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Luke contemplation
March 21, 2024
A writer and script consultant in Hollywood manages to expose a bad approach to storytelling when giving advice.
Screenshot-6 Halloween ax kills
March 18, 2024
A Halloween series with a clean slate could give Miramax the chance to redeem one of the franchise’s least appealing subplots.
Laugh go Brandon
March 8, 2024
Real art is forever. The Crow and Brandon Lee’s performance will never die, no matter what Bill Skarsgard looks like or does.
A Sweet Baby Inc'd Venom (Tony Todd) taunts Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal) in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023), Insomniac Games
March 7, 2024
Sweet Baby Inc. has become a massive target of criticism in recent weeks, but the company is only a symptom of a much larger problem.
Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself at the mercy of the titular heroine (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Warner Bros. Pictures
March 6, 2024
Why does Chris Hemsworth keep picking the worst roles possible? The answer lies in his self-declared feminist ideology.
Sokka (Jack DeSena) explains to Katara (Mae Whitman) his belief that women are meant for sewing and cooking in Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 4 "The Warriors of Kyoshi" (2005), Nickelodeon
February 6, 2024
While it worked in an animated medium, Sokka’s sexist humor in ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ doesn’t translate 1:1 to live-action.
Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) gives Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) a lesson about mindfulness in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Lucasfilm Ltd.
January 30, 2024
J.J. Abrams once told Daisy Ridley that Star Wars was like a religion for some fans, and he may have not been that far off from reality.
Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) faces Megatron (Frank Welker) in Transformers: The Movie (1986), Marvel Productions
January 11, 2024
Lately, I’ve been attempting to excavate the childhood memories of my favorite fictional franchises and Transformers simply checks every box.
Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) has a horrifying vision of the future in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Carolco Pictures
January 11, 2024
In response to their losing ground in the ongoing culture wars, the Left’s new mantra has become “If I can’t have it, then no one will”.
Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) implies the Jedi cannot help Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Lucasfilm Ltd.
January 10, 2024
Chancellor Palpatine’s “good is a point of view” line may be responsible for not only fooling Anakin Skywalker but also a generation of fans.