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With the end of Star Trek: Lower Decks, fans of Gene Roddenberry's universe were treated to five seasons of heartfelt comedy. This, of course, means series creator Mike McMahan, the writers and animators introduced a plethora of odd elements into the canon. While some of these weird details wouldn't really fit into other Star Trek stories, Lower Decks gives future storytellers the option to include them.

Regardless of whether they appear elsewhere or not, Lower Decks imbued the Star Trek universe with an undeniable sense of fun. Though there are almost too many new elements to mention, it's still worth looking back at the weirdest Star Trek details introduced by the Lower Decks crew. From goofy aliens to playful send-ups of common tropes, the show tackled a lot.

The Crew of the USS Alhambra Makes No Sense Introduced In a Cutaway Gag, the Ship Returns to Fight an Evil...

When Curry Barker moved to Los Angeles a few years ago, he thought getting his short films on the festival circuit would be his path to making it as a director. But soon he discovered just uploading his films directly to YouTube was getting him attention. His 2023 horror short The Chair landed him Hollywood representation and a deal to direct a $1 million movie, Obsession. Then in August, he posted the $800 feature Milk & Serial, which he wrote, directed and starred in. It exploded online, attracting 1 million views.

“It just catapulted the amount of meetings I was taking,” says Barker, who notes he met with practically every studio and major horror producer in town.

Barker, also known for his comedy sketches on YouTube, is part of a new class of filmmakers who honed their chops on YouTube before breaking into Hollywood. The platform allows them to flex their creative muscles without...

Although Netflix is now in the midst of a writers’ strike by the WGA East and WGA West, it still has plenty of content on the streamer, and Kerri Russell‘s “The Diplomat” had little problem topping the English-language TV chart for a second week in a row. Read on for the Netflix Top 10 (Week of April 24) viewing chart analysis.

Season 1 of “The Diplomat” remained the chart-topper with 66.5 million global hours viewed, as Netflix’s hit spy thriller series, “The Night Agent,” dropped to fourth place with 37.7 million hours viewed. “The Diplomat” also bumped up to the #1 slot in the United States and Canada, while remaining in the Top 10 in 84 countries total. “The Night Agent” was the #1 series in Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

The second season of “Sweet Tooth” entered the chart with a hearty 48.3 million hours viewed, followed by “Firefly Lane” Season 2 with 43.5 million viewing hours. “Sweet Tooth...

This weekend, Netflix will add a new Power Rangers movie, a thriller TV series, and a rom-com movie. Last weekend, Netflix welcomed season 2 of The CW’s All American: Homecoming, the true crime Australian series Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire, the horror thriller Lights Out, season 1 of Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian, the sci-fi movie Time Trap, the comedy-drama The Best Man Holiday, the drama movie The Mustang, and the mystery thriller The Snowman, along with the documentary series American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, the crime comedy-drama TV series Florida Man, the drama miniseries Obsession, and Seven Kings Must Die, the movie sequel to the TV series The Last Kingdom.

This weekend, the streaming giant will bring season 6 of Better Call Saul, the Bollywood movie Ready, the drama movie Bangarang, the Nollywood movie The Wildflower, and the biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody. As for original content, Netflix...

This weekend, Netflix is welcoming a true-crime documentary series, a crime comedy-drama TV series, a mystery drama miniseries, and the movie continuation of a popular TV series. Last weekend, the streaming giant added the documentary Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter, the action thriller The Last Stand, the Nigerian comedy A Simple Lie, and the Persian crime thriller Holy Spider, along with the comedy-drama TV series Beef, the fantasy adventure movie Chupa, and the limited TV series Transatlantic.

This weekend, Netflix will add a variety of licensed content, most notably season 2 of The CW’s All American: Homecoming, the true crime Australian series Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire, the horror thriller Lights Out, season 1 of Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian, the sci-fi movie Time Trap, the comedy-drama The Best Man Holiday, the drama movie The Mustang, and the mystery thriller The Snowman. As for original content, Netflix will bring...

Netflix has several new films and original shows coming out in April, just in time for Q2. Great classic movies and animated films arrive with this month’s slate rotation as well. Some Netflix originals tackle the incoming warmer weather that arrives starting April.

Starting with the classics, Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” (1992) starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty and Madonna, becomes available to watch on the streamer April 1 while we all wait for solid renewal news for Prime Video’s TV series — created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson — that takes the movie’s story deeper. Leonardi DiCaprio’s mind-bending movie “Inception” also arrives April Fool’s Day. Animated hits “Hotel Transylvania” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” arrive the first of the month as well.

“Firefly Lane” Season 2 Part 2 will conclude the television adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel, which tells the story of Tully...

With its list of new releases for April 2023, Netflix is is hosting a 30th anniversary special for a very important pop culture franchise.

April 19 sees the arrival of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, a special that will celebrate 30 years of Power Rangers. This won’t just be your standard reunion show, however, but a full blown story in itself. Netflix’s description reads: “When Rita Repulsa returns, the Power Rangers are the only ones who can stop her! But after 30 years, can the team still be the heroes the world needs?” Ai yi yi, indeed!

Other TV options this month on Netflix include the Steven Yeun-starring road rage series, Beef, on April 6 and the Keri Russell-starring The Diplomat on April 20. Season 2 of family friendly post-apocalypse drama Sweet Tooth arrives on April 27 (which is also a very special Den of Geek writers’ birthday...

So many great stories in history start out with the key players hating each other — as it is in Netflix and A24’s “Beef,” streaming on Netflix in April. Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) meet via parking lot bump turned action-movie car chase, their lives connecting and their road rage lingering in weeks and months after the incident. In reviewing the series, IndieWire’s Ben Travers said that “’Beef’ does a fine job balancing Amy and Danny’s practical intelligence and impractical passions; their bitterness toward the other driver ebbs and flows as their personal lives better or worsen, and it’s in these moments that the half-hour drama thrives.”

The series from Lee Sung Jin premieres on April 6. See below for more titles coming to Netflix in April 2023.

April 1

“28 Days”

“A League of Their Own”

“American Hustle”

“Battleship”

“The Birds”

“Born on the Fourth of July...

When Palm Springs opens we see Nyles (Andy Samberg) moving around a party acting like a Grade-a idiot. He seems unlikable and not in a good way. Then, as Palm Springs progresses we discover that Nyles is actually stuck in a time loop. He's literally reliving the same wedding day (not his) again and again. He meets Sarah (Cristin Milioti) and things seem to be moving in a totally different direction. Until we realize that Nyles is being hunted by Roy (J.K. Simmons) and then ends up, inadvertently, pulling Sarah into the time loop. They both can remember every day that they've relived while nobody in the wedding party has a clue. Nyles and Sarah's relationship deepens and then, if it's possible, Palm Springs becomes even more interesting.

Clearly one of the most original, time traveling/time loop, romantic comedies in recent memory, Palm Springs is truly the sleeper hit of the summer.

I recently had a chance to see a new indie sci-fi film called Time Trap. The movie currently has a limited theatrical release and if it’s playing at a theater near you it’s definitely worth checking out!

The movie has a fascinating, unique, and innovative concept and it was executed really well! The movie was made on a low-budget and it may be a little rough around the edges, but for the most part it’s an awesome movie that I recommend checking out.

It has a smart mind-bending story that follows a group of students who become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently. The story has some fun playing with the space-time continuum.

The concept is actually pretty terrifying in certain ways. Here’s the synopsis:

A group of students venture into the deep caves of remote Texas to locate a favorite...

You know that old chestnut: don’t go into a big, creepy cave you’re not familiar with in search of a missing person who, incidentally enough, also went into that same cave in search of a family that’s been missing for decades.

Mark Dennis and Ben Foster’s latest film, “Time Trap,” throws that (extremely solid) advice right out the proverbial window in service to an innovative new sci-fi adventure that rips apart both space and time at its very seams. Featuring a cast that includes Cassidy Gifford, Reiley McClendon, Brianne Howey, Olivia Draguicevich, Max Wright, and Andrew Wilson, “Time Trap” takes an already scary premise and bolsters it with some truly twisted riffs on time travel. Again, maybe don’t go in the weird cave.

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Per its official synopsis: “A sci-fi time travel adventure,...

Cassidy Gifford is leading a group of students to find the most coveted urban legend in history, the Fountain of Youth, in order to truly save their lives. But the college coeds’ relentless pursuit for control over the passing of time may unfortunately be the very thing that puts their lives in danger. The undergrads’ […]

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Synkhole is a sci-fi thriller. The film deals with a cavern, the temporal plane and a denizen of creatures. Lightning Entertainment is moving the film towards a release date. And, the film stars Andrew Wilson (Rushmore), Cassidy Gifford and Brianne Howey. A trailer for the film is available here. The film's story begins with a group of archaeology students. They explore an ancient cavern, in search of a missing teacher. They stumble across a bubble in the space-time continuum, which shifts the nature of time. Soon, they are thrust into the future. Here, dangers are plentiful and they are in search of these time travellers. This film was recently completed. So, a release date will be revealed soon. Release Date: Tba. Director: Mark Dennis and Ben Foster. Writer: Mark Dennis. Cast: Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Reiley McClendon and Hans Marrero. *trailer removed by the filmmakers' request. Source: Synkhole...