How The Fast and the Furious Became the Most Unstoppable Franchise in Hollywood

Entertainment, Movies

In the summer of 2001, a movie about undercover cops and street racers opened to modest expectations and surprisingly strong box office. It was called ...

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The Battle of Coruscant Is Still the Gold Standard for Space Combat

Entertainment, Movies

There is a moment in the opening of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith when the camera tilts downward from the twinkling lights of ...

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Finally Explained Why Leia Cared So Much About a Man She’d Never Met

Entertainment, Movies

For forty-five years, Star Wars fans accepted a narrative quirk that made no sense if you thought about it for more than five seconds. In ...

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Andor Season 2 Is Playing the Greatest Hits of Star Wars Lore and We’re Here for It

Entertainment, Web Series

There is a particular joy in recognizing something familiar in an unexpected place—a familiar face in a crowd, a favorite song in a coffee shop, ...

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Doctor Doom Might Stick Around After Secret Wars and the MCU Will Never Be the Same

Marvel

There is a particular type of comic book fan who has been screaming into the void about Doctor Doom for decades. Not just as a ...

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Frank Castle Is Back and Somehow Even More On Fire Than Usual

Trailers

Frank Castle has been through a lot. Two seasons of his own Netflix series. A supporting role in Daredevil: Born Again. Multiple prison breaks. A ...

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Marvel Finally Agrees That We Needed to See the Other Half Get Dusted

Marvel

For five years, fans have been asking the same question: what if Thanos had snapped the other half of the Avengers? What if Tony Stark ...

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James Gunn Is Making Hal Jordan the Space Cop You Actually Want to Call

DC

There are two types of Green Lantern fans: those who want to see Hal Jordan as a hotshot test pilot learning the ropes of the ...

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You Haven’t Reached the End of Netflix — You’ve Reached the End of Your Patience

Netflix

You’ve been here before. It’s Friday night, you’ve got snacks, you’ve got time, and you’ve got absolutely no idea what to watch. You open Netflix, ...

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Netflix Is Desperately Hunting for Franchises After the Harry Potter Deal Fell Through

Netflix

Netflix has a problem. They spent years building their brand on original content, crowing about how they didn’t need legacy franchises or established intellectual property. ...

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