Update 1.03 is full of quality of life improvements, a new quest line, as well as nerfs. Players can now track NPCs via new map markers, but the Mimic Tear Spirit Ash is significantly less useful. However, the most important change is that weapons now properly scale with Arcane. While the stat increases the odds of finding good items, as well as resistance to Holy and Death, it was also supposed to make certain weapons more powerful....

First off, the Elden Ring delay itself seems simple enough and probably isn’t enough reason to make fans worry that there are serious problems behind the scenes. Many people were stunned to see Elden Ring get such an “early” release date in the first place, and the Elden Ring team seems to be saying that they just need a little time to get it right. That isn’t to say that there won’t be more Elden Ring delays, but at the moment, this seems to be more of a standard delay rather than the early stages of a Cyberpunk 2077 situation....

It’s 1971, and Oxford’s finest are, as ever, dealing with all of humanity’s worst impulses. Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) wakes up late from a hangover, leaving DI Thursday (Roger Allam) waiting in vain for his usual morning lift to work from his Detective Sergeant. It’s not behaviour we’d expect from our Morse…except, of course, it is, when you think about it. John Thaw’s Inspector was a man who suffered silently, and it’s that version of the character that the sensitive, easily hurt young man we met back in Endeavour’s pilot episode nine years ago is growing into....

However, television executives couldn’t ignore the broad, active international fanbase that the series attracted, and before season 8 could sour the taste of the Game of Thrones brand, HBO began hatching ideas for spinoffs, prequels, and companion series. It’s unclear whether new entries in the Game of Thrones universe will help the franchise recapture the white hot intensity of its heyday, but regardless, more adventures in Westeros and Essos are coming....

Directors-writers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, billed collectively as “the Daniels” (Swiss Army Man), have fashioned a movie that, yes, is about a Chinese American woman trying to get her taxes done—as well as keep her laundromat business afloat and hold her family together. Yet the effort to do so takes her on a dizzying journey through an untold number of different realities, each featuring a different version of the befuddled protagonist....

Evil Season 3 Episode 9 Evil, season 3 episode 9 “The Demon of Money” is an installment in motion. It begins in the therapeutic aftermath of a horrific incident and ends on a stunning, violent cliffhanger at the cost of a regular character, who we appreciate far more after the sacrifice. The episode begins in Dr. Boggs’ (Kurt Fuller) office, where Kristen (Katja Herbers) is having a session on the traumatic scene she witnessed at the end of “The Demon of Parenthood....

No, over all these years my nightmares have been plagued by visions of Linda Blair tap dancing. But let me back up here a sec before I get too obsessed. Movie sequels are of course hardly a new phenomenon. Hell, they were making sequels in the silent era. Son of Kong was released the same year as the original, and there were those endless Universal horror sequels beginning in the mid-’30s....

This is probably why Alice de Buhr remarks, at one point in the film, that every kick on her bass drum was a kick in a crotch. Fanny was committed to the music. The group’s members included bassist Jean Millington, guitarists June Millington and Patti Quatro, keyboardist Nickey Barclay, and drummers de Buhr and Brie Darling. Their sound was both of and ahead of its time. Fanny: The Right to Rock speeds through the band’s development, presenting an easy guide to the main points....

While it’s easy enough to play Far Cry 6 and find most of the available Amigos without going too far out of your way, a few of the game’s Amigos are shockingly difficult to find and unlock. Of course, we imagine that’s why you’re here. With that in mind, let’s jump right into our look at where to find every Amigo in Far Cry 6 and what they have to offer (besides, of course, companionship)....

Right at the beginning of episode 1 of the Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi classic Foundation, an opening voiceover from mathematician and Hari Seldon protégé Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) mentions several characters and places that will appear in the story that’s about to be told. One of them, mentioned almost matter-of-factly by Dornick, is a name Foundation fans are sure to know: The Mule. The Mule first shows up in the second book in Asimov’s cycle, Foundation and Empire....

The full list of words and phrases that are censored in the game hasn’t been revealed/discovered quite yet, but “Taiwan,” “Hong Kong,” and “Tibet” are among the most notable early examples. Interestingly, other users are reporting that seemingly simple words such as “enemies” are turned into asterisks whenever you try to type them in chat. That could indicate that the game’s censorship system is being unintentionally aggressive at the moment....

In the first episode of Hacks, 20-something L.A. comedy writer Ava orders takeout and has a one night stand with the delivery man. (Ava mostly sleeps with and fantasises about women but, as she overshares with wild inappropriateness in a job interview later on, sometimes requires penetrative sex with a man to climax). The next morning, Ava waves the guy away without a thought and gets back to the self-involved business of being her....

“And that is it,” laughed Dave to Megan on their long-awaited wedding day, “there are definitely no more secrets.” Not quite, Dave. You may now know all about your new wife’s hidden past, but there’s still the matter of you and daughter Kayleigh inadvertently tag-teaming to murder a man that neither of you knew you’d killed. That’s how next-level the secrets are in a Harlan Coben thriller – even the murderers don’t know they did it....

Harley Quinn Episode 11 Review With Birds of Prey being released this weekend, it seems only right that the newest addition to DC Universe’s adult animated series is the most action packed yet. Opening with a dark slickness that seems more suited to the much lauded DC animated universe movies, “Harley Quinn Highway” is an interesting look into the mind of Poison Ivy that does more to define her relationship with Harley than we’ve seen so far this season....

Judas and the Black Messiah premieres on HBO Max this Feb. 12 and is by every indication the kind of film that awards shows go gaga over. Both Daniel Kaluuya and and Lakeith Stanfield look to be at the top of their respective games in this story about Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and the FBI that wants to take him down. Will this have the same rhetorical oomph on the small screen?...

What Are the Hellbound Creatures? While the Hulk-like killers get most of the press, there are actually two kinds of supernatural entities in Hellbound: the “angels” and the “demons.” The “angels” are the creatures that deliver people’s death sentences. They manifest as a giant, floating face hovering ominously in the air, giving their targets an exact time for their deaths as well as the news that they are bound for hell....

So it’s good news to hear that Hellraiser is being rebooted and reimagined, this time with The Night House and The Ritual director David Bruckner at the helm and Batman Begins co-writer David S. Goyer producing and co-writing the script. The movie isn’t showing in theaters, but it doesn’t take a puzzle box to figure out how to watch it. Here’s everything you need to know. The Hellraiser films follow humans whose appetites for excess draw them to a puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration....

1.4 Armour If the careful foundation-laying of the first three episodes had left you feeling at all distanced from or frustrated by this story, then Armour’s here to yank you into a giant bear hug and surround you with fun, action, excitement and promise. This was the most enjoyable and accessible episode yet. With the uncluttered, clear-cut plot of a videogame level (meet mystical gatekeeper, solve riddle, receive magical object, recruit allies, unlock achievement), a ticking clock thanks to the spy fly device, and the introduction of a couple of welcome archetypes (the rascal adventurer and the down-on-his-luck warrior), it was an entertaining hour of forward momentum....

Following the order of Philip Pullman’s novel trilogy, His Dark Materials Season 2 is based on second book The Subtle Knife, picking up after Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) opened a bridge to a new world and, as the trailer warns, the “Great War.” Here are the latest details on the second season of His Dark Materials. His Dark Materials Season 2 Trailer The full trailer for His Dark Materials Season 2 has arrived, as seen immediately below....

The latest trailer for House of the Dragon, HBO’s first attempt at a Game of Thrones prequel, features a lot of elements we’ve come to be familiar with throughout this lengthy marketing campaign. There are many shots of dragons, Matt Smith in a Barbie doll wig, and gratuitous violence all around. Roughly 20 second into the trailer, however, even the most casual Game of Thrones viewer heard a name that likely made them sit up and take note: Rickard Stark....