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Of all the various properties that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe – that’s 12 movies, five short films, and four television series at present – few have proven to be as central to the shared universe’s overarching storyline as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The inaugural Marvel TV show just finished the first half of its third season two nights ago, capping off a 10-episode run that has done much to help set the stage for next year’s Captain America: Civil War (the first entry in Phase 3) and all the films beyond, going all the way up to 2019’s The Inhumans (Phase 4’s first installment)....

Ryan Murphy says that a mass shooting scene in Tuesday’s episode of American Horror Story: Cult will be edited. Now in its seventh season, FX’s popular horror anthology program has never been one to shy away from shockingly violent imagery, and usually seems to wear its TV-MA rating as sort of a badge of honor. However, a shockingly violent event in the real world has caused AHS co-creator Murphy to pull back on the series’ normal level of extreme violence, at least during one particular upcoming scene....

The spells in Harry Potter have quite the names. Some of them sound cool, some sound ridiculous—but there is actually a basis for most of them. J.K. Rowling seems fond of delving into Latin, looking at words that describe what the spell does and often changing or combining them to create the incantation. Neat, eh? So here are some of the most famous, useful, or downright disturbing spells created by J....

Throughout the past decade or so, superhero movies have become increasingly more prevalent. Studios like Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox each release two superhero movies per year on average, with Marvel soon upping their number of releases to three movies next year. Moviegoers are being inundated with superheroes – and there are only so many heroes out there who can save their city, their country and the world before audiences grow tired of the medium....

Curb Your Enthusiasm has cemented its reputation as one of the most cringe-inducing shows ever made. It also happens to be one of the funniest shows of all time. Starring Larry David as a fictional version of himself, the series explores the mundane situations Larry gets into which inevitably grow into deeply uncomfortable mayhem. The loose, heavily-improvised feel of the show makes it feel like a very unique television experience. However, if you’re craving the hard-to-watch style of comedy and hilariously insensitive characters, there are plenty of shows that can fill that void....

It’s so hard to believe that The Office has been over for five whole years. Even if the later seasons of the show are widely regarded as having taken a huge drop in quality, the sitcom was still one of NBC’s most beloved and popular. Many fans even argue that The Office was this generation’s Friends! The cast was a large part of what made the show as big of a hit as it was....

TV audiences can be a fickle bunch. With competition on every channel, writers have to make sure that they are crafting engaging characters with compelling story lines. Sometimes, this is easier said then done and writers are forced to get creative, or lazy as the case may be, in order to inject new life into a fledgling show. Occasionally these gambles pay off, but most of the time audiences are left wondering what went wrong....

The latest episode of The Flash featured a bonkers plan that involved time travel, changing history, asking a deranged serial killer for help, and Harry Potter references. And it still isn’t the wildest or strangest Flash story ever told, not by a country mile. In the comics and in old cartoons, the Flash has been (old) Jay Garrick, (blond) Barry Allen, (ginger) Wally West and a couple of others, but regardless of who’s been wearing the red-and-yellows, the Flash’s speed has been an excuse for writers to let their imaginations race into crazy places....

Few fans were optimistic for more Firefly content once the show was quickly canceled by FOX in 2003. After all, the sci-fi/western concept was so niche that the network likely saw no potential for it to bring in major amounts of viewers. While FOX wasn’t initially off with its assumption, the show hit home with audiences. It quickly became a cult classic. Following plenty of fan support and encouraging commercial sales, FOX gave Joss Whedon the go-ahead to make a film that would serve as a continuance of where Firefly’s season 1 finale left off....

Since reinventing the way people watch television, Netflix has become a real power player in the motion picture business. They’ve made an effort to acquire the rights to ambitious independent films and, more importantly, to produce original films of their own. Each year, they release a handful of carefully-chosen theatrical-quality movies onto their streaming service. Several past titles have earned rave reviews, big buzz in the film community, and millions of subscribers eagerly pressing the “play” button....

The artists behind Star Wars are some of the best in the movie industry. The talented art departments at Industrial Light and Magic and Lucasfilm are responsible for some of the most iconic visuals in cinema history, and their creativity continues to raise the bar. Their work in Star Wars has helped make the franchise what it is today, and even when a film is finished, tons of unused content can still be leftover....

Being on set for 438 consecutive days and then for even more dates over three years is grueling. It’s taxing on any crew member, but it had to done in order for The Lord of the Rings movie series to become the masterpiece it is. Seventeen Oscar wins and countless accolades later and you can safely say it was worth every minute spent on it. The actors, though, were put through their paces as they had to become physically and mentally tough for this trilogy....

A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher’s approach to solo cooperative play can be an entertaining novelty, though the steep price of failure makes it tough to truly invest in. Everything about A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher seems incomprehensible at first glance, from its name to its menu screen to how it plays. This single-player, splitscreen arcade shooter raises eyebrows by having players simultaneously pilot two ships with two disparate purposes. One attacks, the other collects resources, but there’s more at play than that....

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for No Justice #2 - DC’s Brainiac is dead, long live Brainiac (2.0)! Superman’s greatest villain’s tenure as the new leader of the Justice League didn’t last too long. The miniseries Justice League: No Justice, a prelude to Scott Snyder’s upcoming run on Justice League, saw Brainiac split various DC heroes and villains into separate teams. These teams were meant to protect Brainiac’s homeworld of Colu (and by consequence the rest of the universe)....

Seeing issues with one or both of your 1st gen AirPods Pro earphones? They may be covered under a free service program from Apple. Read on for how to check your AirPods Pro recall replacement eligibility. Update 11/17/22: This service program is still ongoing as it covers affected AirPods Pro up to 3 years after the original retail sale. But it is just 1st gen AirPods Pro models that Apple has determined are eligible....

Similar to how Fraiser can be considered better than Cheers, Better Call Saul can be argued as superior to Breaking Bad. The spin-off/prequel to Vince Gilligan’s acclaimed crime drama is a masterpiece starring the incomparable Bob Odenkirk and shakes up the Bad formula by injecting it with humor, as it details Jimmy McGill’s transformation to the loveable scumbag we know as Saul Goodman. Like Breaking Bad before it, there are plenty of films that inspired its tone, look, and story....

Star Warshas inspired countless filmmakers and storytellers. Its innovations to story and technology have changed how films are conceived and made, and its influence on popular culture is massive even if it is difficult to quantify in its entirety. Many filmmakers who make movies today, including Spike Jonze (Her) and Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Interstellar) have credited Star Wars as a major reason behind why they chose to become directors....

I Am Not Okay With This is Netflix’s latest show with the atmosphere of Stranger Things and the tone of The End of the F***ing World. Sophia Lillis and Wyatt Oleff from IT are both great in their roles and the story seems to be getting more and more interesting with every new episode. The only problem is that the series is currently very short with only one season that has seven episodes which is why many fans might want to binge-watch some other similar teen shows....

While the actual start of the current Golden Age of Television is up for debate, there’s no doubting that as a medium, television has come into its own in the past decade or so. It may be rather difficult to remember, but there was a time when television was seen as a lower artistic medium, a dumping ground for entertainment not good enough to make it to the big screen....

Yes, yes – we all know about Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, and Finding Dory, but that’s not all that the gonzo summer box office season has to offer us. What about the smaller, quieter, and more experimental releases? What about the films that still feature big names, but also feature less in the way of explosive fisticuffs and more in the way of character and thematic development? You may not hear about these little gems anywhere near as much as their superheroic brethren, but they’re still out there, waiting to be discovered and enjoyed by a narratively hungry audience....