It seems like every classic media franchise is getting rebooted by Hollywood these days. And given the varying degrees of success, people have grown understandably wary of this ongoing practice. Nevertheless, there are plenty of beloved IPs that deserve reboots, as they still have the potential to grow and explore uncharted territories, all while appealing […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 is currently in theaters, and it impresses with its bombastic action, emotional story, and clever world-building. Watching the film gets you in the mood for more action-heavy experiences, so what better way to get that fix than by checking out some video games? It certainly helps that a lot of video […]

Since horror movies (including some underrated 2023 ones) are meant to shock and terrify their audiences, it’s easy for people to question whether or not they can actually cross a line. Many entries in the genre have garnered controversy for their graphic and violent content over the years, and it is still sometimes difficult to […]

We’re now days away from Marvel’s Secret Invasion, the latest MCU Disney Plus series, and possibly the most important one, outside of say Loki or WandaVision. That said, Secret Invasion is at the center of a weird phenomenon. People don’t exactly know it’s coming. Even the most die-hard Marvel movie and comics fans I talk […]

Despite being one of the most successful film franchises in cinema history, Marvel has released some movies that many fans felt could have had much better endings. Considering the number of films the comic book giant has released over the years, chances were that it would miss the mark at some point. But this hasn’t […]

For a lot of people, the hype around Wordle faded quickly after its initial popularity spike. At the end of December 2021 and into the New Year, it permeated public consciousness. Every day Twitter was flooded with discussion of the day’s Wordle. In early January it apparently eclipsed 300,000 daily users. The phenomenon was national […]

Netflix is by far the most popular streaming service, not to mention the most successful. Thanks to a large and impressive library of movies, from drama to comedy and sci-fi, Netflix has become the authority in the ever-erratic and increasingly divisive streaming world. Indeed, other services struggle, and some even fall to their knees, but […]

It’s still early days, but 2024 is already shaping up to be a stonking year at the cinema. Last year was a cracker, thanks to Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives et al, but the next 12 months will see Denis Villeneuve delivering his long-awaited Dune sequel, George Miller back at the bullet farm with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a new […]

In the long history of great action movies, many, many people have died. Most of the time, though, you don’t feel the full weight of those deaths, and how brutal they would probably be in real life. This is part of the conceit of action as a genre. If you felt every death, they would […]

One of the great things about science fiction as a genre is that it can be almost anything. Science fiction can be hopeful and utopian, and even more often, sci-fi can be dystopian, nihilistic, and full of darkness. Sometimes, though, great science fiction can also be terrifying. Many of the best science fiction movies ever […]