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In other words, no, you cannot adjust your TV or HBO Max account to make the black bars on the side of the image go away. Zack Snyder’s Justice League was filmed in a square frame, and that’s the way Snyder wants you now to see it. Amusingly, this makes the Snyder Cut the first major superhero movie to be presented in the “Academy Ratio” (or something close to it), which was the cinematic standard throughout most of the Golden Age of Hollywood, going into the 1950s....

If you needed confirmation straight from the horse’s mouth about the Snyder Cut’s place in the disjointed DCEU, then Snyder obliged during an interview with podcast DC Cinematic Cast, on which he clarified where his lengthy redux stands vis-à-vis the canon he launched with 2013’s Man of Steel and 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Potentially upsetting passionate proponents, Zack Snyder’s Justice League—for all its elaborate new bells and whistles—will not be considered canon in the DCEU....

Judkins makes no bones about the need to make changes to Wheel of Time where needed. “Obviously I want to stay as close to the books as we possibly can. These are really beloved books,” the showrunner said during the show’s SDCC@Home panel. “There’s a great story there, we want to tell it, and we want tell it in the way that’s best for television. This really is a true adaptation of the series, so there will be a lot of things that are different from the books certainly....

Full of twists, turns, and Vicky McClure’s seemingly endless wardrobe of excellent knitwear, ITVX’s exclusive new drama Without Sin is a triumph. From its first moments, this thriller left us with questions, and they only multiplied as the four episodes unfolded, delving into the death of teenager Maisie Tomlinson as her grieving mother Stella (Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure) forms a relationship with the man she believes to be her daughter’s killer....

Wonder Woman 1984 takes place well before the introduction of the other heroes of the DCEU and largely exists as a standalone film. However, there are still plenty of references to Diana Prince’s own history across the comics, small screen, and previous films. We’ve used all the wisdom of Athena to chronicle as many Easter eggs as we can spot, but as always, if we’ve missed anything, do let us know in the comments....

This SSD expansion is manufactured by Seagate and will add 1TB of storage to the Xbox Series X/S. While we’re still waiting to hear more about some of the details, the general idea seems to be that this SSD is the only storage expansion option that will replicate the architecture of the next-gen consoles Now, you may recall that Microsoft previously stated that you’d be able to use just about all Xbox One accessories on the Xbox Series X/S....

Yasuke is somewhat in the same vein as Afro Samurai or Samurai Jack in propelling an iconic Samurai figure into a rich fantasy world. “It just sits right alongside Afro Samurai and Samurai Jack,” acknowledges Thomas, “They’re going to be compared regardless because those are the only three that are being pushed to the Western entertainment. So, it’s inevitable.” However, where those two were set in alternate futures, Yasuke takes in an alternate past....

Jamie Dutton, played by Wes Bentley, went through the wringer by the end of season 4, with a revenge mission set by adopted sister Beth (Kelly Reilly) resulting in him shooting his biological father Garrett (Will Patton) in the head. Considering Beth has photographic evidence of his involvement in the murder, and is using it as leverage over Jamie going forward, it’s clearly something he is very clearly not too happy with – and a dire situation he doesn’t want lasting too long....

While we’re waiting, why don’t we just overanalyze every single frame of that new trailer? This latest Breath of the Wild 2 footage may not look like much on the surface in terms of new information, but it’s packed with small details that could tell us much more about the next Breath of the Wild than you may have thought. Have another look at the trailer below: From haircuts and flamethrowers to hidden messages and secret names, here are just some of the secrets we spotted in the E3 2021 Breath of the Wild 2 trailer: The way that early footage is presented almost makes it seem like it’s supposed to be a kind of prelude to the rest of the game....

Will hard-working companies like Arrow, Shout Factory, Second Sight, and Powerhouse, who work hard cleaning up and shipping out all the beloved movies from our formative years in exchange for a reasonable amount of cash, ever run out of new finds to level up for fresh Blu-ray releases? Unlikely! That 4K restoration of Rawhead Rex you always wanted? Here you go. A limited-edition copy of Xtro with three thousand hours of special features?...

As we previously discussed in our look at some of the most notable censored NES games, it’s not entirely accurate to suggest that games back then were so much darker than you ever dared dream. Most instances of SNES censorship can actually be attributed to cultural differences. Others were likely implemented due to the fact that the ESRB wasn’t founded until 1994. Without a standardized rating game rating system in place, Nintendo was often better off playing it safe when it came to even potentially objectionable content....

They’re still splendid – Jim Moir as an artist and Bob Mortimer as a podcaster and amateur fisherman. To celebrate the return of Bob’s other TV double-act, Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, starting on Friday at 8pm on BBC Two, Den Of Geek presents just some of the many times Bob Mortimer has turned up unscripted and sans Vic on TV and made the world a brighter, funnier place, including…...

By the time Yellowstone premiered in 2018, its creator Taylor Sheridan didn’t have much name recognition beyond action movie die-hards. The show’s name was generic and certainly not search engine friendly. And its home on Paramount Network? One could be forgiven for not knowing where that was in their cable package. And yet, Yellowstone did become a TV heavy hitter, arguably one of the biggest ones on television. Its ratings are absolutely massive, with the season 4 premiere pulling in a mind-boggling 14 million viewers before streaming was even factored in....

1883 Episode 8 In most of Taylor Sheridan’s shows, he has done well to pace out the story, with thrills coming at regular intervals, paired with the occasional “character building” episode to ultimately push story arcs towards the season’s conclusion. Episode 8 of 1883’s premiere season “The Weep of Surrender” is entirely a character building episode. Which fans, like myself, should definitely appreciate as it’s the secret to the richness of the fan-favorite characters of 1883 and Yellowstone....

Of course, given the three-film franchise’s contemporary time frame and American setting, it would’ve been a stretch anyway to find some reason to have him mix it up with the Wolf Man. In that way, the Gill Man was like the Mummy, forced to carry his series alone. Even if this aquatic fish face would go on to become the most iconic and influential cinematic monster of the 1950s, his isolation within the Universal pantheon is somehow fitting, given the storyline that plays out onscreen....

Agents of SHIELD Season 5 Episode 4 Whoa, now that’s an ending. In a week where the future of the Marvel Universe is on everyone’s mind thanks to the Fox/Disney merger, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD delivers an episode that reminds fans that the present rocks as well. This week, we get treated to a look into the heart and mind of Deke, a look into the damage done to Mack after he left the Framework, a battle that Agent May might not have survived, and the return of an old friend....

There is a pub in Manhattan’s West Village that at first glance is just another one of the many dive bars NYU students frequent. But this one is particularly tailored for the film school set with its low lighting, its faux-fire, and, of course, a giant life-sized werewolf devouring a peasant girl in the back. Like its namesake from An American Werewolf in London, the Slaughtered Lamb is a pub touched by the occult and supernatural—it is also proof that over 35 years later horror fans can’t shake the Mark of Beast left by John Landis’ lycanthrope classic....

There’s only “one way out.” That’s the theme of Andor episode 10, and it’s not just because Robert Emms’ Lonni Jung learns the only way out of the Rebellion is in a box. Giving us a prison break that Michael Scofield would be proud of, Cassian Andor and Kino Loy (Andy Serkis) engineer the long-awaited escape from the Narkina 5 prison following that devastating reveal in episode 9. Unlike the gravity-defying lightsaber duels and space battles of your standard Star Wars series, Andor has pitched itself as a grounded sci-fi spy series....

If it has been a while since you’ve played Apex Legends (or if you’ve simply never played the game at all), then it might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the state of the game’s Legends roster. Even if you’re not looking to climb to the top of the battle royale’s competitive rankings, it’s helpful to know roughly where every Legend in the game stands at the moment and which might be the right one for you....

After eleven seasons, over 100 episodes, and four radical reinventions, Archer has become one of the most ambitious and respected animated series of its generation. The show has elevated itself to something greater than a (hilarious) parody of the spy genre and has slowly allowed both itself and its characters to evolve in fascinating ways. Around these massive changes, Archer has never lost sight of itself. Its core sensibility and acerbic characters never falter....