Mention the movie “Batman & Robin” to a nerd (or Extremely Online person) of a certain age, and you’re bound to get a reaction that ranks just below “nuclear revulsion.” The 1997 Joel Schumacher-helmed Bat-sequel was a dud upon its initial theatrical release, and the subsequent rise of geek culture bloggers and independent film criticism […]

It’s extremely important to include representation and diversity in mainstream media. I could say this every day of my life and it still won’t be enough for some people to understand, but sometimes a good story can better illustrate the point. One of the most famous examples of how integral it is for everyone to […]

Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” enchanted audiences with its colorful and frantic imagery, sweeping romantic music, and heartfelt performances from Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. But the road to its release was rocky with numerous production delays that caused a scheduling conflict with the sci-fi juggernaut “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones,” which coincidentally also stars McGregor as […]

Some stars from the silent film era have since become household names, while others have been neglected by history. One comic time has forgotten is Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, who was hugely famous in the early days of Hollywood. Sadly, a major scandal cut his career short all too soon. Before leaving the public eye, he […]

30 years after they first toddled into our lives, the adventurous Rugrats have returned for their inevitable reboot. Much like “The Powerpuff Girls” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” before them, not even these imaginative babies are safe from the power of ’90s nostalgia, which is how they found themselves on Paramount+ with a (mildly […]

Another day, another acting legend gone. Nichelle Nichols, a trailblazer if there ever was one, passed away on July 30, 2022. Nichols’ role as Lt. Nyota Uhura on “Star Trek” was one of the first times a Black woman was portrayed in a competent, authoritative role on US television, and Nichols herself was the first […]

Legendary horror actor Robert Englund has worked with numerous genre masterminds, including Tobe Hooper and The Duffer Brothers, but he’ll perhaps always be best known for collaborating with horror maestro Wes Craven. After playing slice-and-dice villain Freddy Krueger throughout eight “Nightmare on Elm Street” films (and voicing support for the 2010 remake, the only Freddy movie made […]

If you’re living in a universe where you live under a rock (or are a rock) and don’t have access to the latest movies and shows, then it would be perfectly understandable if you didn’t know about “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Otherwise, you have no excuse for avoiding this movie from the filmmaking duo […]

Sidney Lumet’s seminal 1957 classic “12 Angry Men” — required viewing for any American citizen who finds themselves called to sit on a jury — remains as salient and immediate today as it did 65 years ago. Bare-bones and visually simple, “12 Angry Men” takes place almost entirely in a jurors’ deliberation room as the […]

When “True Detective” season 3 hit HBO in early 2019, it was five years removed from its first season and didn’t enjoy the same rapturous buzz around the water cooler, but critics still hailed it as a return to form. The series itself started out as a comeback vessel for Matthew McConaughey, whose philosophical character, Rust Cohle, […]