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We have all the nerdy entertainment news from across the globe. Here you’ll find everything from the latest movies hitting cinemas to what’s going on with every streaming service in Australia.
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Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T. Davies on Bringing Out the Doctor’s Queerness
Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who debut last year broke the mold for many reasons, but for one excellent one among many, it meant that for the first time ever fans got to be introduced to a Doctor played by an openly queer man—and playing a Doctor unafraid of acknowledging that, either. “Do you know what? It…
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The Long Comics History Behind X-Men’s Sentinel Program
For almost as long as they have been in the comics, the X-Men and mutantkind at large have been stalked by a world that hates and fears them—a world that manifested that hate in the metallic, unflinching face of the Sentinel Program. Just as the X-Men have grown and changed wildly since those early days,…
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The Full Star Wars Saga Celebrates 25 Years of Lego
Nowhere in Star Wars will old Han Solo meet young Han Solo. Yoda is not likely to ever meet Grogu. Princess Leia won’t cross paths with General Leia. Some things are just not going to happen. Unless, well, it’s Lego, where any and everything is possible. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Lego making…
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How Dark Matter Aims to Ground High-Concept Sci-Fi With Real-World Emotions
If you’ve read Blake Crouch’s 2016 novel Dark Matter—and a lot of people have, considering it’s a best-seller—you’re probably wondering how the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation will handle the high-concept gimmick that propels the story: a box, designed by a genius that’s one version of the main character, that allows people to access parallel dimensions.…