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Two creative forces from two very different disciplines — one a blockbuster filmmaker with a penchant for spectacle and humanity, the other a nature documentarian with decades of field experience — have formed an unlikely partnership for a new project about the world of nature. Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man and the live-action remake […] The post Jon Favreau Talks Embracing Natural…
This article contains spoilers for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Jane Schoenbrun‘s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a distinctive film, a mix of surreal postmodernism, gender critique, and surprising humor. It’s also a celebration of ’80s slashers, filled with references to movies that most people dismiss as tasteless trash, even […] The post Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A…
A great television series can hide behind a terrible first impression. Sometimes the pilot is awkward, the characters feel unfinished, the jokes land badly, or the premise seems unsure of what it wants to be. That can be surprising when the same show eventually becomes a cultural favorite with devoted fans and unforgettable episodes. Reddit users named series that made them question why anyone…
Sometimes the best way to sell a movie is apparently to lie about it a little. Trailers have hidden main characters, made comedies look like horror movies, convinced audiences an actor would survive much longer than they did, and occasionally avoided showing what the movie was actually about. Usually, finding out you've been misled would be annoying. With movies, it can make the first viewing even…
Few things are as sweet as a smile. It’s a sentiment most of us believe or, at the very least, have heard time and time again through songs, poems, or films. American filmmaker Parker Finn had other plans for that idea when he unleashed Smile in 2022, turning the universal expression of warmth into something […] The post Stephanie Williams Talks Bringing the Smile Entity to the Gridiron In New…
American history has plenty of moments that sound like spy fiction until the documents prove they actually happened. Secret operations, covert interventions, questionable intelligence, political manipulation, and military plans were sometimes kept away from the public for years or even decades. Some were carried out with extraordinary secrecy, while others remained proposals that were ultimately…
There is a special kind of bad luck that becomes almost impossible not to laugh at once a picture captures the exact moment everything went wrong. The internet is full of people who have experienced those beautifully unfortunate moments and decided that keeping the story to themselves would be a waste. A ruined meal, an expensive mistake, a badly timed accident, or a perfectly ordinary day taking…
Some movies make perfect sense the first time around. Others need a second viewing, a few more years of life experience, or someone pointing out that the action movie you loved as a teenager was actually making fun of everything you thought was cool about it. When Reddit users shared the movies they initially misunderstood, their reasons ranged from missing major themes to simply not getting the…
There are mysteries that seem like they should have an answer by now. A person vanishes after making a phone call. Three women disappear from the same house without taking their belongings. A hijacker jumps out of an airplane with $200,000 and is never definitively seen again. Years turn into decades, searches get bigger, and theories pile up, but the central question stays exactly where it…
Historical photographs are supposed to make the past easier to understand. Every once in a while, they accomplish exactly the opposite. Take enough pictures across nearly two centuries and eventually you'll capture combinations that look completely impossible without context: samurai posing beside an ancient Egyptian monument, experimental technology resembling a homemade Halloween costume, or an…
“What kind of edgerunner are you?” That’s a question asked…nay, screamed midway through a brand new first look at the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 (styled Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2), the next standalone installment set in Netflix’s anime adaptation of the Cyberpunk 2077 universe. It’s a good question too, as fans of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (which includes notable […] The post Explosive New…
This article contains full spoilers for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Trailers for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma made clear that the film would celebrate ’80s slashers. What’s more surprising is the fact that Jane Schoenbrun‘s latest is also about junk food. Not only do up-and-coming director Kris Williams (Hannah Einbinder) […] The post Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma…
This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 5. The title of the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Level Five Transporter Accident,” brings to mind one of the most upsetting moments in franchise history. In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a transporter accident results in two people […] The post Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’s Puppet Episode Is…
Wolverine is the best at what he does, and what he does is talk about his past, apparently. Marvel has announced Wolverine: Origin III – The Dark Age, an upcoming miniseries written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by CAFU, which will explore Logan’s actions in the 1950s, leading to his recruitment into the Weapon X […] The post Marvel’s Third Wolverine Origin Comic Tries to Repair the Mystery it…
We all have those moments when somebody mentions an ordinary fact and suddenly the world feels slightly different. Something you have seen, heard, eaten, used, or said countless times can hide a surprisingly obvious explanation. The funny part is that these discoveries rarely feel like obscure trivia. They are the kinds of things that make you wonder how you managed to miss them for so long. A…
Some movie magic works because you can almost feel the weight of it. A real explosion, a physical creature, a collapsing set, or an actor performing inside an actual environment can give a scene an immediacy that audiences instinctively recognize. Filmmakers have been building elaborate practical effects for decades, sometimes creating enormous sets and complicated mechanical creations simply…
The following contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 5. We’ve known that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was going to do an episode that involved the cast turning into Jim Henson Company-style puppets since last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, during which Paramount dropped a teaser clip featuring a felt version […] The post Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 5…
There is something about Pirates of the Caribbean that still works when so many other blockbusters from its era feel firmly stuck in their time. The movies had enormous action sequences, memorable characters, ridiculous humor, genuine romance, and a world that felt completely committed to its own strange rules. None of it was particularly afraid of being theatrical. The first movie especially…
Some movie details are impossible to ignore once somebody points them out. A tiny continuity error, an oddly placed prop, a strange line reading, or one questionable creative choice can suddenly become the only thing you notice during a rewatch. These details may have nothing to do with whether a movie is actually good, yet they have a remarkable ability to stick in our minds and become part of…
Choosing the greatest television series of all time is difficult enough, but choosing one episode might be even harder. A truly great episode has to do something special within an hour, or sometimes much less: deliver a payoff years in the making, completely change how we understand a character, make us laugh until it hurts, or leave us staring silently at the credits. When Reddit users were asked…
