Crunchyroll Shonen anime is full of stories about kids with powers going to some sort of academy to train, hone their skills, and gain friends before going out to fight increasingly more powerful villains. From “Naruto and “My Hero Academia” to “Demon Slayer” and “Jujutsu Kaisen,” it’s … Read more
Sony Pictures In an era before Netflix, B-tier action movies used to come out in theaters, rather than being ported straight to streaming. Think “Timecop,” “Under Siege,” “Kickboxer,” or pretty much any other movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal. You could even add some Sylvester … Read more
Universal Pictures We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The advent of home video completely reshaped the movie business as we know it. Before VHS became prominent in the ’80s, once a movie left theaters, the only way to capitalize on it later was … Read more
CBS Lance Barber was at the heart of some of the most emotional scenes on “Young Sheldon,” the most notable being the death of his character, George Cooper Sr., in the show’s final season. However, while many fans probably associate the Cooper patriarch with the sitcom’s most … Read more
HBO This post contains spoilers for “The White Lotus.” One would think that the penultimate episode of a season of “The White Lotus” would push us into the deep end. Surprisingly, season 3’s seventh episode, titled “Killer Instincts,” chooses to simmer in the tension while laying the … Read more
HBO This post contains spoilers for “The White Lotus.” The most crucial pieces of the puzzle have started to fall into place in “The White Lotus” season 3. A lot is going on in Thailand’s White Lotus wellness resort, where key players are currently at the cusp … Read more
“The White Lotus” season 3, unlike its predecessors, also has several characters who pretty much have no faults at all. Wood’s Chelsea, the perpetually sweet and free-spirited girlfriend to Walton Goggins’ Rick, is one noticeably transgression-free guest, but so are Belinda and her son Zion (Nicholas Duvernay). Season 1 raised some eyebrows by consciously minimizing … Read more
Static Media As much as the classic lines of “The Godfather” have become a part of pop culture vernacular — quotes like “Leave the gun, take the cannoli” and “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” — where this dialogue takes place is just as … Read more