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This post contains spoilers from Netflix's Zero Day episode 5 from this point forward.

After the unbelievable events of episode 4, including the death of Roger Carlson and the unexpected torture of Evan Green at the behest of Mullen (which has hit the news cycle), Zero Day episode 5 opens with Green being released amid a flurry of cameras and media. It's almost a month since the cyberattack, and Mullen tells Sheila not to hold back at the Oversight Committee.

Dreyer makes a move on Mitchell to take Mullen's place on the Zero Day Commission should he resign, but Mitchell has another idea: dissolve the commission altogether. Meanwhile, Roger's autopsy report has come in. He had heroin in his system, but drowning was his cause of death. Otieno also looked into those photos Roger gave the commission and they were confirmed as deep fakes.

Well, Sheila takes the stand to give her testimony,...

This post contains spoilers from Netflix's Zero Day episode 4 from this point forward.

It's been 19 days since the cyberattack when Zero Day episode 4 begins, and there's unfortunately been another attack, this time on the American Homestead Bank. President Mitchell addresses the nation as disgruntled customers protest outside the bank. They are unable to access their accounts, but it goes on step further. Mitchell has placed an immediate freeze on all financial activity through at least the weekend.

During the presser, Mitchell mentions that Mullen has a suspect, potentially for both events, in custody. A reporter asks if it's Evan Green, as Mullen arrested him at the end of episode 3, but she reiterates "a suspect." Dreyer pressures Mitchell to cut Mullen loose as the former president interrogates Green about Leon and Anna Sindler. Green gives him nothing but jokes and asks for a lawyer.

Everyone's panicking about this mess, and ironically,...

From the very beginning of Zero Day, ex-president George Mullen had been hearing a static buzzing sound in his head, which eventually started to cloud his judgment and took a toll on his mental health. Mullen, struggling to figure out the reason for his frequent dizziness and mood swings, suddenly came up with the name “Proteus” in the middle of an investigation. But what was it? And was it really toying with Mullen’s mind? Well, I don’t think so.

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Was Proteus real?

So, back in the day, when Mullen was still the president, he had sanctioned a top-secret government program called Proteus. It was a neurological weapon designed to cause a brain injury on a target from a distance. And it was so discreet that the origin of such an injury could never be traced. For some reason, Mullen’s chief of staff and past lover,...

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Zero Day marks Robert De Niro’s first ever starring TV role. He also produced the political thriller, a gripping tale about a massive cyberattack in the U.S. that his character is at the center of solving. He’s George Mullen, former U.S. president called in by the current U.S. President Evelyn Mitchell (Angela Bassett) to lead a task force into finding out who was behind the attack and, most importantly, prevent it from happening again.

The story is just six episodes long, diving into topical issues like politics, trust in government, the spread of misinformation, abuse of power, and technological warfare. The end takes a turn fans probably didn’t see coming, and it’s satisfying if somewhat lackluster. But it’s the journey to get there that will strike conversation.

Wolverine is well-regarded as one of Marvel Comics most durable and dangerous heroes. With an incredible healing factor and an unbreakable Adamantium skeleton, Logan is one of the toughest customers around, and notoriously hard to kill. But not invulnerable, provided you know his weaknesses.

Wolverines impressive abilities dont make him entirely impervious to harm, and despite his largely 'unkillable' reputation, there are more than a few superpowers that can kill Wolverine, meaning sooner or later, any one of them could spell doom for the fan-favorite X-Men icon.

Reality Manipulation

Like most of Marvel Comics other iconic heroes, Wolverine isnt immune to the whims of the reality warpers of the House of Ideas. On more than one occasion, this Merry Mutant found himself at the mercy of beings who can alter the very fabric of being, and hes especially had his fair share of trials against the likes of powerhouse world-benders like Proteus.

X-Men: The Animated Series is widely remembered as a groundbreaking show, particularly for how it handled complex, emotional storylines in a format typically seen as just for kids. Many of the best X-Men Tas episodes tackle weighty issues like bigotry, loss, and identity. The Marvel show was remarkable for its ability to weave deep narratives, often split across multiple episodes, creating a gripping and sometimes heartbreaking viewing experience. Each X-Man's struggle reflects real-world themes that resonate with audiences beyond their superpowers.

While X-Men: The Animated Series ended in 1997, the sadness didnt end there. In the revival X-Men '97, one of the most heart-wrenching episodes was episode 5, "Remember It," when Gambit tragically sacrifices himself. Such moments carry forward the emotional weight of the original show, keeping the series relevant and poignant decades later.

X-Men: Tas Season 2, Episode 10 "Beauty & The Beast Beast Falls In Love With A Patient

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“The X-Files,” which starred Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as two intrepid FBI agents who investigated bizarre and unexplainable cases, debuted on Fox on Sept. 3, 1993.

The sci-fi cult hit from Chris Carter not only had a profound impact on pop culture, but also inspired more women to enter the fields of science and medicine, like Anderson’s character Dana Scully.

The character was largely modeled on Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling in 1991’s Oscar-winning “Silence of the Lambs,” while the show’s eerie theme song was partly inspired by The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now?”

In honor of the show’s 30th anniversary, here are some facts you might not know about “The X-Files,” including how integral it is to the existence of “Breaking Bad.”

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Dana Scully was inspired by Clarice Starling in “The Silence of the Lambs”

“It’s not a mistake that Dana Scully has red...

Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic right now with everyone from the U.S. Congress to Elon Musk warning about the potential for disaster. Hollywood, however, has been at the forefront of this issue, casting killer robots and rouge AI computers as the bad guys for decades. Alien invaders are only a small component in the panoply of sci-fi villainy.

Despite programmers' best efforts, AI bots in real life always seem to turn evil and racist. Luckily, those are just chat apps because when a thinking machine is put inside something designed for combat, the results are inevitably bad for humans. Some of the best movies are when the machines become self-aware and technology is the villain, because it not only seems plausible, but probable.

Related: 10 Greatest Sci-Fi Villains Without A Conscience

M3GAN's Uncanny Valley

M3GAN is at the small end of the spectrum on the robot apocalypse scale,...

Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Hannah Fierman, Bryan Batt, David Keith | Written by Elisa Manzini, Sara Sometti Michaels | Directed by Erik Bernard

As I’ll Be Watching opens, Julie is having a terrible day. Her husband Marcus is having problems with connecting flights and is going to miss the showing of her latest paintings. Even worse, her sister Rebecca (Hannah Fierman; Dead by Midnight (11pm Central), Evil Little Things) goes to Julie’s apartment to give her cat Pepper her meds, while she’s there she’s killed by an intruder.

Months later Julie is still suffering from guilt over her death and lets herself be pressured into moving to a new home in the middle of nowhere by Marcus and their therapist Dr. Tate. They tell her not living in the place where her sister died should help her recover. Marcus can work from home so she won’t be alone,...

There's lots of great stuff hitting streaming this week, but the debut of the Netflix film "Seven Kings Must Die" and the return of HBO Max's fourth season of "Titans" are two guaranteed to deliver high-intensity action. Fans looking to pair brutal historical epics with their watch of "Seven Kings Must Die" need to look no further than Robert Egger's Shakespearean Viking epic "The Northman" on Prime Video or Neil Marshall's Romans-vs-Picts action-adventure film "The Centurion," available on more than half a dozen streaming services. For those looking for something less bloody and closer tied to "Titans," there's always the Superman origin story series "Smallville," streaming on Hulu, or if you want to get really vintage, there's the young adult shapeshifting series "Animorphs," streaming on Prime Video. There's no shortage of action and adventure available on streaming this week, so let's get to it. 

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The Blood Stream mines the Internet for horror gold so you don’t have to, delivering streamable horror titles never before featured on Dread Central. Occasionally I’ll dredge up something good, maybe even great. To find those gems, I’ll have to sift through a lot of breathtakingly bad cinema. Enjoy!

It's hard to think of many movies more intentionally, non-ironically derivative than Proteus (1995).

First the obvious: A group of unsuspecting people happens upon an oil rig housing a dark, mutated secret. Right off the bat we've got direct plagiarism of maritime monster movies like Leviathan and Deepstar Six, albeit a decade late and several million production dollars short. (Obviously Leviathan and Deepstar. I will hear no argument on the subject.) But Proteus' shameless cribbing doesn't end there.

With the exception of the finale's more or less passable money shot, the gloppy, haphazard creature effects are a halfhearted...