The Ancestral Plane is a personal thing for each person who accesses it. This truth was made explicitly clear in the original Black Panther movie. During that 2018 landmark superhero epic, the metaphysical space is revealed as a destination reserved for members of the Wakandan royal family. New arrivals to the afterlife (or simply visitors stopping briefly by, thanks to the Heart-Shaped Herb) see a uniquely individual paradise that best suits the events and memories from their own lives....

While director and co-writer Lana Wachowski isn’t giving away any of the answers, she did join fellow Matrix Resurrections writers Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell at a panel at the Berlin International Literature Festival to share what it’s been like returning to this beloved universe after so many years. And one of the best insights from Wachowski gives us a clue as to the themes and messages the new movie is set to tackle....

Family Guy creator MacFarlane first debuted his sci-fi comedy series to a dubious audience back in 2017, and after a wobbly start it gained a faithful fan base. MacFarlane had written himself a plum lead role as the 25th century captain an exploratory space vessel with a diverse crew, and the series has often played with ‘story of the week’ standalone episodes that are more akin to The Next Generation’s glory days than the likes of Star Trek: Discovery, which seemed more interested in sticking with season-long arcs....

Indeed, part of the fun of playing a game like The Quarry comes from trying to figure out where you know so many of its cast members from. While a few names will jump out at you instantly, others most certainly fall into that “Oh yeah, I know them” category. So if you’re tired of scratching your head over who is who in The Quarry, here’s a breakdown of the game’s cast of primary characters and where you might know their actors from....

In May of 2019, David S. Goyer made my deepest, wildest fanboy dream come true by asking if I wanted to adapt Neil Gaiman’s award-winning, best-selling The Sandman into a streaming series. Naturally, I said no. That’s not entirely true. First, I said, “May I have 24 hours to re-read the books?” Then, after re-reading, I said no. I asked David why Neil Gaiman himself (who had just wrapped Good Omens) wasn’t going to be the one to adapt The Sandman....

The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 4 Halloween is the special time for many series, giving them the chance to throw logic and canon out the window to plumb the fantastic for fearful flights. But The Simpsons season 32, episode 4, “Treehouse of Horror XXXI” opens with the scariest of all fantasias: Reality. The episode begins a short while after Halloween on what looks to be the most frightening day in recent memory, the upcoming election between Trump/Putin and Someone/Anyone....

Literally dozens of King’s novels, novellas, and short stories have been made into theatrical motion pictures, limited TV series, or streaming movies, ranging from classics like Carrie, The Shining, The Dead Zone, and The Shawshank Redemption to more recent milestones like It and The Outsider. Some, like ‘Salem’s Lot, The Stand, The Shining, and It, have been adapted more than once. Along the way, there have also been many King adaptations that never actually made it to the screen, or made it in vastly different form than originally intended....

Nobody would call Doctor Strange the worst MCU movie. But not too many people would say it’s the best either. The fifteen films released since Doctor Strange hit theaters in 2016 have occasionally been universally loved (Black Panther) or largely panned (Eternals), but the cinematic debut of surgeon-turned-sorcerer Stephen Strange remains in the lower middle of most MCU rankings (including ours!). The movie’s detractors point out the similarities between Doctor Strange and the first MCU entry Iron Man, as both stories feature arrogant successful men with facial hair who have a heroic turn after being laid low....

Perhaps the most iconic armor in all of pop culture is that of the storm troopers in Star Wars. Clean, imposing, yet disposable, the shiny white duds perfectly capture the sanitized yet all-powerful nature of The Empire. It only makes sense then that, when introducing its own Empire of sorts, The Walking Dead looked to those same storm troopers for style inspiration. When Eugene, Yumiko, Ezekiel, and Princess arrive in The Commonwealth in The Walking Dead season 10, they know that they are immediately dealing with a formidable community....

The survivors on The Walking Dead are from all walks of life, across a wide spectrum of ages, races, nationalities, and ability levels. As such, all could have benefitted from a bit of advice from experienced experts in the field of survival. So, Den of Geek reached out to a pair of preppers and asked them some questions about just how the various groups on The Walking Dead have fared in their quest to navigate the end of the world....

The children are entrapped in the bodies of mice, and the Warner Bros. feature adaptation of Dahl’s 1983 novel was supposed to be released in theaters. But it will hit HBO Max on Oct. 22. Just in time for Halloween. The film will fly into theatres internationally beginning October 28. “Based on the timeless story, the reimagined Roald Dahl’s The Witches … brings a fresh sense of humor along with warmth and the unexpected to what is sure to be a Halloween favorite,” reads the official synopsis....

Look how far Thor has come! When the Marvel Cinematic Universe ended its first Phase with 2012’s The Avengers, few could have guessed that he would be the only of the team’s trinity to get four movies, let alone that they would be comedies. But with Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth once again teams with Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi (who co-wrote the movie with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) for another two hours of cosmic goofiness and enough brightly colored crackling to do Jack Kirby proud....

Concerns and complaints about WordPress security are nothing new. If you need a CMS and happen to consult a service provider that is not into WordPress, security is the number one con you’ll hear about. Does that mean everyone should drop WordPress and switch to static site generators or a headless CMS? No, because just like every truth in life, this one also has many sides. Is WordPress highly insecure?...

With a reincarnated Sabrina Spellman now on Netflix, and cheap satin costumes aplenty cluttering up the aisles of your local shops, we have witches on our minds. That’s a risky place to keep a witch, and this lot are dangerous to begin with… well, some of them are, others are made from pipe cleaners. (That’s still scary though, especially if you’re a pipe.) Here’s a celebration, in no particular order, of fifty great television witches....

Top New Fantasy Books April 2021 The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner Type: NovelPublisher: RedhookRelease date: April 13 Den of Geek says: It’s always good to see more Jewish voices in fantasy. This book sees the root of superhero stories made specific as a threat can only be defeated by a cast of Jewish miracle-workers. Publisher’s summary: Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants....

There are many file formats best suited to their use cases. In the same fashion, you may need specific applications to work with specific formats. One such file format commonly used for data exchange between different applications is TSV. What is a TSV file? Tab-Separated Values (TSV) is a plain text file format representing tab-delimited values–giving it an appropriate name. A simple example is the following image depicting the coordinates of a few points in a 2D plane....

While December is normally packed with theatrical releases that range from buzzy awards contenders to end-of-the-year blockbusters and holiday-themed comfort films, this year is not business as usual. Sure, Oscar hopefuls abound, such as Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Nomadland, but two of those three will be on Netflix. As for the tentpole contingent, well, only Wonder Woman 1984 is still opening in theaters–and you can also watch that on HBO Max right after opening your presents on Christmas morning....

As the corporate work environment and technology are constantly evolving, efforts should be made to impart training to the workforce and invest in excellent employee training and development tools. Learning and development of employees form the core aspect of any organization, and unlike popular belief, it is not a new corporate trend. In reality, the training industry is decades old and still stands strong. Traditionally, slide and overhead projectors were used to provide training to the workforce, and the process was monotonous and challenging, especially in large companies....

It’s tough to write a spoiler-free review of a show like Vikings, especially here at the show’s conclusion where it won’t be surprising to learn that the blood flows like wine. Who lives, who dies? Who returns, who stays away? Even acknowledging the presence or absence of a surprise within a certain context could constitute a massive spoiler. As a consequence, much of this review will read like the ravings of the show’s very own seer, a web of insinuations and mystical mumbo jumbo designed only to make sense once the prophecy has been made flesh....

On Feb. 7, 1997, Universal Pictures released Dante’s Peak, in which Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton try to save a small Washington town from being obliterated by a long dormant and suddenly active volcano. Just over two months later, on April 25, 1997, 20th Century Fox delivered Volcano, with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche leading the efforts to stop a newly formed underground vent from erupting and wiping out all of Los Angeles....