Although the broad strokes might be familiar to some, The Center Seat is full of new takes on old stories; at least stories familiar to people who have been obsessed with Trek since before our sun burned hot in space. And if you’ve never cracked a book on the making of Star Trek, the first episode of The Center Seat rounds up some pretty legit experts, most notably archivists John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto; These Are the Voyages author Marc Cushman; and Dr....

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 1 The Star Trek: Picard season 2 premiere has a lot of ground to cover, getting Picard’s new emotional arc underway, checking in on the rest of the cast, and catapulting a new storyline forward. For all the bombast that the season 2 trailers promised, this episode is relatively low-key until that big twist at the end. We spend a lot of time with Picard struggling to come to terms with not having any romantic love in his life....

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 8 One of the most creative episodes of Star Wars Rebels was “Through Imperial Eyes,” which did exactly what the title says. Using a first-person point of view, it opens with Rebel spy Kallus contemplating his day behind enemy lines. “Reunion,” written by Steward Lee and directed by Christian Taylor, ends a somber episode with a similar switch of point of view. It feels right....

While The Clone Wars made great strides in redeeming George Lucas’ divisive Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, some fans still consider the animated adventures to have been too bogged down in their own lore and too focused on kids. That’s all changed with Tales of the Jedi, the new animated anthology series which puts the “dark” in the dark side of the force. Among all the tragedy depicted on the show, one episode sticks out more than most by tying back to an underrated gem from the Prequels....

We’ve curated that list down to a manageable three dozen or so, both big and small screen, that are 1) all available for streaming and 2) significant or notable in some way. Your mileage may vary, and you may want to dig deeper for a few favorites we’ve left out. But we’re satisfied that this is a King list fans can easily binge for weeks on end — whether you’re trapped by a raging snowstorm in an empty hotel or locked in your house due to an apocalyptic pandemic....

This is more like it! No, episode two of Troubled Blood wasn’t any more generous with the Robin/Strike underpants progress, but it was several times more exciting than the opener by dint of having something happen in the present day. Double points for that thing being Holliday Grainger’s Robin wearing a disguise and doing a fake accent (tick that off your Strike bingo card). It wasn’t just one fake accent this episode, but two....

Nintendo’s confirmation of the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters has prompted the usual reactions from franchise fans everywhere. Of course, that’s really another way of saying that there are legions of fans out there who are still (vocally) wondering why Waluigi, Geno, and Sora aren’t in the game despite years of requests. As nearly every Smash Bros. update has taught us, though, it’s hard to please everyone without acquiring the rights to nearly every character that has ever existed and then finding a way to add them to the fighting game....

Dee (Samantha Morton) isn’t the kind of woman who can let her guard down and relax. When you’ve been through as much horrible stuff on The Walking Dead as she has, it’s natural to have a little trouble slipping into a cocktail dress and going to a dinner party, but that’s just what she has to do. Not because she wants to; Dee is definitely not dinner party material. She has to, because Lydia wants to, and because the leader of her community wants her to....

Every week it seems I read of more strange things afoot that are delightfully odd and potentially unexplained in nature. While Den of Geek wouldn’t presume to try and convince you to believe, or not, in unusual phenomena, we do enjoy exploring the topic so much we have the weekly paranormal pop culture Talking Strange podcast and video series hosted by yours truly (and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube) After all, mysterious encounters, peculiar sightings, bizarro experiences make for great stories and incredible debate fodder....

Throughout the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, the influence of Christopher Nolan has been hard to miss. A year after Nolan reinvented Dark Knight mythology with Batman Begins, and created the industry term of a “reboot” in the process, 007 had his own back-to-basics reset in Casino Royale. And following The Dark Knight’s praise for reconfiguring its iconography again for a post-War on Terror world, Skyfall would receive similar acclaim a few years later for its chilly, realpolitik tone....

It was while discussing the latter element that both Reeves and Batman actor Robert Pattinson told us about a surprising touchstone they shared for their new movie: Alan J. Pakula’s 1971 neo noir classic, Klute. “Klute was super important,” Reeves says when talking about the early development stages of The Batman. “When I was writing, I watched a bunch of noirs… and there was something in that movie that spoke to me when I was writing about Batman and Selina Kyle....

Though the next season of The Boys is unlikely to arrive on our screens anytime soon – the realities of production in the middle of a global pandemic being what they are – we can still make a few educated guesses about what it might contain. The Boys Get Back Together The Boys season 2 ends with most of The Boys going their separate ways for what appears to be the foreseeable future....

The Boys creator Eric Kripke will return for season 3 as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Preacher) also continue on as executive producers. Just like the show’s first two seasons, The Boys season 3 will feature eight episodes. No release date has been announced yet but when the third season premieres it will be available in all of Prime Video’s international markets in addition to the U....

Though The Flash Season 7 episode “Timeless” is a largely forgettable mishmash of bad time travel logic and mixed messages about whether the “Forces” that have dominated this season to date are powerful god beings or sadly manipulated humans in need of quasi-parental love from Barry and Iris, it is memorable in one aspect: Theoretically, it is the last gasp of Harrison Wells. Sure, we’ve said goodbye to at least a half dozen versions of Wells over the years only to see a new one pop up several episodes later, like a multiverse-spanning game of Whack-a-Mole....

The Flash Season 4 Episode 10 I’m going to start with what I liked about “Trial of the Flash” lest I lose myself and my readers too quickly. We finally got some genuine character development out of Ralph Dibny in way that felt completely earned, and it’s something that I hope will be built on in future episodes. Candice Patton was absolutely brilliant in this episode, whether Iris was required to sit quietly in a courtroom or to confront a supervillain and call her out on her bullshit, she absolutely killed....

The Flash Season 4 Episode 20 So, for starters…sorry about last week, folks. A DVR mishap kept me from handling “Fury Rogue” in a reasonably timely fashion, and then a little indie movie came out that ended up taking up all of my time. I doubt you’ve heard of it. It’s about an angry environmentalist looking to bring balance to the universe by any means necessary. If it comes to your town, do go see it....

There were doubtless ruder nicknames, but ‘Buccaneers’, as Edith Wharton styled them in her 1870s-set novel of the same name, and ‘Dollar Princesses’ were the popular terms for the moneyed Americans who were married off into British nobility. Both parties got something from the deal. Old titles met new money in a contract that meant English castles could finally afford to repair their leaking roofs while heiresses could call themselves Lady Somesuch and invite the British ruling classes over to murder pheasants....

Before we dive into our thoughts about what certainly seem to be some of the most significant leaked photos from the series’ set so far, take a closer look at the actual photos: Not only do those photos come from what has been a very reliable source, but they are supported by reports that state the series’ cast and crew have recently been seen filming in and around a hospital....

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 5 Over the course of five episodes, it’s become clear what The Rings of Power’s strengths and weaknesses are. One of those weaknesses so far has been the politicking side of things – the show is at its best when it’s depicting huge, dramatic moments of battle or adventure, and at its weakest when examining the various power plays and conflicts between characters....

The Orville Season 2 Episode 13 The latest episode of The Orville demonstrates why I like the series so much. It takes a typical science fiction trope and skillfully uses it to craft something meaningful for us to think about, in a way that is thoughtful, humorous, and relatable. We all have those past loves to reminisce about who we believe could have been the one if we hadn’t screwed it up....