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As one of the most popular franchises in the world today, there is no doubt that Marvel Comics characters have taken over the entertainment landscape. For instance, Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe is the most successful film franchise of all-time and the X-Men and Spider-Man movies have also been powerhouses. On top of Marvel characters dominating the big screen, loads of TV shows featuring them have hit the airwaves. As is the case with most entertainment options, there is no denying that the shows based on Marvel Comics character over the years have been a mixed bag, to say the least....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been successful since the introduction of Iron Man in 2008. Since then, they have released countless money-making blockbusters and have created a superhero universe never before seen on screen. The DC Extended Universe has attempted to create the same type of dynamic, but they are off to a rocky start. While Man of Steel received decent reviews from fans, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice was seen as a complicated, jumbled up mess....

Even the most beloved superheroes of all time eventually have to grow up in comic book continuities, and with that adulthood comes marriage, age, and yes, eventually children. Some of these super-children turn out to be incredibly powerful and go on to earn the respect of comic book fans all on their own. Others, however, are perceived as desperate plot devices from publishers attempting to bring something new to franchises that have already exposed superheroes to every single possible situation they could ever encounter....

Apple just released iOS 15.6, and alongside a few new features, the company is making an odd choice, as it has removed the AirTag battery indicator from the Find My app. The change is also part of the latest iOS 16 beta 3 build 2. As spotted by the Dutch Apple blog iCulture, the AirTag battery is now gone from the Find My app after the iOS 15.6 update. As you can see in the image above, my iPhone XS running iOS 15....

The Planet of the Apes films are all-time classics. Well, the first one is, anyway. Released back in April of 1968, Planet of the Apes became an instant fan favorite. It was considered a groundbreaking and monumental achievement for its use of prosthetic makeup, and its famous twist soon became one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. As you can probably imagine, a great movie like this usually contains many great behind-the-scenes stories....

The Blues Brothers was released on June 20, 1980 and starred Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. The plot of the film is rather complex, with two brothers reuniting their band to raise $5,000 for an orphanage that raised them while dealing with the police, a country band, and Illinois Nazis. The film was by no means a safe bet for Universal Studios, especially after production ran way over budget, but The Blues Brothers still turned into a massive success....

Some people might think that actors have it easy, without realizing that every time you see them playing dead, taking a dive, fending off live birds or their co-stars, it means they actually had to do it over and over, for days on end. That kind of stress can lead to tears, fights, and sometimes, the actor threatening to abandon the movie completely. Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Movie Scenes That Almost Made Actors Quit....

Star Wars and Indiana Jones Star Wars could share a universe with its Lucasfilm brethren, Indiana Jones. The series includes some minor references to the saga, such as Club Obi-Wan in The Temple of Doom and hieroglyphics of R2-D2 and C-3PO in Raiders of the Lost Ark. One fan proposes that the aliens from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull visited Earth long ago and shared the story of Star Wars by engraving imagery on the walls of structures....

There are certain films that define a generation, and for any teen growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s, 10 Things I Hate About You was definitely a movie that was most likely seen on repeat. Based on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You brings the Bard’s love story into the 20th Century, with paintballing, ska music, and some very ’90s fashion to boot....

The comic book maxi-series has become something of a staple in the world of annual publishing schedules, at least for the Big Two comic publishers. DC and Marvel are not the only companies to attempt these giant-sized sequential epics, and they’re not actually that good at them when you take a look at all the big events that have added up to nothing over the years. However, diamonds do exist in the rough....

When it comes to current gaming trends, it’s hard to look past the Battle Royale subgenre of multiplayer shooters. Both Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have been making serious waves because of their addictive and competitive gameplay. All the while, these big players have been taking in some serious financial returns in the process, and as such it’s no surprise to see that some other games have tried to emulate this success....

Very rarely does lightning strike twice. When a movie becomes successful, the first instinct of the studio is to make a sequel as soon as possible. Once the law of diminishing returns kicks in, however, we find that many sequels are criticized for being derivative of their predecessors, and rightly so. Sometimes, a sequel opts not to replicate the success of the original, but to explore a new direction. The films on this list refused to be beholden to the rules of their predecessors, and offered uniquely different experiences from what audiences may have been expecting....

The time has finally arrived for audiences to get their Keanu Reeves fix in John Wick: Chapter 2, the sequel to the 2014 action sleeper hit that won over critics and audiences alike – and resurrected Reeves’ career in the process. John Wick’s genius was its almost comically absurd plot. Bad guys kill the protagonist’s dog (okay that isn’t funny at all), and steal his car. Protagonist kills everyone responsible in order to avenge his heartbreakingly cute beagle puppy....

In the world of TV, there are a number of reasons why things might not work out for the actors involved. Sometimes it’s a scheduling conflict, differences in creative ideas, or two or more people just not liking each other very much. Whatever the case may be, producers sometimes have to call an audible and make a quick replacement. The reasons for the changes are completely indiscriminate – from the biggest shows on TV to relatively small series, no actor is above the show itself, and ultimately, the show must go on....

When 2000’s Scary Movie was released, no one could’ve predicted the massive success that was to follow for the horror parody movie. After all, parody cinema’s heyday had long passed since the days of Airplane!, Hot Shots!, and Loaded Weapon. Going from a mockbuster to a blockbuster, the movie pulled in a whopping $278 million at the global box office from a budget of $19 million. Talking about the movie’s success to Entertainment Weekly, star and co-writer Shawn Wayans said, “It was the right movie at the right time done by the right people....

The Sailor Moon franchise is gargantuan, to say the very least. In the west, the original dub of the animated adaptation nearly single-handedly started the anime obsession across the hemisphere, cementing the cultural significance of the series, and the rest of Japan’s animated exports for the foreseeable future. The movement that started with Sailor Moon was brought to the finish line by Dragon Ball Z, and the combined one-two animated punches of both series made sure that their footprints in the minds of children of all ages would last forever....

Fifty years after he was first introduced in Marvel Comics, Spider-Man is still a prominent and popular superhero, arguably being the most famous superhero owned by Marvel. The wall-crawling hero has earned himself literally thousands of comic issues over the years, and a certainly enormous fan base. Over time, we have seen a number of different version of Spider-Man, both in the comics and in movies like Spider-Man: Homecoming. Spider-Man is possibly the greatest hero to ever come out of Marvel, with his co-creator Stan Lee taking a great deal of personal pride in the web-slinger....

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Ming-Na Wen hypes tonight’s big fight, with a tweet that jokingly suggests a throw-down between her character and another on the superhero show. The fight, between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor is a hugely anticipated boxing match in Vegas, which pits undefeated 11-time five-division professional boxing world champion Mayweather against two-division mixed martial arts world champion and current UFC Lightweight Champion McGregor. In other words, it’s not just a match between two champions, but between two vastly different kinds of fighters....

Agents of SHIELD season 6, episode 10, “The Leap” finally began to unravel the mysteries of season 6 - but still left a lot of unanswered questions. Agents of SHIELD season 6, episode 10 explored the immediate ramifications of last week’s shock ending, in which May had apparently killed Sarge. But this is a superhero show, meaning death is something of a revolving door. Episode 9 had hinted that Izel is a body-snatcher, and as a result many viewers had suspected that May was under Izel’s control....

Ever since Agents of SHIELD came back from its midseason hiatus, the mysterious individual known only as the Superior, who is the apparent leader of the anti-Inhuman Watchdogs group, has been repeatedly invoked. In a move right out of the show’s first season, when the equally-enigmatic Clairvoyant was the overarching nemesis, showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen are slowly building up the figure’s mystique before finally revealing who he – or she – is and allowing all hell to break loose....