By Chris Snellgrove | Published 32 seconds ago For DC fans, it’s been a rough few years. The DCEU has its fans (Snyder Bros, are you still pretending Rebel Moon was good?), but that failed cinematic universe mostly got its teeth kicked in each and every year by the MCU. Still, fans of heroes like … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 26 seconds ago Dexter and How I Met Your Mother are two completely different shows that have something unfortunate in common: each has a series finale so bad that it retroactively ruins what came before, making it hard for fans to revisit even the greatest episodes. Dexter’s ending was so … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 29 seconds ago As we fast approach the year 2027, I’m sorry to say that Children of Men may end up becoming a dated dystopian sci-fi film over the next decade. At the very least, and after rewatching the dystopian thriller on Peacock for the first time in years, I’m … Read more
By Jonathan Klotz | Published 9 seconds ago For better or worse, the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series found their careers tied to science fiction for decades after the series came to an end. It ended up working out well for Walter Koenig, the original Chekov, who found a late-career resurgence on Babylon … Read more
By Jonathan Klotz | Published 27 seconds ago M. Night Shyamalan is either one of the worst directors to ever get behind the camera, or a creative genius, depending on who you ask, and what movie you’re talking about, but no one can argue about the success of his first film The Sixth Sense. Now, … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Published 9 seconds ago Every once in a while, a classic horror flick like John Carpenter’s The Thing makes its rounds on streaming and reminds us just how ahead of its time it was by elevating such a simple story line with next-level creature effects. Now that The Thing is streaming … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 10 seconds ago Star Trek fans have always enjoyed the franchise’s techno-powered socialist utopia, so it’s only fitting that the cancellation of Lower Decks has revealed the biggest lie of capitalism: if you build it, they will come. That is, we spend our lives being told that being successful is … Read more
By Joshua Tyler | Published 3 seconds ago Science fiction movies and TV shows are full of big space battles, but it’s rare to see them attempt realism. There are a few recent exceptions. The Expanse wowed audiences with its realistic depiction of future space battles. The 2000s Battlestar Galactica used fundamental Newtonian Physics to … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 11 seconds ago The Star Wars prequels were full of dumb moments, from that clunky “I hate sand” speech to pretty much every second that Jar-Jar Binks was on screen. Generally, though, most fans agree that the absolutely stupidest moment was Padme Amidala dying of a broken heart. Even in … Read more
By Chris Snellgrove | Published 25 seconds ago Hollywood has a mania for prequels and sequels, but this creates a vicious cycle in which successful films warrant another movie but the follow-up is often much worse than what came before (looking at you, Star Wars). And when the movie is part of a sprawling franchise, … Read more
