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This article originally appeared as part of the Den of Geek “Absolute Cinema” newsletter. Find out how to subscribe here. In 1969, director Stanley Kubrick was on top of the world. He had, as the director once mused to his later-friend Steven Spielberg, made a dint on cinema thanks to the extraordinary vision of 2001: A […] The post WB’s Value

Very few of us expected the Evil Dead franchise to be still alive and kicking 45 years after the first movie burst onto screens, but Sam Raimi’s cult classic The Evil Dead has now spawned five more movies with another on the way, not to mention a TV show following the ongoing Deadite-plagued adventures of […] The post Every Evil Dead Movie Ran

While there have certainly been Star Wars racing games after 1999’s high-octane fan-favorite Star Wars Episode I: Racer, none had quite captured the same level of bombastic action in speeding around that galaxy far, far away. Fortunately, that high-speed glory is recaptured and then some with the upcoming racing title Star Wars: Galactic Racer

When The Silence of the Lambs won all of the big five categories at the 1992 Oscars, including Best Picture, observers had to do all manner of hand-wringing to explain why the movie wasn’t just a horror movie. One could point to Jonathan Demme’s incredible direction, which brought a level of empathy to the proceedings. […] The post Defending H

This article contains Digger spoilers. How will our descendants view us? It’s a question that seems to haunt Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director and co-writer of Digger. He is old enough to vividly remember when folks around his age—albeit perhaps more so in the U.S. than outside of it—began looking at their parents as “the […] The post

My full introduction to the RPG genre, more specifically in regard to the pixelated, turn-based titles, was through games developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo with titles like Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and Final Fantasy. One RPG series by Square I wasn’t familiar with at the time was Romancing SaGa, which […] The pos

Some TV characters arrive with years of story already mapped out. Others are basically hired to walk in, cause a little trouble, and disappear forever. Then an actor clicks with the material so perfectly that everyone involved has to rethink the plan. A character meant for one episode suddenly becomes a fan favorite, a series regular, or even

Some documentaries strive to guide you into the uncanny valley, holding the viewer’s hand while the surreality of its subject matter is slowly revealed. You Can See Everything starts in that place, moves in furniture, and makes itself snugly at home in some of the valley’s choicest real estate. Which in this case resembles the […] The post You