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Pokémon Go made its mark as the absolute viral sensation of July 2016. At its height, this augmented reality mobile game doubled Nintendo’s stock, bringing millions of dollars daily. It quickly became the fastest mobile game to reach $500 million and despite declining numbers, Pokémon Go still reigns as one of both iOS’ and android’s top grossing titles. In order to reclaim some of its lost initial fanbase, Niantic and The Pokémon Company recently unveiled their first event, a Halloween-centric promotion, and to no one’s surprise, it was a great success....

The horror genre has been known to boast some of the bloodiest, vile movies known in cinema. Movies franchises like Saw, Hostel, and Nightmare on Elm Street push the buttons of the MPAA and taunt audiences with grotesque ideas involving guts and gore. We hate (and love) seeing depictions of realistic torture on the silver screen because it makes us squeamish and repulse in horror, yet we can’t get enough of it....

The beautiful thing about Disney movies is that they appeal to just about everybody. Most have positive messages, like the social commentary in movies like Zootopia, and the stories are always inspiring regardless of the bumps in the road that the characters face. And what helps some of these characters on their journey are their strong Disney moms. While Disney is notorious for giving characters a single parent (or no parents), these animated moms have pulled on fans’ heartstrings over the years and became heroes in their own ways....

Cartoons have been around ever since the early 1900s. They have evolved over the years but first started out in 1908 when Émile Cohl created what historians credit the first ever cartoon. The animation was just over a minute and completely hand drawn. Animation and cartoons have developed quite a bit since then and the medium is still going strong to this day. Kids who grew up anywhere from the 1960s through the 1990s probably have a fond memory of waking up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons....

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Whether or not you are a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you can’t deny that it has been a huge success. Despite the outcry from fans of the comics, some of that success comes from not sticking too rigidly to the original source material. Character origins, relationships, history and moral alignment are all up for grabs when it comes to translating a character from paper to screen. Agents of S....

When casting the young Han for Solo: A Star Wars Story, original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller looked to pop culture’s other iconic sci-fi property for inspiration. It’s not an exaggeration to say Alden Ehrenreich is under a tremendous amount of pressure as he follows the footsteps of Harrison Ford as the iconic smuggler. For many viewers, his performance will make or break Solo, and fortunately it looks like the actor was up for the challenge....

Sure, friendships between human characters are awesome. They are the heart of tv shows, and are largely the thing that keeps viewers coming back for more every season. Relationships play a significant role in tv series, and when done right, will always evoke strong emotional responses from fans. But let’s not forget that iconic relationships aren’t exclusive to humans. Sometimes, the most moving, compelling bonds are created between human characters and animal characters....

Coined by Cahiers du Cinéma in the 1950s, Auteur theory is the default mode of modern movie critique. The idea that a project reflects the creative vision of its director has become vitally popular to the way viewers typically absorb the artform. Critics Andrew Sarris and André Bazin advocated for as much back in the day, arguing that filmmakers must possess technical competence, personal style, and interior meaning to earn their artsy badge of endorsement....

Supernatural has been on for thirteen seasons and shows no signs of slowing down as it goes into season fourteen. Throughout it’s run, the show has gained a large, very passionate fanbase. The fandom has grown from just a simple viewership to a sort of community. They attend specific Supernatural conventions and make friendships online. The actors are very involved with their fans and spend a lot of their freetime making sure that they’re entertained and feeling loved....

The first season of Game of Thrones was released a few months before the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series of which it is based on. The success of the TV show gave some fans the false hope that the increased interest would ignite a fire in George R.R. Martin that would allow him to quickly finish the series so that the later seasons of Game of Thrones could be faithful adaptations of his work....

Better known as Natasha Romanoff, Natalia Alianovna Romanova made her comic debut in 1964 in Tales of Suspense #52. Black Widow was created by Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck. However, Nat wasn’t always the hero we’ve come to know and love. She actually began her journey as a villain; a Russian spy who was an early antagonist of Iron Man. Natasha later defected to the U.S., joining S.H.I.E.L.D. and eventually becoming an Avenger....

[This is a review of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3, episode 13. There will be SPOILERS.] - Since the midseason premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the series has focused on the impact the revelation of Inhumans has had on the political machinations of various countries around the world - with Director Coulson (Clark Gregg) and his team of humans and Inhumans alike attempting to manipulate those machinations as the covert spy organization that S....

Warning: Spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp. Ant-Man & the Wasp introduces a new character into S.H.I.E.L.D. lore - but how does Ghost’s story connect to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? As any Marvel viewer knows, “it’s all connected,” or at least it’s supposed to be. The TV shows exist in the same shared cinematic universe as the films themselves, although in practice the relationship tends to be rather one-way - the movies affect the TV shows, not the other way round....

We already observed that fans don’t want their favorite movies to end. This is one of the reasons why Hollywood spends so much time and money nowadays expanding upon existing franchises instead of producing more original and risky film projects. If nothing else, the current crop of superhero epics at least proves that sequels can be easily as good or even better than the earlier movies. Last week, we presented you with a list of best sci-fi sequels....

The most popular sitcoms today are the ones that can be easily translated into memes. It’s what has made Bob’s Burgers one of the biggest animated comedies in years. It’s also why mockumentary series like Parks and Rec, The Office, and Modern Family are so popular – the characters’ talking heads, where they talk to the camera and deliver hysterical one-liners, are basically memes already. With its running gags and wacky characters, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is one of the most meme-able shows on the air....

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice will introduce audiences to many central characters in the DCEU. Several other members of the Justice League will be making cameos, including Wonder Woman, The Flash and Aquaman. One less well-known character who will also make a cameo is the cybernetic hero Cyborg, a.k.a. Victor Stone. While some were initially surprised when the studio announced that not only would Cyborg appear in Dawn of Justice, but also in his own solo film down the road, it makes a lot of sense when you consider Cyborg’s importance to the current DC comic universe....

TV shows can run for years. Sometimes they get canceled while still in their prime. Other times, they drag on and on, losing whatever it was that made them special in the first place. We’ve all had that experience of falling madly in love with a show, only to become sad when it prematurely gets the ax. Similarly, we all know what it’s like to give up on a program because it’s just not going anywhere new anymore....

Comic book fans are not shy about making their opinions heard. Whether it be through forums, comment sections, or votes arranged by publishers, the fans have had a consistent influence on the stories they read. Today, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook make interacting with creators and publishers as easy as sending a quick message or tagging them in your post with relatively minimal effort, but in the pre-internet era, fans had to go out of their way to interact with creators, perhaps making their contributions carry a little more weight then....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is showing no signs of slowing down. Three new movies in the MCU have been released this year – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, and Ant-Man and the Wasp – and they’re all in the top ten highest grossing movies of 2018. Infinity War and Black Panther even have the number one and two spots on that list, respectively. As with any successful franchise in Hollywood, the monstrous success of the MCU is not a fluke....