil aliens, killer robots, and sentient computer systems. And we wouldn’t accept anything less. But there have been several episodes this season that have shown us that, no matter how much technology advances, or how crazy things get on other planets,…

  • ‘The Good Place’ S3E7 Recap: Most Likely to Die Young and Unaccomplished

    Back in 2010, AMC’s flagship drama Mad Men was in the midst of its fourth season, tracing a trajectory of self-destruction for Don Draper while charting an upward course for his fledgling independent advertising firm. Just as things were beginning to pick up (for a show both admired and resented for its leisurely pace, “picking…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘The Death of Stalin’

    Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, all hell breaks hilariously loose when a savage dictator leaves the mortal plane in The Death of…

  • The Week in Geek Entertainment News 11/16/2018 – Links

    All the important geek news from this week rounded up in one place. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is getting a bonus Christmas episode. –Vulture Detective Pikachu Trailer: Toy Story 4 trailer: Pedro Pascal will play starring role in TV series The Mandalorian. –Variety GRRM opens up about The Winds of Winter and why it’s…

  • Five Reasons the Final Season of ‘House of Cards’ Was Kind of a Mess

    WARNING: the following contains significant spoilers for the sixth season of House of Cards.  Those of us who have been watching House of Cards from the beginning weren’t really sure what to expect from the show’s final season. Of course, we knew there’d be no Frank Underwood due to Kevin Spacey’s well-publicized sex scandals that…

  • The Week in Geek Entertainment News November 9 2018 – Links

    All the important geek news from this week rounded up in one place. There’s a new Willy Wonka movie in the works and it’s going to be a prequel. -CBR Explorers, a cult film from the 80s which starred River Phoenix & Ethan Hawke, is being adapted into a TV series written by the dudes…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘Tomb Raider’

    Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, Alicia Vikander suits up as video game legend Lara Croft for the latest big screen adaptation…

  • ‘The Good Place’ S3E6 Recap: Good Old Kappa Zeta Jones

    “Young lady, you will stop this nonsense, go to the PTA meeting, and support your mother. I won’t hear another word about it!” In the middle of this week’s The Good Place, Michael assumes the demeanor of a surrogate father, pushing Eleanor to reconcile with her lost-then-found real mother. Though this is a rather overt…