Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics The X-Men are going to be the biggest thing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (I have typed a variation of that sentence at least once a day for ages now) and an argument can be made that they already are. Deadpool, Wolverine, and Jean Grey have already proved that the […]
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My idea of a great Saturday night as a kid involved turning the living room into a slumber-party disaster zone. Couch cushions came off, pillows became building materials, and whatever blankets we could find went into a fort that probably violated several basic principles of construction. The television was the centerpiece. We weren’t just looking […]
It doesn’t feel like it, but 2016 was ten years ago. In those ten years, the television landscape has changed quite a bit for science fiction entertainment. Many series have started and ended. Long-running series like Supernatural, which began in 2005, have come to an end. The hit series Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in […]
After years of trying to rebuild his career, Robert Downey Jr. finally found the role that would change his life in Tony Stark. Iron Man hit theaters in 2008 and helped turn the actor into one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but his journey that year wasn’t just about the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]
Josh Hartnett had a peculiar winter around 2007. He played a sheriff in an Alaskan town where the sun disappears for a month. The funny thing is, the movie’s production took place in New Zealand. And although the story took place across 30 days with no sunlight, everything was shot during the day with day-for-night […]
Image Courtesy of DC Comics DC Comics has been hitting levels of success that the publisher hasn’t hit in my lifetime and I can remember most of the ’80s. Marvel basically made the top of the sales charts their home for most of the last few decades and has only recently been knocked down from […]
The independent film revolution of the 1990s paved the way for some of Hollywood’s most successful careers, but few films produced a more impressive collection of talent than one small comedy about struggling actors trying to get laid in LA. Following the success of films like Reservoir Dogs, El Mariachi, and Clerks, Hollywood began looking […]
In the ‘80s, I was a big The Real Ghostbusters kid. So many episodes and plots have since stuck with me for both nostalgia and for history. It wasn’t always easy figuring out the schedule for the cartoon—I’d fumble with TV Guide, but there were too many shows to keep track of. But if there […]
The movie industry seems to simply go from strength to strength, constantly evolving to match the needs and wants of global audiences hungry for excellent big-screen stories. Across many different genres and subgenres, the world of cinema pretty much has a story for anyone and any occasion, with different movies evoking a whole range of […]
Remember when Fox was the network that seemed willing to try just about anything? The mid-’90s gave us The X-Files, Married… with Children, and a parade of shows that probably wouldn’t have survived a meeting at a more cautious network. Then, in April 1996, along came Profit, a drama about a corporate executive who made […]