The biggest threat on Netflix’s global hit Stranger Things isn’t the Demogorgon, Mind Flayer, nor Vecna – it’s the Gregorian calendar. That last time we caught up with the haunted denizens of Hawkins, Indiana was in Stranger Things season 4, released to Netflix in July 2022. Given the accelerated nature of time in the internet … Read more
The Hero of Time has arrived, and he’s not anyone that we expected. Via social media, Nintendo‘s legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto announced the leads for the upcoming live action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. “I am pleased to announce that for the live action film of ‘The Legend of Zelda,’ Zelda will be … Read more
Move over Mr. DNA, because Colossal Biosciences is here to offer an old-fashioned bit of exposition about “that scary de-extinction word and set the record straight.” That’s right, the company which made headlines this year with stories about bringing back dire wolves (or at least a version of them) and creating woolly mice, has partnered … Read more
Out of all the Y2K-era R-rated horrors, it was only a matter of time before I Know What You Did Last Summer handed its hook over to the next generation—now in the shape of the boilerplate legacy sequel movie, as opposed to the short-lived and already forgotten 2021 Prime Video series. Despite the commercial success … Read more
David Corenswet might be the superhero of the summer after his starring turn in James Gunn’s new Superman adaptation, but the Stranger Things season 5 trailer has given fans a taste of another powered-up badass who will be saving humanity from alternate-dimensioned evildoers. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) has always been the main attraction in a … Read more
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” ~William Bruce Cameron My gardener and I were talking the other day—his English broken, my Spanish worse—but we found a way to connect. He told me about his eight-year-old son, a bright, joyful kid who loves baseball. The boy wants … Read more
If you want to say the noun form of “help” in Spanish, you’d say… The German language excels at nuanced meaning like how the verb “to know” can be one of two German verbs: kennen vs. wissen. You’ll use them in entirely different contexts and need to learn the differences to be successful (though a … Read more
This article is presented in partnership with Netflix and appears in the Den of Geek x Sakamoto Days special edition releasing in mid-July. Sakamoto Days Part 2 releases on July 14. Anime never began as Netflix’s priority, yet the streamer has progressively turned into one of the premier sources for animation. In fact, Netflix is responsible for … Read more
I Know What You Did Last Summer might be the most fascinating of the late 1990s slasher movies that followed Scream. Not necessarily because it also comes from Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson, nor because it features a cast of hot young ’90s stars (including Scream 2‘s Sarah Michelle Gellar). Rather it’s fascinating because of the … Read more
Warning! This piece contains spoilers for Superman! Superhero stories are often filled with idiosyncrasies that inspire deep conversations among those who gobble them up. From whether or not you believe Superman could really disguise himself with nothing more than a pair of snazzy glasses to the collateral damage of superhero showdowns, suspension of disbelief is … Read more