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This post contains spoilers for the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. Even more than bringing beloved characters such as Rocket Raccoon and Peacemaker to the big screen, James Gunn is famous for soundtracks. The Awesome Mixes were highlights of both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and the arena rocker “Do You Want to Taste

Finding out that the QI elves got something wrong is as oddly satisfying as watching a waiter drop a tray of glasses. It doesn’t happen that often, but when it does, it’s a sight to behold. Series T of QI is currently airing, with Sandi Toksvig once again steering the ship of Quite Interesting facts

WARNING: this article contains major SPOILERS for BBC Ghosts: Series Four Great news for all you Ghosts fans: it’s being reported by the British Comedy Guide that the show is returning for a fifth series. While we’ve yet to have the official word from either the BBC or the Horrible Histories troupe, we understand writing

This article contains spoilers for the ending of Wednesday. Netflix’s Wednesday certainly delivered thick and fast with the mysteries and twists this season, so you’ll be forgiven if you weren’t entirely able to keep up.  Forget “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” like The Wizard Of Oz, this creepy and kooky teen (played by

Tim Burton’s take on the Addams Family, Wednesday is set to follow a teenage Wednesday Addams as she attends Nevermore Academy, a school for teens with supernatural abilities and other societal outcasts. Wednesday has to learn how to navigate the perils of high school while also trying to solve a decades-long mystery that began during

Tosh, Sandy and Billy’s new guvnor has been confirmed by the BBC: Agatha Raisin star Ashley Jensen will head up the Shetland investigatory team as new character DI Ruth Calder in series eight of the Scottish crime drama. Calder is “a native Shetlander who returns to the isles after 20 years working for the Met

This article contains spoilers for Welcome to Chippendales episodes 1 and 2. Fans of Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens will likely find themselves unsettled by his role in Hulu’s new true crime drama, Welcome to Chippendales. Although Stevens has certainly played villains before, and none so iconic as his murdering psychopath David in 2014’s The

This Trigun Stampede review contains no spoilers and is based off of the world premiere of episode 1 at Anime NYC. Trigun Stampede Episode 1  “I’m really not much of a fighter….” There are endless anime series that feature hyperbolized action and aloof heroes, but Trigun is a very special piece of ’90s action anime

While there have been a number of live-action Spider-Men, Batmen, and Supermen within my lifetime, there has only been one Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. helped kickstart the MCU with Iron Man’s origin story in 2008, and brought this genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist to life in a way that very few, if any others could

This article discusses plot points through The White Lotus season 2 episode 4. Anthology television series can really be something special on a year-to-year basis if the writers of a show know their themes, continue to rework them in accordance with new characters, and respond to audience trends and desires. This is why a series

Jason Momoa has been acting since 1999 when he first donned those iconic red swim trunks on TV’s Baywatch: Hawaii as a beardless 19-year-old. It took a lot of roles before the Hawaiian-born Aquaman actor got his big break as Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones. While he’s often typecast as something of a brute,

When you’ve given your blood, sweat, and tears to the Hollywood system for almost half a century, when you’ve made almost 80 films, when you’ve created icons like Rocky and Rambo, or hell, when you’re simply a septuagenarian in general, it’s safe to say you’ve earned the right to be choosy with what you do

This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 6 Episode 8 “I’ve driven off the flies.” Early on in My Hero Academia‘s run there were endless exercises orchestrated by U.A. High that forced these prospective hero students to learn how to work together and troubleshoot through scenarios where the danger at hand

The end is almost here. The Walking Dead, the show that wanted to live forever, is now coming to a close…sort of. Though the series based on Robert Kirkman’s long-running zombie comic of the same name is airing its series finale on Nov. 20, the franchise itself will carry on in the form of numerous

The Word was a magazine-style entertainment show that ran from 1990 to 1995 on the UK’s Channel 4. It was helmed by Mancunian motormouth Terry Christian and a medley of once and future stars, including Amanda de Cadenet, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, and Mark Lamarr. The show was the brainchild of Charlie Parsons and Terry

This article contains spoilers for Dead to Me season 3. Dead to Me is a dark comedy that’s worked as well as it has because of the effortless chemistry between its two leads, Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, as Jen Harding and Judy Hale. These two frazzled friends have accrued a growing list of felonies

Halloween and Christmas are objectively the two best American holidays. One allows for us all to indulge in our gothic, spooky side, while the other comes along with family and cheer (forced or otherwise). There’s another holiday between them, however, that is at constant risk of being overlooked. Thanksgiving doesn’t have candy like Halloween or

You can tell if somebody’s watched German Netflix series Dark by the furrow in their brow and the delirium in their eyes. The 2017 – 2020 time-travel mystery required a flip-chart of graphs and diagrams to explain, but proved a cult hit for Netflix and led to its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar

A bad guy lies beaten on the ground. Above him towers a shadowy figure, the moonlight highlighting only his horned head and billowing cape. “Who are you?” pleads the defeated crook. With a growl, the figure answers, “I’m Batman.” That description probably put a familiar image in your head, one that you’ve seen on screen

This article contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire season 1 and the back half of Anne Rice’s novel. Well that was fun, now wasn’t it? The first season finale of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire was a bloody good time, as were the rest of the series’ first seven episodes. This adaptation of Anne

This article contains spoilers for Yellowstone prequel 1883. After the debut of the Yellowstone season 5 premiere, Paramount gave the franchise’s ravenous fans an early holiday present with the first peek at 1923, the second prequel and second chapter in the Dutton family saga.  1923 (originally announced as “1932”) will introduce a new generation of

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or so they say. Some people love the holiday season. And then there are those grinches who don’t see the whole appeal. But if there’s one tried and true way to get into holiday spirit, it’s through exposure therapy to Christmas movies and specials. In the streaming

When Star Trek first hit screens in 1966, it seemed like the most unlikely hit. While there was certainly juice in creator Gene Roddenberry’s pitch to film “Wagon Train to the Stars,” and the network CBS showed enough confidence in the show to let producers shoot a second pilot, the debut episode hardly portended great

This article contains spoilers for The White Lotus season 2 episode 3. Films and television shows create characters who represent ideal illusions of sex symbols, people we crave to be with but have no chance to meet so we can actualize our dreams. The ironic thing about TV crushes is that there are over 7

This article contains spoilers for Killer Sally. Netflix’s Killer Sally is a rare breed of true crime story where not only is the murderer involved, she wants you to listen to her story.  Sally McNeil may look bold and brash, with literal award-winning muscles and an army of fans who paid her to throw them

This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 6 Episode 7 “If we couldn’t defeat him, the age of heroes would be a joke.” The Paranormal Liberation Front and the Pro Heroes are currently locked in combat, but it’s only the latter who need to worry about their reputations. Shigaraki and his

It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the yeeeeear! Wherever you fall on a festive scale of Scrooge to Elf, it’s certainly the best time of year for good telly: Christmas TV is every channel and streaming service’s time to shine, as they adorn their listings with sparkly specials and festive films. 2022 is no different,

Warning: contains spoilers for The Crown season 5. The Crown and historical accuracy enjoy a fleeting rather than steadfast acquaintance. Peter Morgan’s Netflix drama concertinas history and jumps between time periods to follow emotional and symbolic through-lines rather than sticking to the recorded facts and timelines. “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization…” goes the

This article contains spoilers for Ghosts season 2 episode 7. This week’s episode of Ghosts is a reminder that the series is at its heart a love letter to the original BBC Ghosts series. Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones) and Nigel (John Hartman)’s conflict this week also reminds the audience that our common histories outweigh our

This article contains spoilers for The Witcher. With a little over a month until The Witcher: Blood Origin hits Netflix on Dec. 25, a teaser trailer has finally been released. Set 1200 years before the events of The Witcher, this four episode special event is set to tell the story of the conjunction of the