In the small town of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Marilyn Pope Francis ran a restaurant with a fenced patio for tables and chairs. She set up hot serving dishes and a cold drinks station in the gazebo to serve customers. Here’s the part where we learn that Marilyn is a low-key business genius. Next to … Read more
— How many times have you heard it? Someone lamenting, “There’s nothing to do here!” Worse yet, hearing someone tell visitors that. “What is there to do around here?” “Nothing, really. I don’t know.” Enough with that. Let’s give people an easy way to answer, and let’s do it the Idea Friendly way. Make a … Read more
Are they killing cinema? That’s what new recruit Dag (Lolly Adefope) wants to know on her first day on the set of superhero movie Tecto, a mid-range cog in Maximum Studios’ vast multi-phase machine. Is this a dream factory, or is it an abattoir? It’s both, says The Franchise, so mind you don’t slip on all that … Read more
This Penguin review contains spoilers. “We’re in it now, Vic!” Oz Cobb shouts to his sidekick Victor at the end of The Penguin‘s third episode, “Bliss.” The line provides symmetry to the opening of the episode, in which we meet Victor Agular’s family, just hours before they all die in the explosions and flooding the … Read more
Horror movies are back. Actually they never left. Yet after a few underperformed in the springtime, pundits with apparently a short-term memory about the genre perceived that its popularity was on the decline. Turns out, reports of its demise were greatly exaggerated—like always. One of the most basic and satisfying things cinema can offer is … Read more
A lot can change in five years. Only half a decade ago, Todd Phillips’ ambitious and daring attempt to reboot the DC character Joker into a Travis Bickle antihero wasn’t only a hit with moviegoers, but a phenomenon. That film opened to $96 million in its first weekend and legged out to grossing more than … Read more
“The City on the Edge of Forever.” “The Best of Both Worlds.” “Far Beyond the Stars.” Star Trek has produced many of the all-time greatest episodes of television, finding new ways to approach its central concept of spacefaring humans in an optimistic future. But Star Trek also consists of nearly 900 episodes across several series, … Read more
This article is presented by For nearly 30 years, one of the biggest icons in video games has been Lara Croft, the unflappably cool protagonist of the Tomb Raider franchise. As development on the video game series continues into the current generation, Netflix has adapted Tomb Raider into its star-studded new original animated series, Tomb … Read more
This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale had it all: The conclusion of a massive battle, the deaths of several major characters, a reunion between two former crushes turned outright enemies, and the long-awaited answer to one … Read more
This Walking Dead article contains spoilers for Daryl Dixon. AMC’s world of The Walking Dead keeps on shuffling, with season 2 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon set to finally reunite Norman Reedus’ fan-favorite biker with Melissa McBride’s equally beloved badass Carol. With Reedus and McBride being two of the few original cast members who … Read more