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Sitcoms are some of our most loved shows on TV. There’s nothing like tuning in after a long day and getting stuck into the comedic staged lives of characters you love. The best sitcoms have a premise built to offer as many funny situations and character dynamics as possible. And the best characters can run the gambit from jerks that nonetheless entertain us, to the more sympathetic underdogs who win our hearts more and more with every bumbling misstep....

With the last two Spider-Man movies that Sony made not setting the world on fire, it looked like the movie studio was on its last legs with their Marvel properties. They agreed to let Marvel Studios use Spider-Man again and then decided to take one more shot at success with a movie most people expected to fail. That movie was based on a Marvel villain in Venom. What happened was shocking....

It’s almost impossible to make a decent movie, let alone a good one. It requires dramatic conflict, compelling characters, and above all, an engaging story. No matter what the genre is or what kind of talent is involved, it won’t work if the movie doesn’t have these things. When a filmmaker decides to throw a dramatic plot twist into the mix, that makes it even more difficult to pull a film off....

With Deadpool currently standing as the most commercially successful movie from the longrunning X-Men franchise, it’s natural that a sequel has already been greenlit. While it’s still very early days in terms of pre-production for the next movie starring Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, this hasn’t stopped fans from speculating about what might make an appearance in the film. One aspect of the movie that will be crucial to getting the next film right is the villain (or villains) that Deadpool will face....

There’s no better time to be a comic book fan than right now. The movies are dominating the box office with both Black Panther and Infinity War pushing their way into the ranks of the highest grossing movies ever made. It’s not only limited to the big screen, though. Comic books are being adapted everywhere. There are almost too many shows to count from both Marvel and DC, not even counting series based on so many indie comics....

For over a decade, Marvel has been dominating the pop culture landscape. Due to the MCU (and going back even further to include The X-Men franchise), Marvel has ushered in a new era of superhero movies. Marvel took characters that no one outside the hardcore comic faithful knew about and turned them in a money-making machine. The comic company is top dog at the box office and in the minds of most fans....

It might seem like a bizarre notion, but video game difficulty used to be decided by real life economics. The term “Nintendo Hard” refers to the brutal difficulty of some of the classic games in the NES library, such as Contra, Castlevania, and Battletoads. The reason these games were so difficult was due to the booming rental market - if a game was hard, then it would need to be rented several times in order to be completed....

Believe or not, today marks 15 years since Steve Jobs took the stage to announce the first-ever iPhone. Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Conference at Moscone West in San Francisco to announce the iPhone, touting that it was a “widescreen iPod with touch controls,” a “revolutionary mobile phone,” and a “breakthrough Internet communicator.” Jobs announced the iPhone on January 9, 2007 and it would go on to be released on June 29, 2007....

Hollywood magic can make our favorite actors seem immortal. No matter how many years pass after the release of a beloved film or television series, we look at the screen and see them there, young as ever, vital and vibrant. It’s easy to forget that actors are ordinary people behind the glitz and glamor. They are as vulnerable to the ravages of time and illness as the rest of us. While many actors struggled to persevere in the face of adversity and an illness that curtailed their ability to perform, many were forced into a brief hiatus in order to find the time to recover....

Based on James O’Barr’s comic book, 1994’s The Crow was a groundbreaking work of stylistic fantasy action. Simultaneously blending elements of the past while also pioneering a new style of movies for the future, Alex Proyas’ film won over critics and audiences alike with its unique blend of dark fantasy, horror, and action, pioneering a new style of revenge film. However, it’s impossible to talk about The Crow without discussing the freak on-set accident that struck down a rising star in his prime....

There’s already been a lot for movie buffs to talk about during the first four months of 2016 - the unexpectedly huge commercial success of Deadpool, Disney hitting it big by telling stories both new (Zootopia) and familiar (The Jungle Book), the passion behind both the love and hate for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and so on. It’s easy to forget that we haven’t even yet gotten to the summer movie season; a....

According to Kuo, Apple has been investing in more Mini-LED display suppliers as it plans to adopt the technology in more products. Apple’s first device with a Mini-LED display was the 12.9-inch iPad Pro introduced earlier this year. For those unfamiliar, Mini-LED relies on thousands of really small LEDs in the backlight, which results in higher contrast ratios and deeper blacks, similar to OLED. Since this technology is more expensive, Apple only adopted it in the 12....

Since their inception, the X-Men have served as an allegory about racism. Because mutants were despised and feared based on nothing more than their DNA, topics most commonly avoided in comics were woven into the very fabric of the book from the beginning. Early issues are most definitely a product of their time, but the X-Men would go on to push boundaries as Marvel’s most diverse group, especially following the team’s revamp in Giant-Size X-Men #1 and continuing to this very day....

There is no denying that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is massive: there is no easy way possible to keep up with all the characters who have come and gone from Marvel movies and television shows. Some characters, though, leave a mark and become favorites. Others sort of fade out into obscurity, forgotten by both Marvel and fans alike. There are those iconic Marvel characters that always leave an impression, even if their time in the MCU is short....

Stories discussed in this episode: Apple on Russian invasion of Ukraine: all product sales paused, RT and Sputnik News apps pulled Apple halts all sales in Russian online store as Ukraine invasion continues Apple Watch Activity Challenge set for International Women’s Day with exclusive awards Web developers challenge Apple to allow other engines on iOS Tim Cook email to employees about Ukraine; tripling donations Follow Chance: Twitter: @ChanceHMiller Listen & Subscribe:...

The producers of A Quiet Place state the movie was never intended to be a Cloverfield sequel. The premise of A Quiet Place finds a family forced to live in near total silence in order to avoid creatures who hunt by sound. The movie has received praise for its unique premise, taut suspense and the performances, and strong word of mouth carried it to an impressive $71 million box office haul worldwide during its opening weekend....

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 has just rewritten the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Recent episodes revealed that the last remnants of Hydra were working with an alien Confederacy, a group of races who had promised to save humanity from a terrifying threat. The latest episode, ‘The One Who Will Save Us All’, finally gave that threat a name; Thanos. It’s been a long time since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a direct tie-in to the movies like this....

DreamWorks Studios have churned out some of the most beloved animated feature films in recent years. From the wilds of Madagascar to the insular slums of a derelict high fantasy swamp, they have put out some of the most successful movies of the twenty-first century and are second only in the minds of most filmgoers to Disney/Pixar. Of course, like anything, where there are successes, there must be failures to go along with them and DreamWorks certainly has had their fair share of mistakes....

Few stars are as likable and flat-out hilarious as Tina Fey. Her career in comedy began as a cast member of Saturday Night Live before taking over as host of Weekend Update and becoming the first female writer in the show’s history. From there, she has built an increasingly impressive career as an actress, showrunner, author and much more. Her projects like Mean Girls and 30 Rock have provided some great quotes, but Fey has also proven to be a comedy genius all on her own....

The WWE has had its fair share of controversies throughout its many iterations over the years. There are times when these controversies have threatened to destroy the company, as was the case with the steroids trial in the ’90s. However, there were other times when the WWE purposely courted controversy as part of their brand, like what happened during the Attitude Era. The WWE has brought these problems upon themselves, due to numerous shady business dealings and screwing over the talent in ways that would come back to bite them at a later point....