Iman Vellani and her MCU character have lived parallel lives Paralleling the character she portrays, 19-year-old Canadian Iman Vellani is an earnest and talented teenage superfan who has been called up to the big leagues. Not long ago, she was reading issues of Ms. Marvel and dressing up as the MCU’s first lead Muslim heroine
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Throughout its run on Netflix, Stranger Things has celebrated the relationships of its young protagonists. Their bonds were strengthened through the shared trauma and triumph of fighting creatures from another dimension and the careless government agencies that enabled them to enter our world. But the story succeeds largely because of its 1980s setting, which not
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6. There are cons and then there are long cons. Ever since Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) resolved to frame their rival Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) for “something unforgivable” in the Better Call Saul season 5 finale, fans have
Warning: contains spoilers for the Conversations With Friends finale. The Conversations With Friends limited series, an adaptation of Irish author Sally Rooney’s debut novel, is a story about the many ways four people come together and fall apart over the course of a summer. The creators of the BBC/Hulu adaptation stripped so much of what
George Carlin’s American Dream presents George Carlin as standup comedy’s greatest wordsmith. Seven of these words made him infamous and earned him a place in legal history. Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio’s two-part documentary highlights how Carlin’s brain-droppings started conversations which carry on today. The “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” bit
On May 27, director Deborah Chow and writer Joby Harold will introduce Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to a new generation of Star Wars fans. Crafting any tale in this universe can be a huge undertaking, so just imagine the expectations that come with continuing the story of the most important Star Wars character of all
This The Lincoln Lawyer article contains spoilers. In the first episode of The Lincoln Lawyer, it’s established that Mickey Haller is a mess. Fresh out of an 18-month stay in rehab, he’s got no money coming in, no clients, and a big gap in his resume. It’s only because of the murder of a legal
Paramount+ has announced that Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford will star in the highly anticipated next chapter of the Yellowstone origin story, 1932 (working title). The latest installment in the Dutton family saga comes from perennial television workhorse Taylor Sheridan, whose work on Yellowstone, 1883 and Mayor of Kingstown
This article contains spoilers for the last two years or so of Marvel X-Men comics. “Humans of the planet Earth. While you slept, the world changed.” The opening line of Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz’s House of X hit like a bolt of lightning, and everything it promised paid off. Hickman took over the floundering
Somehow, Richard Donner’s beloved 1978 Superman: The Movie didn’t spawn a successful franchise. A lovingly made celebration of the Man of Steel, featuring arguably the most perfectly cast superhero movie lead of all time in Christopher Reeve, immediately ran into directorial, financial, and creative trouble with its sequel, and the franchise ultimately sputtered out with
Don’t let Torunn Grønbekk’s bright smile and joyful demeanor fool you. “I spend much of my time trying to figure out how to make Jane [Foster] uncomfortable,” the writer of the upcoming Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor tells us. “Just, ‘Oh, this is a thing that she would hate. I will do it.’” Grønbekk’s
Fans of a certain age will never forget a few great cinematic “almosts” in Batman movie history. Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in Tim Burton’s first Batman movie, but we never got a chance to see his Harvey become the villainous Two-Face. Robin was supposed to appear in that film and then again in
Between the recent 20th anniversary of Morrowind, Starfield’s disappointing delay, and the fact that we’re only slowly drawing closer to the release of The Elder Scrolls VI, I’m willing to bet that a lot of people have been thinking about diving back into the world of Morrowind. If you have been…well, you should know that
There are many good reasons to play Final Fantasy 14, but the friendly and productive relationship between the game’s community and its developers has long been one of the MMO’s biggest selling points. However, that relationship has been tested in recent days thanks to a crackdown on Final Fantasy 14‘s modding scene that has some
Those who have been following the various leaks from the set of HBO’s The Last of Us series know that the show’s plot will seemingly stick pretty close to the games. In fact, these leaked photos from the show’s “Firefly Hospital” set seem to confirm that the series will eventually recreate the game’s shocking finale.
Every video game genre begins somewhere, but it’s not always easy to identify the true roots of even gaming’s biggest and most important genres. Open-world games are one of the best examples of that sometimes frustrating fact. Whenever gamers dive into a modern open-world title, they usually know about what to expect. A multitude of
2022 features quite a few notable video game anniversaries but few are bigger than the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy. While many fans (ourselves included) will soon be finding ways to celebrate that landmark anniversary, popular clothing brand Uniqlo’s new t-shirts may be trying a bit too hard to celebrate Final Fantasy. For those who
God of War creator and controversial YouTube figure David Jaffe recently went on a tirade in which he laid much of the blame for Starfield‘s recent delay at the feet of Microsoft Gaming CEO and Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer. Before we dive into those comments, it’s important to understand some additional context about this
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