World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth went live the evening of August 13 in the U.S. and Den of Geek has spent much of the few weeks adventuring across the new continents of Kul Tiras and Zandalar. The expansion features plenty of the kind of content fans have come to expect from a new WoW expansion, like new quests and dungeons. But Battle for Azeroth also introduces several features that offer entirely new ways to play the game, including Warfronts, Mythic+ dungeons, and Uldir, Battle for Azeroth‘s first raid....

That’s a line from Yoga Hosers spoken by Johnny Depp’s Guy LaPointe, a ‘legendary man-hunter’ he’s reprising from Tusk. It’s a quote from a review of his new book, and it’s fair to say that Yoga Hosers’ notices have been similar. Smith – who recently listed Yoga Hosers as a reason why he shouldn’t direct The Batman – is well aware that he’s made a naff film here. It plays like one of his weed-assisted podcast stories set to pictures (which, essentially, it is), and it feels like a group of mates – ideally inebriated ones – are the intended audience for it....

Game Of Thrones is everywhere. Superheroes are scheduled to replace nitrogen by 2030. Geeks have clearly infiltrated pop music from an early age. Weep, my friends, for there are no worlds left to conquer. As proof, I offer you this playlist full of geeky references in titles and lyrics. Note: Some of these songs contain rude words and imagery so you probably shouldn’t listen to them. Ash – Angel Interceptor (1995) A single from the album 1977, which is absolutely rammed full of Star Wars references (It opens with the noise of a Tie Fighter, there’s a song called Darkside Lightside, it’s called 1977…)....

Digital effects created in a computer took over, and allowed filmmakers to dream even bigger. But practical effects are beginning to make a comeback. Some of this is due to audiences feeling the CG burnout; no longer quite believing what they’re seeing, resulting in many films’ big action scenes lacking the stakes we need on a emotional level to truly engage with a film (as well as the literal and metaphorical heft of the ‘people’ involved in it, normally now just digital models)....

Following a brief flirtation with science fiction (an excellent big screen adaptation of The Quatermass Experiment), Hammer Film Productions quickly made a name for itself with a series of horror pictures that pushed the boundaries of screen gore. Where the last episode of A History Of Horror was comparatively small in scope, Gatiss casts his net wider in this instalment, providing a detailed and entertaining account of Hammer’s output, from its most creative period in the 50s and 60s, to its descent into soft porn and self-parody in the 70s....

Still, there are eight glorious tracks worth of Christmas songs interpreted through the dysfunctional lens of The Venture Brothers (as well as a tangentially connected bonus song included at the end). They range from loving tributes to riffs on how bad certain Christmas songs are; whether you’re a Christmas music fanatic or someone who wants to strangle Alvin, there’s a song or nine in here for you. So turn up your speakers and enjoy 36 minutes worth of the best Christmas music inspired by a cartoon you’ll hear this season!...

Lost and Hawaii Five-0 vet Paul Zbyszewski who also wrote the Agents of SHIELD episodes “FZZT” and “The Magical Place,” two series standouts, wrote this episode…and boy was it convoluted and needlessly dense. “End of the Beginning” played off the idea of a traitor in SHIELD’s midst, with all the trust and love built up between the team shot out of an airlock as they spend the entire third act accusing each other of being the Clairvoyant....

Halfway through the season, let’s take stock: The mystery about Agent Coulson’s resurrection is in full swing; Agent May took her place as one of the most badass women on television; Fitz and Simmons continue to be a needed human element in the show; Ward has gone from robot to complex character in just a few episodes…and Skye just sort of exists. The bulk of the action this week centered on Peterson....

As for the episode’s story, it is light on concrete threat and strong on character. While possibly the strongest character driven episode yet, sadly the enemy the Agents face is almost nonexistent. When Agents Ward and Fitz go on a mission behind enemy lines in some generic Russian setting to disable some sort of super weapon, Skye discovers that SHIELD has no plan or intention of extracting them alive. The show bounces nicely between the Agents’ mission and Skye’s discovery, and the pacing on both sides is pretty intense....

“Simon Says” begins with some promise, with the understanding that a recent solar flare has caused havoc with the power supplies for the police androids. MX models are given charging priority over DRMs, which means that Dorian is left underpowered. And when Dorian is underpowered, it messes with his emotions. The potential for comic relief is great, and we’re treated to some of it right out of the gate, and Michael Ealy is, as usual, fantastic....

As with any judgement of this kind, trying to figure out so soon exactly what this means to the man on the street is a total minefield of legalese and rampant speculation. Everyone’s got their own opinion, and everyone’s got a different interpretation of the facts. In that regard, I’m no different. While the most likely probability is that Time-Warner will simply pay monstrous amounts of cash for the exclusive rights, the possibility remains that Siegel’s estate could license the character to other companies....

It’s a difficult process, and the only way I can approach it is to additively evaluate my collection. Uncanny X-Men and X-Men stay. Those two series form the cornerstone of my comics-fandom, and they’re the only ones I’ve bought every month since I entered the hobby. That’s two long boxes worth of issues. Then there’s all my X-Men peripheral titles, which is another, even larger box. And there are the Hulk and Fantastic Four runs that still rank as some of my favourite issues of all time stay....

We begin this week in the infirmary of Briar Cliff, with nuns attending to a bloody and dying Grace. With her face colorless and her eyes rolling, a woman in all black, with sprawling black wings appears to Grace and reveals herself to be the Angel of Death. Before the Angel can take Grace the nuns revive her, all right before Sister Mary Eunice. The Sister instantly goes to Arden to blame him for a botched hysterectomy, but Arden insists he didn’t preform the operation....

Spooky Little Girl You can’t have a show about people being killed in Los Angeles without mentioning one of the most famous murders in LA. That would be Elizabeth Short, a wannabe actress who, in 1947, was found nude and dismembered in a field. You’d know her best as The Black Dahlia, one of the most famous unsolved murders in history. It’s not surprising they work her into American Horror Story given the horrific way she died, is it?...

You would think that even in these health-conscious times, no-one would have the nerve to make such claims on the telly any more. No-one, unfortunately, banked on Nutella. Nutella is perhaps the most important gift that Italy has given the world, being the sweet treat that is largely excusable to eat at breakfast. But it takes a lot of a cheek to suggest it is part of a ‘balanced breakfast’....

Just after filming on the show finished, Andrew Scott spared us a bit of time to talk about Moriarty, Sherlock, and playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch. Here’s how it went… Yeah, I was. I was really looking forward to being able to flesh him out. We get more of him this time. The challenge with the last one was to try and make an impact in that ten minutes. This time around, there’s more screentime, and a chance to go a little bit deeper with him....

But it’s not even 12 months since director Mike Flanagan turned Ouija: Origin Of Evil into one of the most surprising films of last year. His prequel to the profitable but poor Hasbro horror was an engaging and creative chiller, and Creation has drawn favourable comparisons for the way in which it also brings in a new director – David F Sandberg, fresh off last year’s Lights Out – to reinvigorate the latest studio-mandated spin-off....

Yes, Lana had a baby, and by less than happenstance, the little girl belongs to Archer. For a moment, I thought that Sterling’s tinnitus really was the cause of him missing news of her birth (a season with Archer deaf?!), but no he is as shell-shocked as Cyril’s former capital building. But aren’t we all? I very much liked the idea of Vice. Besides being a gateway drug into the excess that is the 1980s, and the most brilliant use of Iran-Contra this side of Tom Clancy, it was ambitious to take Sterling and company outside of their comfort zone....

Arrow Season 5 Episode 23 After a year of twists, turns, false flags and some seriously angsty drama, the Arrow season 5 finale is its most climactic and costume-heavy episode to date. Not only did the finale pack enough hardcore action to satisfy any average fan’s bloodlust, but the aging series found yet another compelling way to leave fans on the hook until Arrow Season 6 kicks off in October. To recap, Oliver was captured on the island two days before he’d arranged a rescue for himself....