I’m not sure what I was expecting going into this brand new incarnation of E4’s seminal drama Skins, made up of three mini-movies focusing on a favourite figure from the first four series, but the first thing I’ll say is that Skins Fire feels very much like it exists within the same universe. There were two ways this seventh series could have been horrible – one would be if the same manic sex and drug-taking was as prominent as it was in the preceding six, and the other would be if creators Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain had departed too far from what it was about the show fans loved in the first place....

Solo: A Star Wars Story introduces fans to a younger Han Solo as well as a slew of new characters and returning ones, including one surprising cameo you won’t see coming. As the film zips from Han’s homeworld of Corellia to Kessel to other corners of the galaxy far, far away, Solo also presents many callbacks to other Star Wars adventures. As revealed by Lando midway through the film, Beckett is not just known for being a conniving smuggler who’s fast with his guns and is willing to do whatever it takes to end up on top....

Dear Mr. Sutter, I am not buying what you are selling. No. No, sir. No way, no how, not in the least little bit. It has come to my attention that at some point in each season, Sons of Anarchy goes off the rails, jumps the shark, runs out into the weeds whilst flailing its metaphorical arms. What makes these episodes so painful to watch is that they are embedded amongst episodes which showcase otherwise powerful writing and colossal acting....

After a very hit and miss season so far, this week’s episode builds on the relief that I felt last week when things started picking up. Furthermore, a lot of reader feedback on the previous reviews has displayed unified disdain for the Belfast plot arc, and all of you will be thankful to hear that there is barely a whisper of it this week. To kick off the episode we get a nice big scrap between Kozik and Tig....

I started my exploration of series one of South Park by talking a little bit about the ideas behind the show, and how far more intelligent and socially-savvy ideas are at work than meets the eye, although you’d be forgiven for thinking that’s a load of rubbish when you see the first episode is called Cartman Gets An Anal Probe! Everyone is excited in South Park when Cartman wins an essay contest, and it becomes known he will receive an award presented by Kathie Lee Gifford....

Doubling the length and broadening the scope for series two then, was a dangerous prospect. A second run of In The Flesh risked being a bloated, diluted version of the first, a drama that had made its point, outstayed its welcome, and was hanging around only to weaken the good work of its predecessor. Episode one opens in the urban world, a place of brutalist tower blocks, graffitied concrete, and trams, before scurrying back to the imagined safety of the rural village, a place, as Ren and Rick discovered in series one, every bit as susceptible to violence and danger....

“I hate Halloween.” Okay, this is a big deal here, guys. Tonight’s is a doozy. Not just because it’s written by series creator and resident madman, Kevin Williamson, but it also has the team going through an allegedly haunted house, as well as searching for their stalker suspect through a costume party on Halloween. And oh, right, they just so happen to think that he’s dead. That’s right. The team is spending their time and resources this week on what they think is a ghost stalker....

Hoping to pique EA’s interest, Double Damage produced a pitch video detailing what its untitled game would look like, with the Millennium Falcon and an X-Wing taking on Tie Fighters, a Star Destroyer and even Boba Fett’s Slave-1 in the middle of an asteroid field. As you might have gathered, the game never got a greenlight, and according to Kotaku, the developer knew that its chances were slim in any case....

Before we get to see the much hyped appearance of George Lucas in The Clone Wars (as Chairman Papanoida) we have to suffer a rather lacklustre opening sequence. The spin-off’s version of the famous opening crawl features words and phrases such as “political game”, “commerce”, “blockade” as well as scenes of debate in the senate. On hand to help his dad out is Ion, voiced by Seth Green, whose accent is startlingly unlike the rest of his family....

Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 12 “Wolves And A Door” is a prologue, a gradual opening outward into what the Lothal Jedi Temple has become. As a lead into the finale, it creates some intrigue in the form of the Jedi Temple, but ultimately it’s an episode in which not much happens — a lengthy journey with a few entirely unnecessary scenes, a watered-down new character, and some tantalizing art....

2.1 Intervention Unfortunately, something a character says in the first scene of the episode rings true of this episode: “It’s a lot to process.” Stargate Universe has returned, and with a bang too. We pick up where we left off at the end of last season, with the current crew of the Destiny in varying degrees of anguish. While Lt. Scott and Sgt Greer run along the ship’s hull, trying to make it to the only available entrance before a pulsar kills them, Eli was doing the same on the inside, running to open the door to let the two of them in....

The Blu-ray and DVD of It arrive this week (on Tuesday), and it’s clearly a must-have for fans of the movie and King’s work in general. The movie itself holds up incredibly well on repeat viewings, but the new disc seems a bit…sparse. There are 11 interesting deleted scenes (10 if you don’t count the first, an “alternate take” on the movie’s opening that we’ll let you discover), some of which provide some extra depth to characters whose screen time was cut back in the theatrical version....

In the latest Supernatural, Sam is investigating a series of murders where the victims all had babies which were then taken. Meanwhile, Dean has moved house with Lisa and Ben and is growing increasingly overprotective. Sam and Samuel work out a likely next victim, but Sam arrives too late to save them and, after a confrontation with the murderer, he’s left holding the baby. Literally. Sam’s investigation leads to him suspecting that the baby’s father may be a shape shifter, while, back in the motel, Dean discovers for sure....

Now, I like ‘gritty’ dramas, Waking The Dead, Messiah and Wire In The Blood are all prime time BBC dramas that take a more adult approach, combining drama and quite un-nerving scenes. But out of all the strong and gritty dramas it seems that this episode of Survivors has put them to shame and, on reflection, to me, was one of the most disturbing bits of telly I have seen in a long time....

The live-action Batman movies haven’t had a lot of time for him since 1997’s Batman & Robin. Since then, we’ve only really had a much-maligned Easter egg with Joseph Gordon Levitt’s character in The Dark Knight Rises and a more significant animated outing for Michael Cera’s take on the Boy Wonder in last year’s The LEGO Batman Movie. The Robin of Teen Titans Go (voiced by Scott Menville), isn’t best pleased about this....

5.11 The Last Chimera In my last review of Teen Wolf, I mentioned that I had been through the pain of losing a beloved car, but not the pain of losing a parent. Well, in the month or so since that review was put up, that’s changed. About the time The Last Chimera was airing, I was making arrangements to bury my own ever-supportive father. Like Stilinski, he might not have always understood what I was on about when I talked about writing for Den of Geek or working on websites, but as someone who was a writer himself—he wrote songs, little snippets of poems, little creative things—and as someone who built things, tinkering with old cars or working on my house with me, he understood the drive to do something, to create something, to make words do what you want and to make things look on a screen how they’re supposed to look in your head....

This show has elevated itself from a by-the-numbers fugitive remake into something spectacular and highly enjoyable. The fifth episode of the season splits the team up when the death of an innocent man signals to them that a Terminator is tracking down boys who’ll become a future asset to John in the future war. Reese and John go to find the real ‘Martin Bedell’, while Cameron and Sarah find the another kid with the same name, and a Terminator in close pursuit....

Imagine if the second-to-last episode of Breaking Bad opened with Walter White just turning himself into the police. That’s more or less what happens here as Terror in Resonance begins to prove that as its wrapping things up, it’s not going to hold anything back. We see Nine turning himself in and effectively having Sphinx surrender in the opening seconds of the episode, and immediately we know this is going to be big and the beginning of the end....

While on the face of it, one could argue that this episode when distilled to its most basic elements is about broken hearts and bombshells. But like this season’s better episodes, “I Am Become Death”strives to explore much deeper themes. In this case, the ideas of loyalty, love, and identity are brought under the microscope. When faced with happiness or mortal peril, who has our backs? Who will be there to care for us, when we are unable to fend for ourselves?...

If last week’s episode was the calm, part one of the season finale is indeed the proverbial storm. The survivors aboard the Ark are faced with yet another harsh reality check: with the last drop ship destroyed, they have no way of leaving the station—and only have 51 hours of life support left. Abby, like her daughter, is more pragmatic than optimistic. The futility of trying to save a dying patient sums up her overwhelming helplessness....