This article contains Venom: The Last Dance spoilers. For many, losing their significant other can feel a lot like the end of the world. But for Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock, it could be literally that after Venom: The Last Dance comes to a close. When we leave Hardy’s erstwhile superhero, his better half—the slimy, gooey, raven-black symbiote who calls itself Venom—is dead. Probably. Venom definitely seems to sacrifice himself when the symbiote assimilates and destroys all of the bad juju from a symbiotic tracker sent to Earth to hunt him down. In the aftermath, most of the other symbiotes in…

One thing was clear to Tom Hardy and Kelly Marcel back before Venom’s black gooey goodness ever slithered off the comic book page: Venom 3, or Venom: The Last Dance as it became known, needed to be the end of the story. “We always knew this was the conclusion,” writer-director Marcel explains while stepping into the Den of Geek studio alongside Venom 3 co-star Rhys Ifans. “We knew that we were signed up for three movies, or that Tom was signed up for three movies, and that there would be a three-movie arc, and that this is where we would…

“We’ve never seen a force like this,” says Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) in the final trailer for the HBO prequel series Dune: Prophecy. That comment is delivered amidst images of impressive forces, including the sandworms of Arrakis, the Bene Gesserit witches, and Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong). But the most striking image might be the most human, that of an arm covered by boiling skin. Although the trailer doesn’t say for sure, readers of Frank Herbert‘s Dune novels have a good idea of what they’re seeing. That appears to be the effects of a weapon called a stone burner, one…

About 90 percent of the enjoyment in Deadpool & Wolverine hinges on knowing references about the recent history of Hollywood and the current state of superhero movies. And none of those winking asides hit as hard as the moment where Blade, played once again by Wesley Snipes, does something cool, looks at the camera, and says, “There’s only been one Blade. There’s only gonna be one Blade.” As always, the Daywalker is correct, as it was announced that Marvel will no longer continue to try and ice skate uphill. The long in-development and beleaguered Blade film starring Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali…

Jason Blum is skeptical of folks who claim they know they have a hit while watching the dailies. As far as he’s concerned, it has never happened in his career, even after he smiled the first time he viewed a playback of child actor Amie Donald pirouetting down a hallway and grabbing a machete. It was a darkly funny moment that had just been shot for director Gerard Johnstone’s M3GAN, a film which would combine Donald’s movements with Jenna Davis’ vocal performance in order to create the vicious title character. But that this would be the birth of a thoroughly…

It’s cliché to lament about “the days when MTV played music videos,” but it’s true. Those were a magical time, and with all the countless music videos, there was a very specific subgenre that was peppered in for years. By that I mean the movie tie-in music video. Back then, to advertise both a new movie and its soundtrack, they would take one of the tracks and give it its own music video. It usually involved the musician performing their song with a narrative that loosely linked them to the movie’s story, and every few moments they would throw in…

The Wolf Man has always held a special place in Jason Blum’s heart. While, gun to his head, Dracula was his absolute favorite Universal Monster growing up, Lon Chaney Jr.’s depiction of poor, cursed Larry Talbot was pretty close behind. To this day, the filmmaker reminisces about watching the 1941 original with his mother. Perhaps that was one reason that when Blumhouse Productions first began entertaining the idea of reimagining some of the classic Universal Monsters for the 21st century, the Wolf Man remained high on the list. “It’s a project I’ve been passionate about for a very long time,…

New York Comic Con is an event filled with cosplay, merch, and plenty of fan interaction, but the annual convention also features plenty of big announcements coming from the television and film panels as well as activations to create a unique experience for attendees. If you weren’t able to make it to NYCC this year, we’ve got you covered with all of the most exciting news and memorable moments coming from this year’s gathering. Plus, a few exclusive tidbits we learned at our interview studio! Panels  The Future of the Star Trek Universe Star Trek was in full force at…

Some people say the 1990s weren’t the best years for horror since they marked the end of many of the popular slasher franchises from the ‘70s and ‘80s that previous generations grew up on. In those movies’ place, the ‘90s introduced way more postmodern teen horrors (following on from Scream). But there was way more to ‘90s horror than that, and it’s an era which deserves a second look. While Scream was revising the slasher model, making it more female-friendly and catering to teen gore hounds who knew all the tricks, The Blair Witch Project ushered in a new era…

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut is Woman of the Hour, a crime drama centered on the time when serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on show The Dating Game, while he was in the middle of his killing spree and had already been arrested and convicted of child molestation twice. Kendrick’s film is not a mawkish biopic of Alcala, it’s more a study of women being unsafe around men and how, certainly in the ’70s in the USA, the police and legal systems let victims down. The story is told through Kendrick’s portrayal of Cheryl Bradshaw, the bachelorette who picked Alcala on…

This article is sponsored by Sneak Energy. Check out their Terminator 40th limited edition collection here! From its first shocking future-tense moment to its ominous, and haunting ending, The Terminator is so much more than just a well-made action sci-fi movie. Forty years ago, with a script co-written by Gale Anne Hurd, James Cameron directed what can only be called his first masterpiece. Though the larger franchise is broadly beloved, the original film—featuring brilliant performances from Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger—remains an unforgettable piece of cinematic art. Now, 40 years after its initial release, The Terminator is back…

Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? The Horse-lords of Tolkien’s Middle-earth rode into New York Comic Con with a star-studded panel for New Line Cinema’s forthcoming animated feature, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. This prequel takes place approximately 200 years before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring, when Helm Hammerhand, ninth king of Rohan and the namesake of Helm’s Deep and Rohan’s legendary horn, escalated a family feud against his Dunlending neighbors and brought war and tragedy to his realm.  Emmy Award-winning Brian Cox,…

Willem Dafoe has a history with Nosferatu. Long before appearing in Robert Eggers’ reimagining of the German Expressionist classic, the Oscar-nominated actor starred in a film about the making of the original vampire movie. In fact, one of the Oscars he was nominated for was the movie about Nosferatu—or at least a fantasy version of it where Dafoe played a literal vampire who is cast by eccentric director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) to provide authenticity to the 1922 picture. Willem Dafoe’s performance in Shadow of the Vampire (2000) had a formative influence on Eggers too. Albeit the way Eggers tells…

This article is full of spoilers for Smile 2. Lots of musicians spill their guts on stage, but no one does it quite like Skye Riley at the end of Smile 2. Smile 2‘s stomach-ripping conclusion is the climax of Smile 2‘s mandate to go bigger in every way than the 2022 original. Whereas writer/director Parker Finn kept things small in Smile, dealing with therapist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) and her familial history of mental illness, Smile 2 raises the stakes to stadium tour size. This time, pop star Skye Riley (a committed Naomi Scott) becomes the target of the…

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. History tells us that for a brief period circa 209-211 A.D., twin brothers named Caracalla and Geta ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperors at the behest of their late father (and previous emperor) Septimius Severus. The brothers’ shared stewardship of their kingdom did not end well, nor was it a particularly illustrious time for the empire itself. But it has, more than 18 centuries later, provided us with one positive aftermath: it forms much of the basis of Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel…

Fans from all over the world hit the Big Apple once again for New York City’s biggest pop culture event of the year. And New York Comic Con 2024 boasts some of the biggest and most exciting panels and activations ever.  From panels that will deliver the inside scoop on the debut of Dune: Prophecy and Star Trek: Section 31 to deep dives into The Walking Dead Universe and the seedy world of HBO’s The Penguin, there’s plenty to look forward to in and around the Javits Center this weekend. There are even a few nerdy exhibits and giveaways you…

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In an early scene from the best Joker movie of 2024, the camera pans across Gotham City in ruins. Despite the protesters rioting outside, one person seems completely calm. Waiting in a studio green room, the Joker prepares to go onto live television and shock the society in which we all live. Of course this Joker isn’t going to shoot Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro doing his best Johnny Carson impression). Nor is he going to flashback to shooting Murray Franklin while on trial for murder. No, this is Joker the Harlequin, who disrupts the totalitarian state that Bruce Wayne…

If you like learning about serial killers, scammers, cults, dodgy doctors, tech fraudsters, fake millionaires, Tiger Kings and the unbelievable clusterfuck that was FyreFest, then Netflix has got you covered with a host of documentaries. Trouble is they are not all gold, and don’t all lend themselves to the format. A good story does not equal a good documentary, such is the case with Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare. This is the incredible tale of a young woman, Kirat, from the South Asian community living in London who meets a man named Bobby via Facebook. Bobby knows members of Kirat’s…

Smile 2 might have the most uncomfortable scene in any movie this year, a notable feat given that Terrifier 3 is playing across the hall. Director Parker Finn throws the viewer in the middle of an argument between drug-addicted pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) and her movie star boyfriend (Ray Nicholson). As the two race down twisting California roads, their argument gets increasingly intense, each hurling cruel barbs at the other and neither showing any tenderness. Finn puts the camera right between the two combatants and whip pans from one to the other, forcing the audience to look at…