Louisa Mellor

1 week ago | denofgeek.com | Louisa Mellor

A 16-year-old slayer named Nova, and a Scooby gang comprising a nerd called Hugo from a moneyed family, and a young vampire expert named Gracie who’s a fangirl of the OG Buffy Summers… those were the roles exclusively reported by TVLine in March as being cast for the forthcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. According to Buffy star and reboot producer Sarah Michelle Gellar? Not so much. “Those are all fake characters,” Gellar told Elite Daily in late April.

1 week ago | denofgeek.com | Louisa Mellor

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season six episode six “Surprise”. The inner world of Nick Blaine has been a mystery in The Handmaid’s Tale as long as we’ve known him. Is he a prisoner of Gilead, or one of its soldiers? Over six seasons, the character has risen astronomically through the republic’s ranks, taking him from the Waterfords’ driver to commander to leader of New Bethlehem and US spy.

2 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Louisa Mellor

The secret of Taskmaster – the long-running comedy nonsense series that started life on Dave and now airs on Channel 4 in the UK – is that its contestants really want to win. The show’s comedians often feign insouciance and a take-it-or-leave-it approach to scoring points, but even its coolest customers secretly harbour a desire to land at the top of the league table.

2 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Louisa Mellor

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 6 “Surprise”. Holly was right. Mothers so often are. Earlier this season, June protested her mom’s characterisation of Nick as an untrustworthy Nazi monster, and guess what? Holly called it. Of all the people – Lawrence, Serena – in whom June was forced to place her dubious trust this episode, Nick was the one who betrayed her. Given the choice between striking a blow at the heart of Gilead or saving his own skin, Nick chose his skin.

2 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Louisa Mellor

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 15 episode 3 “The Well”. The first time the Doctor survived the malignant entity on Planet Midnight, he wasn’t able to truthfully tell Donna Noble what it was, or whether it was still alive. Hundreds of centuries later, after his second encounter with the alien force in new episode “The Well”, the Doctor told Belinda categorically that it had gone and that they were safe.