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Whether he’s actually flipping an 18-wheeler end over end down a city street in The Dark Knight or staging intensely choreographed dogfights using period-accurate warplanes in Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan isn’t a filmmaker known for doing things on a small scale. Nolan’s dedication to this “go big or go home” approach to directing is perhaps most prominently on display in 2010’s sci-fi mindbender Inception, where he takes the viewer on an incredible journey alongside Leonardo DiCaprio’s dream thief Cobb as he and his team traverse the surreal and oftentimes physically impossible mindscapes of their various targets....

Nickelodeon’s popular TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender remains one of the most beloved cartoons to this day. The show was greatly praised for its excellent mix of Japanese and American cultures while also depicting a fantastic story filled with memorable characters. The show also balanced a lot of mature themes mixed into a fun, kid’s show. The cartoon did so well that, a few years after its conclusion, it even launched a spin-off series, The Legend of Korra....

With the release of The Disaster Artist in 2017, everyone in Hollywood was talking about the film’s co-stars: James and Dave Franco. These brothers have certainly made their mark in both movies and TV. While James became something of a Hollywood megastar thanks to his breakout role in TNT’s James Dean, younger brother Dave has only really emerged in recent years. James has ridden a tidal wave of success with movies like Spider-Man, Milk, and 127 Hours, and moved on to writing and directing films in recent years....

Dungeons & Dragons is the first name that many people think of when the word “tabletop RPG” is mentioned, as it is easily the most famous game of its type. The name of Dungeons & Dragons may be known across the world, but the exact nature of the game can be difficult to explain to those who aren’t familiar with tabletop RPGs. There have been many occasions where Dungeons & Dragons players have had to try and explain the game without making it sound bad, which is a difficult feat when the game involves gathering a group of your friends together and pretend to be fantasy heroes who slay monsters for a living....

On the heels of The X-Files revival and the Netflix sitcom sequel series Fuller House is the next TV reboot, FOX’s upcoming 24: Legacy. Another terrorist conspiracy is set to occupy the CTU, which will return without 24’s iconic lead Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), but retain the original show’s real-time format of seeing an hour of the story play out during each episode. With 2014’s 12-episode limited series, 24: Live Another Day proving a big success for the network, the continuation of the show is an exciting prospect for fans....

The third movie in the Thor series, Thor: Ragnarok, might have come out over a year ago, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe film is still being talked about and analyzed to this day. Thor: Ragnarok was much different than other Thor movies, as director Taika Waititi took a much more comedic approach for Thor’s third solo adventure. While some people thought the comedy in the movie was a little over the top at times, other people loved the new approach to the Thor series....

Big Ed’s vasectomy secret could ruin his chance with Rosemarie on 90 Day Fiancé. The young mother already told Ed that she wants a baby girl from him. Big Ed decided to steal viewers’ hearts on the newest season 90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days. At only 4-foot-9, the newest reality star decided to rejoin the dating world after almost 30 years of being single. While fans got to know the San Diego native, some noticed that he may be the one catfishing in the situation since he had not been honest about his height....

With the Premiere of the new spin-off show, 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, we get the opportunity to see what 90 Day Fiancé is like the other way around, hence the name. For the first time, we get to see the journey through the eyes of these six Americans, who are willing to leave it all behind and travel far and wide for the sake of love. With this new perspective on international couples, we get to see what happens when cultures collide....

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As superhero movies continue to grow in popularity, so does the demand for more unique and subversive takes on the genre. The genre has answered in kind, offering updated and improved versions of certain classic characters (ex. Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, etc.) or breaking ground with genre-defying and deconstructive films such as The Dark Knight and Logan. But not all alternate versions of popular superheroes are welcome, either because these new takes are too outrageous even for the medium or they’re just too controversial to bother with....

True Blood is the HBO television series based upon the books by Charlaine Harris, sometimes known as the Sookie Stackhouse series or The Southern Vampire Mysteries. Although the long-running show met its end in 2014, the show continues to keep its loyal blood-sucking fan-base. The long-awaited finale of the show left many fans elated, disappointed and down-right furious. True Blood started out as a love story and ended as one, if not the most conventional....

Hollywood icon Betty White’s career as an actress began in 1945 when she starred in a short film titled Time To Kill. Today, the entertainer holds the record for having the longest television career of any female actress. Unarguably, Betty White is one iconic lady who could probably teach us all quite a few things. She turned 97 last January but shows no signs of slowing down. Her career as an actress is still as vibrant as ever....

Science-fiction films offer us a voyeuristic glance beyond the veil of time, into a future where anything is possible. The very best of these movies postulate about the technological, medical, and societal advancements that man will make decades before those feats are possible; it should come as no surprise that they are, oftentimes, unsettlingly accurate. The worst of these films, well, they tend to feature more fiction than science, driving us to painstakingly detail all the ways $140 million could have been better spent....

In the past decade or so, big-screen adaptations of comic books have risen from the occasional blockbuster to one of the most prominent and financially successful types of films out there. The introduction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the ensuring race for other studios to develop similar shared universe projects has led many to wonder if the market was nearing over-saturation, but the record-breaking success of the hard-R Deadpool may reinvigorate the industry and its largely family-friendly approach to comic book properties....

Television is as good as its ever been: premium cable dramas and comedies are of such high quality and big name talent that they often eclipse what’s playing at your local multiplex. This has also applied to the horror genre, with shows like The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Ash vs. Evil Dead, The Strain and more, all of which bring big scares to the small screen. But horror on television isn’t anything new, and there has been a slew of terrifyingly memorable creatures over the decades, from classic anthology shows, monster-of-the-week dramas and original made-for-TV-movies....

There was a time in the not-too-distant past where superhero movies were few and far between. Superman had success in 1978 with Richard Donner’s beloved, Oscar-nominated movie, and Tim Burton rejuvenated the genre once again with his 1989 success, Batman. Nowadays, though, the idea that superhero movies were few and far between seems like an ancient myth. Not only are they are constantly churned out, but they’re also incredibly successful....

In 1991, Nickelodeon began broadcasting their own original animated series. There were only three shows back then: Doug, Ren & Stimpy, and Rugrats. Doug was a very straight-laced show about a kid trying to fit in at his new school. Ren & Stimpy was absolute insanity contained within a 22 minute run time. Rugrats was somewhere in the middle, as it featured bizarre scenarios conjured up by the mind of an infant, but was set in your average American household....

The development time of video games keeps increasing year by year. This is due to how complex modern video games have become. When Shigeru Miyamoto was working on the original Super Mario Bros. back in 1985, he didn’t have to worry about online multiplayer, voice acting, VR support, ratings boards, or creating a game for multiple platforms. Nowadays, a video game development team has to fulfil numerous obligations at once, while both fans and publishers are screaming at them to get it finished on time....

A fist meets a face. Bones crack. Blood spills. Sweat drips. Bullets fly. That’s right, The Punisher is back — and bad guys everywhere should beware. It’s been a year since the events of the first season of the Marvel-Netflix series, and Frank Castle has been traveling around the country trying to live a quiet life. But just when he thought he was out, he gets pulled back in. First, at a Michigan bar, he meets a girl who’s gotten herself in way over her head with some very scary people....

The DCEU feature film Aquaman is finally upon us and the box office is buzzing. This adaptation of the character has come a long way form its comic book origins. For one thing, Game of Thrones alumnus Jason Mamoa isn’t some generic blond hunk. This is a rough and ready version of Arthur Curry coming up from the depths of the ocean and he made a splash in Justice League....