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Max Schindler

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12 Jul

My Adventures with Superman Proves that the Death of Superman Was More Than a Sales Stunt

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This article contains spoilers for My Adventures with Superman season 3 episode 5. The fifth episode of My Adventures with Superman‘s third season makes its aims known right at the start. The episode begins with a title screen that displays the words “The Death of Superman,” with blood dripping down the iconic “S” shield. Even those who weren’t reading comics back in 1992 recognize the iconography. DC heavily promoted the storyline that saw Superman sacrifice himself to stop the monstrous Doomsday, so that newspapers, local broadcasts, and mainstream magazines disseminated the picture. As one would expect, My Adventures With Superman…
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11 Jul

Batman Fans Prepared Christopher Nolan for Criticism of The Odyssey

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The Odyssey is one of the most important works of Western Literature. For centuries, Homer’s epic has shaped the way we think about fundamental concepts such as duty and hospitality. Its depiction of the cunning Odysseus has influenced heroes from Sherlock Holmes to Superman. Countless of people have studied The Odyssey closely, have built their lives around it, and even more have heard and enjoyed it time and again. And yet, devotees of The Odyssey have nothing on Bat-fans. When asked by The Telegrah about the various online critiques leveled at his upcoming film, director Christopher Nolan puts things in…
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11 Jul

Evil Dead Burn Proves That the Franchise Needs More Comedy

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This article contains full spoilers for Evil Dead Burn. About halfway through Evil Dead Burn, Bruce Campbell finally makes an appearance. No, he’s not there in person, nor does he seem to be playing Ashley Williams, the put-upon protagonist of the first three Evil Dead films. Instead, we just see his portrait on a wall as the camera pans to follow grandmother Polly (Maude Davey) as she rides her wheelchair elevator up the stairs. Fittingly, Bruce’s appearance coincides with one of the few moments of levity in Evil Dead Burn. For most of its runtime, Evil Dead Burn follows the…
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10 Jul

House of the Dragon Season 3 Is Therapeutic for Game of Thrones Fans

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This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of House of the Dragon Season 3. It was never going to be easy. Right down to its last crimson-stained step, Rhaenyra Targaryen’s journey to the Iron Throne—a seat which according to the oath every great house in Westeros swore was hers by rights—could never be anything less than a bloodbath. The lords, armies, and especially a fractured Targaryen family insisted upon it, snuffing out whatever luminescence likely remained in the Realm’s Delight before she claimed her father’s chair. Yet in the second episode of House of the Dragon’s third season,…
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10 Jul

15 Celebs With Some Real Big-Time Brains

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Celebrities have lives that are as complex as that of any human being, making them more than just what they are famous for. Other than their fame, several stars earned prestigious degrees, excelled in demanding academic fields, or built impressive résumés outside the entertainment industry. Their fame tends to overshadow their academic backgrounds, yet these celebrities prove that intelligence and star power can go hand in hand. Here are just a few famous faces whose educational credentials and accomplishments show they have plenty of brains to match their talent. IMDb Mayim Bialik Long before playing neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on…
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10 Jul

15 of the Funniest Gags from the Austin Powers Franchise

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Mike Myers’ Austin Powers movies became comedy staples by spoofing spy films, swinging-’60s culture, and blockbuster sequels all at once. The franchise mixed outrageous visual gags, ridiculous villains, and endlessly quotable dialogue into a style that felt both goofy and surprisingly clever. Many of its funniest moments come from jokes that escalate far beyond where they logically should, whether it’s a tiny misunderstanding turning into a massive scene or a simple sight gag becoming comedy gold. These are some of the franchise’s most memorable laughs that fans still quote decades later. IMDb The Never-Ending Hallway Turn In Austin Powers: International…
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10 Jul

15 Facts the Movie Business Doesn’t Want You to Know

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The movie business is built on glamour, but the reality behind the scenes is often far less polished. Many of the industry’s biggest practices remain invisible to audiences, shaping which films get made, who becomes a star, and how success is measured. Some of these facts are simply surprising, while others challenge the way people think Hollywood operates. They are rarely the focus of marketing campaigns, yet they influence almost every major release. The more you learn about how the business actually works, the easier it becomes to understand why certain movies succeed, disappear, or never get made at all.…
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10 Jul

Buddy: Too Many Cooks Creator Delivers His Horror Take on Barney

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It takes a lot to make a stew, or so we were taught by the 2014 viral sensation “Too Many Cooks.” The Adult Swim short took viewers through a genre-bending walk through television history, beginning with the title credits of a TGIF sitcom like Full House, transitioning to a gritty cop show or a ’90s sci-fi program, with plenty of slasher horror in between. With the release of Buddy this August, “Too Many Cooks” creator Casper Kelly hopes to show it doesn’t take much to make a horror movie—it just takes adding a sinister layer to something made for kids.…
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10 Jul

Godzilla Minus Zero Teaser Returns to the Franchise’s Central Moral

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For decades, Godzilla movies have been about one thing: people in giant rubber monster costumes stomping around tiny little sets. Especially in America, where the films that Toho made for its native Japan were imported as badly dubbed B-movies, Godzilla felt more like Saturday morning escapism than proper art. Of course, we all knew that the original film from 1954 was a response to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And entries such as Godzilla 1985 and, more recently, Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One wrapped rich social themes around the central kaiju. But there was always a sense of…
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10 Jul

Ian McKellen Single-Handedly Elevated Nerd Culture in the 2000s

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“We are the future, Charles. Not them.” When Ian McKellen delivered this line in 2000’s X-Men, he did so as Erik Lehnsherr a.k.a. Magneto. By “we,” he meant mutants, people who develop incredible powers at puberty; by “them,” he meant the rest of humanity. But the phrase may very well also refer to a different change happening in the world, one way more successful than any of the plots that Magneto hatched with his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Along with 1998’s Blade, 2002’s Spider-Man, and 2005’s Batman Begins, X-Men helped pave the way for the era of superhero domination, best…
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09 Jul

The 20 Greatest Cop Shows of All Time

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Even in these days of endless entertainment options, it’s hard to turn on a TV and not see a cop. Police have been a mainstay of the medium since the now-lost series The Plainclothesman debuted in 1949, and especially when Dragnet made the jump from radio to television two years later. Yet, as omnipresent as they are on television, professional police are a relatively recent part of American life, only coming into being after the first departments were established in Boston and New York in 1838 and 1844, respectively. Yet, television helped normalize policing in the American consciousness, just as…
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09 Jul

Dune 3 Trailer Just Revealed the Most Important Character in the Franchise

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This article contains spoilers for Dune: Part Three and several Frank Herbert books. It’s not really about Paul Atreides. Paul may be Lisan al-Gaib, he may be the Kwisatz Haderach, but Paul is not actually the main character of the Dune franchise. Instead, that honor goes to the character introduced in the latest trailer for Dune: Part Three, the character you knew as Duncan Idaho. The latest trailer shows the internal fractures in Paul’s (Timothée Chalamet) life as he continues the Fremen jihad launched after he dethroned Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV (Christopher Walken) at the end of the previous movie.…
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09 Jul

Antony Starr Will Never Be Properly Recognized for His Greatness as Homelander

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Over the course of five seasons, Antony Starr brought The Boys’ central villain Homelander to life, quickly becoming the cornerstone of the Prime Video comic adaptation. His performance created an antagonist that was manipulative and terrifying, while also being unstable and weak-willed. Starr was so good at being the fictional face of American fascism, he unwittingly convinced real-life fascists his Homelander wasn’t actually that bad of a guy. Despite this career-defining performance, Starr was not given an Emmy nomination for his role in The Boys even once. And the reveal of this year’s Emmy nominations confirm he never will. With…
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09 Jul

7 Songs that Deserve a Narrative Adaptations

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Storytelling is an integral part of music, and many of the most genre-defining songs of each generation follow a plot structure of some kind. Rarely, however, do these songs get more than a music video.  That all changed this summer, though. With the release of Girls Like Girls, the Hayley Kiyoko- directed adaptation of her 2023 book and 2015 song of the same name, the pathway for music to go from soundtrack to center stage has never been clearer. Whether they become movies, books, or television shows, the following seven songs all deserve to be brought to the masses in…
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09 Jul

X-Men ’97 Teases a Hidden Connection Between Wolverine and Captain America

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This article contains spoilers for X-Men ’97 season 2 episode 4. Most of the X-Men ’97 episode “Rise of Apocalypse Part II” focuses on, well, Apocalypse and the X-Men sent back to Ancient Egypt to prevent his transformation from En Sabah Nur into the big blue supervillain we know and love. But in the Mighty Marvel manner, the episode ends with a post-credits scene, one that sets up a new storyline that has nothing to do with the characters in the rest of the episode. Wolverine, dressed in black, meets up with Captain America and Black Widow, who give him…
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09 Jul

Evil Dead Burn Review – Grueling Horror, But Not in the Good Way

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No one would ever accuse Sam Raimi’s original The Evil Dead of being a particularly deep movie, or a picture concerned with matters of taste. It was quite literally marketed as “the ultimate experience in grueling horror” nearly a half century ago and sought to deliver on that hype train. It was violent, grotesque, and so happily gonzo in its depravity that it became the case to study in UK censorship battles during the Video Nasties debacle of the 1980s. It was also, we should add, full of youthful ingenuity and an almost mirthful sense of play. Whether you knew…
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08 Jul

Children of Blood and Bone Controversy Reveals the Perils of Adaptation

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A major movie adaptation of a buzzy YA book series is set to arrive in theaters on January 15, 2027 but it will do so without the enthusiastic participation of its author.  Tomi Adeyemi published Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in her “Legacy of Orïsha” series, in March 2018 and it quickly became a canon #BookTok fantasy favorite. The novel follows heroine Zélie Adebola as she lives under a corrupt monarchy that kills her mother and destroys the presence of magic in Orïsha. Zélie works to restore magic back to her kingdom and rebel against the oppressive…
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08 Jul

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Review: Good Wholesome Hollywood Filth

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Los Angeles lives at a weird intersection in the American psyche. Located somewhere near the second star to the right and straight on till Gomorrah, it’s a fantasy land that’s birthed more than a century of our greatest dreams, as well as most shameless thirst traps. It’s R-rated Oz full of sunshiny citadels, friendly folks of good cheer, and idols of relentless sex appeal. It is, in other words, ridiculous nonsense. So leave it to writers David Wain and Ken Marino, the maximalist absurdists who between them gave the world Childrens Hospital, They Came Together, and Wet Hot American Summer,…
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08 Jul

Avatar Aang Trailer Only Makes Paramount’s Theatrical Dodge Even More Frustrating

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The Last Airbender has returned… just not in the way you wanted. For those who did not watch the full movie that recently leaked online, the trailer for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender was fan’s first chance to catch up on Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko, several years after the end of the hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender (but before the sequel series, The Legend of Korra). The trailer looks gorgeous, filled with character moments and dazzling action. It sees the core characters, now young adults, finding Tagah, a frozen Airbender voiced by Dave Bautista. Tagah offers Aangs the…
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08 Jul

The Walking Dead’s Most Essential Negan Episodes

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As The Walking Dead: Dead City continues its story with a third season on AMC, we’re bringing you a comprehensive guide to the most essential Negan Smith episodes. Looking back on Negan’s Walking Dead journey to date, the reformed villain has been the focus of some incredible franchise installments, from his introduction as the baseball bat-wielding leader of the Saviors to his current position at Maggie Greene’s side, as the pair navigate their ongoing survival in an apocalyptic New York and beyond. Over the years, Negan has earned his place as one of The Walking Dead’s most enduring and compelling…
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