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Evil Season 3 Episode 5 Evil flips The Pop-Up Book of Contemporary Demons over to pull on heavenly wings for “The Angel of Warning.” The monster of the week is a long-dead Sicilian nun possibly encountered at a tragic apartment fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The investigation to corroborate the miraculous event leads to a well-rounded and thoughtful discussion of the power of religious iconography, its underlying racial biases, and the effects it has on the collective subconscious....

We meet Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) mid-shag with Arsehole Guy (Ben Aldridge), so named for his delight in anal sex (and presumably because he’s also an arrogant arsehole). Through asides to camera and flashback, she recounts her recent break-up with live-in boyfriend Harry (Hugh Skinner), a recurring event in which he moves out of their flat but comes back when she calls. He left this time due to her Barack Obama-related masturbation....

Of course, Martin is now defined—at meme levels—by the most prominent case of interminable writer’s block in modern literary history. It’s a phenomenon that resulted in Game of Thrones essentially surpassing the storyline of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels by 2016’s Season 6, requiring showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to work off a general outline provided by Martin for the final few frames. While Martin has regretfully admitted the unfortunate effect of his extended inability to finish sixth book The Winds of Winter, comments made on his behalf published in James Andrew Miller’s quote-teeming new book, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers (via Winter is Coming and Insider), reveal that he actually shares the concern of fans about the show’s inconsistent storytelling past the events of his books....

Hutchinson’s tweet seems to be a response to Twitch’s controversial handling of DMCA takedowns which have impacted their streaming partners’ ability to play licensed music and other licensed audio content on their streams. The confusing nature of that policy has concerned many streamers who not only are resorting to deleting all of their old content but are left with unanswered questions regarding the extent of Twitch’s policies and what they’re supposed to do moving forward....

So while you may be one of those unfortunate players who won’t be able to properly enjoy Gotham Knights‘ multiplayer due to a few key restrictions, here’s what you need to know about how to unlock and use that feature in the first place. Does Gotham Knights Have Multiplayer? In Gotham Knights players can control Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Robin (Tim Drake), and Red Hood (Jason Todd) as they try to pick up the pieces following Batman’s death While each of those heroes is a force to be reckoned with, none of them is individually equal to Batman quite yet....

In the early internet age, it was easy enough to believe that just about any urban legend that someone told you about GTA 3 could be real. In a game where anything seemed possible, the scariest and strangest rumors felt like they could exist somewhere in GTA 3‘s digital vast world. There’s something to be said for the way that they contributed to the larger-than-life status of the GTA series....

“It is my life,” Curtis says once she sits across the table from reporters, reflecting on the significance of her breakout role. “This is the greatest job I will ever have, and I know it. I knew it then, I tried to pretend it wasn’t, and now I understand it is my absolute legacy, and I am thrilled.” Forty years after starring in John Carpenter’s low-budgeted “Babysitter Murders” movie, Curtis now stands comfortably on the edge of 60, wistful about a career that was jump-started by a bloody knife....

While I suspect that the Halo Infinite team will be releasing several patches as its first season unfolds (this is a modern multiplayer game), it has to be said that many of the guns in this game are surprisingly well-balanced and allow for a variety of strategies and playstyles. Still, it’s pretty clear that there are some weapons in Halo Infinite that are simply much better than their alternatives....

Harley Quinn Episode 6 In all the blood, violence, cursing, and stellar animation throughout Harley Quinn you might have missed the fact that Christopher Meloni is voicing Jim Gordon in DC’s animated madhouse. Though we haven’t seen much of the gruff cop, every moment the tired, paranoid, and utterly hilarious representation of Batman’s most well known ally has been onscreen is perfect. In the sixth episode of Harley Quinn that all changes as Gordon takes center stage after being challenged by Batman on his questionable skills as a detective....

Hereditary hit theaters last week and fast became one of the most talked about movies of the year. The truth is it’s been one of the most talked about movies of the year, All year, since its premiere at Sundance in January, with early rave reviews suggesting it’s too scary and likening it to The Exorcist. Then there was the deeply unsettling first trailer and the hilarious terrible news story of the time the trailer was accidentally played ahead of a screening of Peter Rabbit causing parents to cover their children’s eyes and ears and scream “make it stop!...

Hawkeye Episode 4 Hawkeye episode 4, which boasts the “say it in Kate Bishop’s voice” title of “Partners, Am I Right?” slows things down considerably from last week’s wild, chaotic, action-packed episode. This isn’t a bad thing at all. Not only does it give Clint and Kate a chance to catch their breath, it lets the audience take a look at some of the larger mysteries surrounding the show so far....

It’s December 2021 and to celebrate HBO Max is bringing back a classic sci-fi franchise for one last ride. The list of new releases on HBO Max this month is highlighted by The Matrix Resurrections on Dec. 22. This is the long-awaited return to the reality-bending saga from The Wachowskis. Writer/director Lana Wachowski returns as do stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity, respectively. This time around it’s 20 years after The Matrix Revolutions and “Neo lives a seemingly ordinary life as Thomas A....

Hearthstone‘s new Murder at Castle Nathria expansion is certainly thematically exciting (who doesn’t love a good murder mystery?), but there are serious questions about how the expansion will impact the game’s competitive meta. There are already some who fear that many of the expansion’s new cards will prove to be just a bit too gimmicky. However, after spending a little time with the expansion’s new cards during a recent preview event, I feel confident suggesting that Castle Nathria is going to surprise a lot of Hearthstone fans....

Hearthstone‘s new Throne of the Tides mini-set isn’t quite the game-changer that the CCG’s full expansions usually are, but it still features enough new cards to shake up the competitive meta and open up some new deckbuilding possibilities. As is usually the case with these mini-sets, Throne of the Tides certainly makes some of the game’s best decks just a little better than before. However, it’s clear that this expansion’s new cards will also help rescue a few deck archetypes that have struggled to really break into the game in a big way in recent weeks....

House of the Dragon Episode 5 An imagination is a terrible thing to waste. Thankfully, George R.R. Martin rarely wastes ours. Fire & Blood, Martin’s Game of Thrones prequel upon which House of the Dragon is based, leaves a lot to the reader’s imagination. That’s by design as the book is written as a historical document from the perspective of multiple conflicting sources. While a narrative regarding the events that will lead to the Dance of the Dragons eventually emerges, so many of the details in that narrative remain unclear or up for interpretation....

Buzzy teen drama Cruel Summer is one of 2021’s most unexpected delights, a wildly addictive, twisty mystery spread across three distinct timelines and featuring a pair of great young actresses at its center in Olivia Holt and Chiara Aurelia. The story, which ostensibly follows the aftermath of a kidnapping in a small Texas town, has a little bit of everything: Unreliable narrators, a nostalgia-heavy 1990s setting, a banging soundtrack, and one of television’s most carefully nuanced depictions of trauma and the lingering effect it can have on those whose lives it touches....

To see that influence, you need to look not at the big screen, but at the small screen. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Green Lantern co-writer Greg Berlanti put it plainly. “[W]hile it was heartbreaking on the film side,” Berlanti said of the movie’s failure; “it ultimately led to wonderful things on the television side.” In other words, had Green Lantern been a success, Berlanti would have been stuck continuing work on DC movies, instead of creating the Arrowverse....

On paper, a Vikings spin-off certainly seems like a no-brainer. The original series ran for six seasons and garnered legions of fans thanks to its adventurous storytelling, morally gray characters, cinematic action sequences, and willingness to take risks. The simplest choice would have been to create essentially a carbon copy of the original, leaning into its themes of legacy and explicitly tying the new series to its parent program. Instead, Netflix has gone in a different direction, setting Vikings: Valhalla 125 years after the original, in a world where names like Ragnar and Lagertha are remembered as mythic figures more than real people who loved and struggled and triumphed....

Michael Burnham has returned to her home planet Vulcan in an attempt to recover some data from a Vulcan and Romulan alliance she never thought was even possible. If this sounds like the beginning of an epic title crawl in a Star Wars movie, you’re not far off. In Discovery Season 3, Episode 7, “Unification III,” the Trek franchise has delivered one of its most epic and generation-spanning episodes in a very long time....

Star Trek can be a complicated fandom, with a history of hundreds of storylines, philosophies and canonical quandaries for fans to endlessly puzzle over. It can be a challenge to keep all of it together, but sometimes making light of it can allow fans—new and old—to experience a greater comfort with the franchise and simply have fun with it. The talented Lower Decks cast gets the humor behind this show and they understand its impact on the franchise....