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How I’ve Coped With a Common Sleep Condition Many Doctors Don’t Take Seriously: Restless Legs Syndrome
The most powerful tool I’ve found is self-education. Smartwatches have come a long way from when they used to just count your steps and measure heart rate—now, your Apple Watch could provide some early warning that you might not feel up to hitting that step goal soon. Apple recently rolled out the Vitals App for…
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‘The Vitals App Knew I Was Sick 3 Days Before I Did’—the Apple Watch Might Be Able to Predict Your Yearly Cold
When it comes to slowing the spread of illness, knowledge—and early warning—is power. Smartwatches have come a long way from when they used to just count your steps and measure heart rate—now, your Apple Watch could provide some early warning that you might not feel up to hitting that step goal soon. Apple recently rolled…
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Joker 2: How Much of a Character Can You Strip Away and Still Be Faithful?
Even from the first film, Joker has only had the thinnest veneer of being a film about the criminal clown who fights Batman. It was, first and foremost, an homage to Martin Scorsese’s films The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver, with some comic book signifiers to guarantee a wider audience and studio funding. So…
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Nosferatu: Exclusive First Look Inside Robert Eggers’ Reinvention of the Vampire
This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. Bathed in light and shadow, past and present, the castle looming over Robert Eggers and his companions is haunted by its history. It was here, at Pernštejn Castle, that Werner Herzog filmed his reimagining of the German…
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Anora Review: Mikey Madison and Sean Baker Leave You Cackling
Russian toughs are scary most of the time. You know the look: big muscles, hard stares, and often a faint suggestion that they’re connected to something while strutting around the boardwalks of Brighton Beach. In most American movies, this kind of typecasting is a visual shorthand for intimidation and menace. But not in Anora, and…
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Invincible Season 3 Release Date Addresses a Major Fan Complaint
The problem with pulling off a successful TV adaptation of a beloved superhero comic is that fans tend to want more…and they tend to want it NOW. That is the uncomfortable, yet enviable situation facing Prime Video’s Invincible, the excellent animated take on Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley’s bloody comic series that follows…
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Batman: Resurrection Is a Batman ’89 Sequel That Explores a City Still Haunted by the Joker
This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. John Jackson Miller watched 1989’s Batman 12 times in the theater. As a reviewer for his college paper, Miller went into the film with low expectations, burned by the poor adaptations of the past, but was thrilled…
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Link Tank: The Man in the White Van Trailer Teases Halloween Nightmare
The Man in the White Van is inspired by a series of true crimes that shook the nation in the 1970s. The film delves into the harrowing experiences of Annie Williams, a spirited family girl, whose carefree existence is turned upside down as she finds herself stalked by an ominous man in a white van. Prone…
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Just Wondering: Is a Lingering Cough After a Cold Something to Worry About?
Plus, how to kick that tickle in your throat. If you hear the name “Nordic” and your mind instantly conjures up a tough-as-nails Viking, you’re not alone. So if a workout move has “Nordic” in the title, it’s got to be effective, right?! Enter: the reverse Nordic curl, aka leaning camel, an eccentric exercise that…
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The Joy of Terrifier 3 Goes Far Beyond the Gore
This post contains spoilers for Terrifier 3. Terrifier 3 is often a joyful movie, and not just because of its Christmas trappings! That might strike some as a surprising statement. After all, writer/director Damien Leone begins his film with Art the Clown, dressed as Santa Claus, murdering a little girl’s family with an axe. Another…