Two episodes into Peaky Blinders, the Birmingham-set gangster drama that thundered onto screen in 2013 and grew into a global obsession, Tommy Shelby says that he has a broken heart. He’s drunk and melancholy, talking to Grace, the woman he’ll eventually love, marry, and lose to a bullet that was meant for him. When Grace warns Tommy that the sad song she’s about to sing will break his heart, he tells her, “Already broken....
Tommy Shelby wins. That’s what happens in a Peaky Blinders finale. He spends six episodes playing dangerous games against deadly foes, and then right at the end, his strategy comes through, he steps out of the grave he’s been digging for himself, brushes off the dirt and moves up to the next level. Even when his whole family was carted off to prison, it was all part of Tommy’s scheme, because in a Peaky Blinders finale, Tommy Shelby wins....
What is Phasmophobia? It’s a 4 player co-op game that sees you and three friends (or whoever is available) hunt down ghosts across various haunted locations. It’s essentially every ghost hunting show you’ve ever become strangely addicted to, but the very important twist is that the ghosts are both real and the source of some of the most effective scares that we’ve seen in years. On the surface, Phasmophobia probably doesn’t sound like the kind of game that would have to worry about hackers....
The commonly offered refrain that toys are primarily designed for children first and collectors a distant second was just blasted with a photon torpedo courtesy of German toy company Playmobil, which has unveiled its Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701—or, as Scotty once specified, “no bloody A, B, C or D.” The item celebrates the 55th anniversary of the bellwether television series and the multimedia franchise it subsequently spawned. Playmobil, known for stylized miniature-scaled replicas with sounds and lights, has designs to impress with this release....
In prior Pokémon games (Generation 1 titles notwithstanding), Scyther could only evolve into Scizor when traded while holding a Metal Coat. Likewise, Scyther can evolve into Kleavor when given a new item called Black Augurite. While trading is no longer required, the question of how to obtain Black Augurite still remains. It’s not like the jagged rock grows on trees, although it might as well if you know where to look....
44. Nick Russell (Firass Dirani) Power Rangers Mystic Force Nick is not great. Mystic Force was squarely focused on him and that red blanket of his. He had few redeeming qualities besides driving his bike into the face of a monster. He turned to evil in the finale for no discernible reason! He was so ready to give up when faced with adversity, his entire team had to rally him to keep going....
I have never been more surprised at an episode of Power Rangers than I was for ‘The Silva Switch.’ In the middle of the story, out of the blue, with no warning, we got an elaborately choreographed song and dance number featuring Steel in Nate’s body as the entire cast, augmented with backup dancers, sing about great it is to be human. I…. I am beyond stunned and delighted. I never imagined this could happen in Power Rangers....
But what happens after you have learned SQL? How do you bridge the gap from “I am still learning SQL” to “I can query and analyze large datasets in SQL”? It is only possible if you practice a lot and become an expert. There are many websites and portals to practice SQL for free or for a small fee. Let’s dive into what SQL is, basic skills, career opportunities, and websites where you can practice SQL....
Now with her starring turn in the new comedy/horror thriller Ready or Not, Weaving may really break out into the mainstream. Physical similarities to Margot Robbie aside (which has been a big talking point in recent days since the red carpet events for Ready or Not), much like Robbie herself, Weaving is showing audiences around the world her versatile acting abilities that make her a threat in any type of role....
For science fiction fans, Tudyk may be Wash from Firefly, or K-2SO from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. For fans of comic-book-based shows, he’s Joker and Clayface on Harley Quinn, or Mr. Nobody on Doom Patrol. Disney fans have their pick of comedic villains (from Wreck-It Ralph, or Frozen), and animal sidekicks (Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto). From comedies (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tucker & Dale Vs....
Infinite Darkness sees our heroes covering familiar territory from opposite directions. Leon is now fully under the employ of the U.S. government after saving the president’s daughter from Los Iluminados in Resident Evil 4, and he even wears a suit while stopping a zombie outbreak inside the White House. Meanwhile, Claire works for an NGO in the fictional nation of Penamstan, which was torn apart by a civil war fueled by American interests and a few biological weapons....
Actually, the problem isn’t really Returnal itself so much as it’s the argument over difficult games. I generally love difficult games and have even recently highlighted some of the most challenging retro games across various generations. At the same time, the release of any new FromSoftware title or any other notably challenging game triggers that same defensive cry that insults just as it shuts down any meaningful conversation: “Git gud....
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 11 “What the hell just happened?” Following a lengthy hiatus, Riverdale has finally returned with its final batch of episodes from the series’ fifth season. As you may or may not recall, when credits rolled on the previous episode Riverdale High was being destroyed by convicts freed by Mr. Lodge from his prison, Veronica had retreated to New York City, and, most excitingly, Jughead was apparently abducted by aliens (which, in this show’s universe, would be a pretty ordinary development)....
If there hadn’t been a pandemic one of the horror movies everyone would be talking about this year would be Saint Maud. We’d be talking about it in the same breath as Hereditary, The Witch, The Babadook and Raw, but we’d know that it isn’t really like any of them. We might mention Repulsion, The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby, but we’d know what we’d seen is new and exciting. Release in UK cinemas on October 9 after getting pushed back and pulled forward several times, Saint Maud can finally find its way to audiences who feel comfortable going to the pictures – with a digital release to follow....
For many genre fans, there’s no more formative figure in our collective consciousnesses than Sarah Michelle Gellar, iconic lead of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the woman who taught us all how to fight back against monsters of both the fictional and all-too-human varieties (and drop some very quotable one-liners in the process). Now, 25 years later, she’s about to take a leading role on another show that aims to use its scary setting as a backdrop to explore frighteningly human themes and real-world issues....
A quarter century ago, Wes Craven’s original Scream might have been called “elevated horror” for its sly combination of slasher mayhem, genuine suspense, and black comedy, not to mention its masterful running commentary on the horror genre and its tropes, delivered by the cast members themselves. And yet even back then, the success of Scream led to it being cannibalized into first one sequel, then a trilogy, then a fourth film a decade later, and now a fifth, another 10 years after Scream 4....
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a sweeping fantasy epic that includes everything from an elite magical subclass (Grisha) that can manipulate the matter in surrounding elements and physical material, to a war-torn kingdom struggling to destroy a growing swath of literal darkness, and a girl whose heretofore undiscovered abilities just might be the key to changing the world. It’s also a story that’s unabashedly romantic in every sense of the word, firmly grounding its central narrative in complex human connections rather than Grisha magical castes or other more distinctly fantasy-oriented themes and tropes....
Shameless Season 8 Episode 8 Fiona doesn’t like being called complicated. She says as much tonight to her bemused and unsympathetic family members after Ford gave her the brutal shutdown in a hard-to-swallow scene. Still, he has a point, as every sibling points out when they note the various times she has kicked them out of the house or went to jail, or almost married a heroin addict. She certainly has her issues… as does everyone on this wacky and oft wonderful show....
Now that the “top secret beyond classified” D-Notice has expired on The Six Thatchers, we can drop the coyness: Mary Watson is no more. That’s the biggie the BBC didn’t want leaked and around which episode previews had to dance. Mary’s dead, John’s a widower and baby Rosamund is left a motherless child. It was a glum end to an episode that started out as jolly as Christmas with Sherlock on ebullient, ginger nut-crunching form....
But despite all that director Sam Mendes achieved with the film, some regrets hang over him as he looks back at the movie a decade later. If he had the chance to do the movie again, Mendes admitted to The Hollywood Reporter, he would “think twice about having Bond stand on the rooftops of Whitehall, with the Union Jack flags in the breeze, given the last 10 years of serial incompetence from [London’s] conservative government....
