When a film truly captures the public’s attention, what’s the next step? For the producing studio, that question is obvious: get to work on the sequel. But for other opportunists with a penchant for comedy, there’s potential for a parody. The art of the parody dates back to satire being used in literary works by […]

Although it’s been over for several years, Peaky Blinders was one of the defining hits for Netflix while it was on the air. The show, set in the aftermath of World War I, follows the Peaky Blinders, one of the most powerful gangs in London. The show is a gangster drama in the best sense, filled with […]

Science fiction, as a genre, can demand a lot from the actors involved. They’re tasked with reciting the kind of scientific mumbo jumbo that all sci-fi scripts contain and are forced to find ways to make it compelling. Great sci-fi actors know how to leverage their on-screen personas to create compelling characters, even if those […]

There are some movies, such as Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Casablanca, that many people agree are perfect motion pictures. But no matter what anyone says, no film can ever be truly flawless. At least one error always makes it into the finished product, and once the initial hype dies down after a movie’s release, […]

In a theatrical landscape dominated by franchises, sequels, and IP, horror remains one of the most reliable genres at the box office. Audiences have proven they will come out to the theater for horror movies. Classics like Jaws and The Exorcist are among the biggest horror hits of all time. The horror genre also has spawned numerous success […]

As one of the most popular and longest-running superheroes in history, Spider-Man has had many weird and wild stories in the Marvel Universe. Since the character has been making comics for over sixty years now, the writers were bound to come up with some bizarre ideas for the web-slinger’s adventures. Even for a person who […]

Oppo’s ColorOS has long been a UI that is the weakest part of Oppo phones. If you’ve noticed, Oppo phones come with great hardware and performance, but there’s always a “but it runs ColorOS” mentioned as a downside. That’s about to change with ColorOS 13. The new Oppo UI is much more polished and intuitive, […]

Sci-fi dystopias are a dime a dozen, but ones that feel truly unique or distinct are much more rare. A great sci-fi movie creates its own version of reality, even as the world in which its story is set also comments on the realities of our world. Each movie on this list features a carefully […]

Elden Ring is a daunting experience. Unlike many open-world games, it doesn’t give you a laundry list of objectives to chase. When you first step into The Lands Between, there is no marker telling you where to go next. You won’t find a quest log in the menu or an encyclopedia of tooltips explaining how […]

Like a lot of modern gamers, I’m an Xbox Game Pass subscriber. I get a lot out of the subscription service, using it to play everything from Microsoft’s first-party exclusives to smaller indie sensations like Citizen Sleeper. There’s just one downside to that: I don’t own any games I play on it. If Microsoft decided […]