Game of Thrones: Major Questions Following “Eastwatch”

Though Game of Thrones would be nothing without questions, this week it finally gave us a long-awaited answer: no, Gendry is not still rowing. In fact, he’s made himself quite useful in the years since we last saw him. But one answer does not an episode make, and Eastwatch provided viewers with some excellent questions.

Moving from south to north, we start at Oldtown, where Sam – and viewers – are being kept in the dark about some things.

What Does Gendry’s Return Mean for Game of Thrones?

Since Joe Dempsie’s attendance at the Game of Thrones Season 7 red carpet premiere, fans have had even more reason to hope for his character return to the show. Dempsie plays Gendry, the bastard of Robert Baratheon and a former ally of Arya Stark. As the opening credits rolled at the top of the fifth episode on Sunday night, the presence of Dempsie’s name confirmed Gendry’s long-awaited reappearance. And what a reintroduction it was.

Game of Thrones Episode 6 Teaser Pits Jon & Company Against Death

The trailer for Game of Thrones penultimate episode in Season 7 shows the massive showdown between Jon Snow’s fur-coated Dirty Half Dozen and the Night King’s Army of the Undead. Last night’s episode “Eastwatch” set this clash into motion, as Jon, Jorah, Gendry, Tormund, Beric, the Hound and Thoros headed out beyond the wall to try and snatch a Wight to bring back as proof that the dead are marching on Westeros.

Ingrid Goes West Blurs the Lines of Virtual and Reality in Our Own World

Social media has drastically changed the way in which people communicate with one another and it’s become a fascinating topic for filmmakers. There are a lot of ways technology has brought us together, but also a lot of pitfalls in dealing with the new reality. (Remember the Bryce Dallas Howard episode of Black Mirror?)

The latest exploration of how upping your followers can be cool or creepy is the black comedy 

Game of Thrones Recap: “Eastwatch”

First things first; the thing from last week’s episode, “The Spoils of War,” that no one really thought happened didn’t happen. Jaime Lannister is alive and unwell thanks to Bronn. The two men gasp and gossip on the beach (Bronn not only saved Jaime from Drogon’s fire, he also dragged him up from the depths of the river), Bronn, as always, appearing slightly amused while Jaime, who is quickly rising up Game of Thrones Brooding Ranks,

Gretchen Mol on Finding the Complexity in a Mother’s Story in A Family Man

In A Family Man, Gerard Butler plays an ambitious headhunter determined to win an important promotion – until his young son becomes critically ill and he has to rethink his priorities.  Gretchen Mol plays Butler’s wife and the mother of the sick child. In an interview with The Credits, she talked about what she learned from her extensive theater work (including a starring role in “Chicago” on Broadway) and how she made the too-often thankless role of the “you’re never home” wife into a real and complex character in this film.

TheWonder Woman Blu-ray & DVD Special Features You Need to Know About

Wonder Woman is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray, and everyone should be excited. This not only means the ability to rewatch the film obsessively, free from judgement and in the comfort of your pajamas, but also access to the tons of special features included on the discs. With a range of behind the scenes features, insights from director Patty Jenkins, and an epilogue, there are more extras than you can shake the “Godkiller” sword at.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: New Carrie Fisher & Benicio Del Toro Character Details Revealed

Carrie Fisher might be gone, but Leia has not left the screen yet. With Star Wars: The Last Jedi hitting theaters this December, Fisher’s final appearance as the character marks a bittersweet moment for the series. Fortunately, it sound like Leia will be quite busy in the upcoming film, between dealing with the still-tenuous position of the Resistance, coping with the death of Han Solo, and facing off with Vice Admiral Holdo, a fellow Resistance leader played by Laura Dern.

The End is Nigh: Avengers 4 Begins Filming

Production on the fourth Avengers film has begun, and the occasion was marked by the Russo Brothers posting an image of a gloved hand holding out four fingers. The title of the film has yet to even be released, as it gives away events in Marvel films that will premiere before this fourth installment in the Avengers lineup. Indeed, its predecessor, Avengers: Infinity War, does not even have an official trailer out.

Watch Bill Hader as Anthony Scaramucci on SNL‘s Weekend Update: Summer Edition

Arguably the two greatest political spoofs in recent SNL history are Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin and Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer. Equal parts loving and lacerating, these two characterizations will stand the test of comedy time. Possibly joining their ranks is Bill Hader’s riff on Anthony Scaramucci, the blink-and-you-missed-it White House communications director, who spent a grand total of 11 days in the position, and was fired, technically, before his actual start date.

In previous years, we wouldn’t have gotten a timely spoof like this because 

Double Emmy Nominee Ann Dowd Talks The Handmaid’s Tale and The Leftovers

Frightening to begin with, The Handmaid’s Tale gets even more creepy fifteen minutes into the first episode with the introduction of “Aunt Lydia.” Played with fierce authority by Ann Dowd, Lydia hectors a group of young women forced to bear children for the men who rule near-future “Gilead.” Striding around the classroom in short hair, drab gown and combat boots, Lydia stops at the desk of a surly student and abruptly jabs the handmaid with a cattle prod.

Game of Thrones Episode 5 Images, Title “Eastwatch” Hints at the Arrival of the Night’s King

If you’re stil reeling from Game of Thrones episode 4, “Spoils of War,” join the club. We’re still trying to decide just how effective Dany’s Dothraki-and-dragon attack on the Lannister army was, consideirng the gold they captured from High Garden had already arrived at King’s Landing. What Dany’s torching of the remnants of Jaime’s soldiers will mean for the larger war will likely be part of what we learn in the upcoming fifth episode,

Star Wars: The Last Jedi News: Alien Caretakers, Jedi Cave Pantings & Snoke’s Praetorian Guard

As we near Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s December 15 premiere date, we can expect fresh details to emerge. Granted, these will likely only be that which Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Studios wants us to know, but every new bit of information is, for Star heads, worth savoring. A lot of the latest info is courtesy a cover story by Entertainment Weekly, which got to sit down with a lot of the major players,

Emmy-Nominated Veep Writers Master Insult-Driven Satire in the Age of Trump

On the face of it, few things sound less intrinsically funny than “presidential library.” And yet for ten wickedly hilarious episodes this spring, HBO comedy Veep packed in more jokes per minute than any of its competition by tracking the self-glorifying quests of a narcissistic politician, expert in the art of personal attacks, who’s willing to say anything and betray anybody if it means holding onto power. Portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Selina Meyer spends most of the season on a quest to memorialize her eight-month “legacy”

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Mark Hamill on Luke in Exile

The details we learned about Luke Skywalker’s disappearance in The Force Awakens centered on the fact that Luke felt he failed when his protegé, Kylo Ren, turned out to be, well, the Kylo Ren we all know and loathe. While the galaxy once again was falling under the jackboot of a dictatorship (this time, the First Order, built from the ashes of the Galactic Empire after the events in Return of the Jedi),

James Cameron Confirms Stephen Lang to Play Villain Through all Avatar Films

One might not exactly call a December 18, 2020 release date “upcoming”, but that is indeed when the long awaited sequel to Avatar will be landing in theaters. James Cameron, the director and mind behind the series, has not been sitting idle for the better part of a decade that has passed between the first film’s release and now. Rather, he has been plotting out the whopping four sequels that will round out the five film series,

James Gunn Explains Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Post-Credits Scenes

Any fan worth their salt knows about the five scenes that were interspersed throughout the end credits of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. But there has been some confusion as to what it all means. James Gunn, who both wrote for and directed the film, shed some light on what exactly those scenes mean for the future of the series.

Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios,

Star Wars: The Last Jedi may Include Mega Star Destroyer

With the premiere of The Last Jedi drawing ever nearer, it is no surprise that the ever-active Star Wars fan base is leaving no stone unturned in their hunt for information about the upcoming film. Thanks to their relentless searching, details about a new ship have been found in an unexpected place. A photo of a list of soon-to-be-released toys based on the upcoming film has been found, and included on the list is something called the “BB-8 Mega Star Destroyer (with Supreme Leader Snoke and Elite Praetorian Guard).”

While not exactly a visual rendering of the new craft,

The Gifted Exists in a World Where the X-Men are Absent

If you want to drive yourself crazy, try to figure when things happened within the X-Men universe. The films themselves have memorably juggled and re-jiggered timelines, so much so that DenOfGeek created this nifty guide, which helps break down on which timeline the various films exist on. Even with DenOfGeek’s thorough guide, it’s still pretty confusing, and things are hardly made more clear with the addition of the 

Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen Eyes Milla Jovovich to Play Villain

For fans of Guillermo del Toro’s two Hellboy movies, you’re probably cautiously excited about the Hellboy reboot. First announced this past May, Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen may be missing del Toro and Hellboy himself, Ron Perlman, but it does have comics creator Mike Mingola co-writing the script for director Neil Marshall (The Descent), along with scribes Andrew Cosby and Christopher Goldne. Then we found out that Stranger Things standout David Harbour will be playing the titular comics character.