Deadpool & Wolverine co-lead Hugh Jackman is 55 years old, and over the course of his acting career, he’s aged like any normal man who happens to be stunningly handsome and absurdly wealthy. That wouldn’t […]
Mark Duplass has really been, with his brother Jay, the King of the indie film scene for many years. Wikipedia defines him as a “filmmaker, actor, writer, musician, producer, director” and that list probably even […]
Welcome to the Swamp In the 1850s and ’60s, engineers lifted Chicago out of the swamps inch by jack-screwed inch. During the first overcast hours of Lollapalooza 2024, it felt like the swamps were taking […]
Lego is no stranger to recreating classic pop culture moments, and this new Lego Jaws set has almost immediately become one of my favorites. The 1,497-piece homage captures the showdown between a trio of unlikely […]
I used to be able to confidently say that everyone was thoroughly familiar with World War II, but unfortunately, I don’t think that’s such a guarantee anymore. Still, I think it’s safe to claim that […]
iStockphoto NASA has revealed that its Perseverance rover may have found evidence of past life on Mars in the Jezero crater beside an ancient, dried-up river. A rock, collected on July 21 and nicknamed “Cheyava […]
In recent years, you can’t look at a Billboard chart, the Hot 100 or the 200 without seeing a K-pop artist. It wasn’t always this way. The genre was still in its infancy when the […]
The anime feature The Deer King, now streaming on Netflix, has a bunch of significant things in common with Studio Ghibli’s movie Princess Mononoke: Both movies’ plots concern a spreading corruption overtaking a country. Both […]
As far as end-of-life honors go, not much beats a monument. If your head ever ends up cast in bronze, it’s a pretty safe bet that you accomplished something important. People aren’t made to walk […]
The superhero team-up that Marvel fans have dreamed of for years has finally arrived, and it’s already breaking box office records. On Friday, Deadpool & Wolverine was released in theaters worldwide. In its opening weekend, […]
istockphoto composite The strange saga of the “1,000-year-old alien corpses” that were first shown to Congress in Mexico back in September has taken yet another turn. In the months since his first presentation, Mexican journalist […]
Right now, there are video games that can’t run properly unless you have computer parts worth thousands of dollars. But you will live to see computers become much faster. One day, the free computer that […]
DC Comics announced “the biggest initiative that DC has done in the better part of a decade” today, at least in the words of writer Scott Snyder (Batman, Undiscovered Country), who shared the news in […]
Exploring Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith’s relationship. (Photo Credit – Instagram/Wikipedia) The Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and actress Melanie Griffith go way back, and although they might be divorced, their love for each other still […]
In the post-Marvel Cinematic Universe era, it’s hard to find a savvy pop culture maven who can’t define “continuity,” whether they’re talking about comics, movies, TV, or video games. To me, as a lifelong superhero […]
iStockphoto Every time a giant asteroid zooms past Earth there is always, despite what NASA assures everyone, a chance that it could change course and strike our planet. The reason for that is something called […]
Because Hollywood won’t rest until it’s turned every Terry Gilliam movie into a TV show, Apple TV+ will soon be releasing a Time Bandits series, starring Lisa Kudrow as a temporal plunderer. Don’t Miss While recycling ‘80s films for […]
iStockphoto Pretty much everyone has attempted to solve at least one maze in their life. Whether it was as a kid on a menu at a restaurant, or as an adult in a corn maze […]
We’ve had live jazz bands playing Mario Kart, and a full orchestra rendition of Sonic. But there’s a whole subgenre of video game music artists who’d happily describe their sound as even more nerdy. “Nerdcore […]
Common decency tells us to respect our elders, especially the ones that specifically birthed or adopted us. After all, we’re about to completely decimate their stores of both free time and currency, so the least […]