By Jonathan Klotz | Published 14 seconds ago The Netflix Effect was coined to explain how a show would explode in popularity after it was added to the streaming service, with Breaking Bad the first show to benefit, but there’s one throwback sci-fi series that became so popular, it was saved from cancellation thanks to … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 8 seconds ago Have any friends that you stopped hanging out with because they turn every single conversation into some form of political commentary? You know the type– the kind of person who replies “typical Harris supporter” or “typical Trump supporter” after you send them a cute video of a … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 11 seconds ago The best superhero movie happened years before Marvel and DC took over our cinemas, and it’s called Mystery Men; a film that was always destined to be a cult classic. Never afraid to lean into its own absurdity, Mystery Men uses its A-list ensemble cast and B-movie … Read more
By Jonathan Klotz | Published 30 seconds ago The Super Mario Bros. Movie made over a billion dollars, A Minecraft Movie is halfway there already, but when it comes to streaming, Netflix has the market cornered on video game adaptations and with its latest hit, the company isn’t slowing down any time soon. After winning … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 10 seconds ago Death to Smoochy was deemed the worst movie of the year by Roger Ebert after its 2002 release, and the Chicago Sun-Times critic went so far as to say that “only enormously talented people” could have even thought to make a film that was “so bad, so … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 6 seconds ago When The Simpsons premiered in 1989, it changed sitcoms forever with its unique joke format that now seems lost to time because it’s been ages since the series saw its Golden Era. In direct defiance to wholesome family sitcoms like Family Ties and The Waltons, among countless … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 10 seconds ago For the most part, Star Trek: The Next Generation was a pretty tame show…it may have constantly put Marina Sirtis in skimpy outfits, but this is the last series where you might expect a character to make a vulgar sexual joke. Nevertheless, one such joke is hidden … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 1 second ago Buffy the Vampire Slayer showrunner Joss Whedon is famous for planning major storylines years in advance…for example, foreshadowing the existence of Buffy’s sister Dawn in Seasons 3 and 4 before her introduction in Season 5. However, there is one blatant example early in the show about how … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 15 seconds ago The X-Files eventually became a very mixed bag of a franchise, but it did manage to give us two surprisingly solid films. These movies raised the stakes from the usual episodic fare while still providing both the paranoid chills (like in Fight the Future) and monstrous thrills … Read more
By Jonathan Klotz | Published 12 seconds ago Every sci-fi franchise eventually has to come to terms with how they can depict aliens, with most opting for the “rubber-forehead” trope where aliens are only an exaggerated nose, ears, or forehead away from looking like humans. This allows shows to have an actor appear under prosthetics … Read more
