Commentary: ‘Wonder Man’ Continues The Trend of Making Heroes A Joke
Of course, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was going to begin building its world with bigger name heroes like Iron Man
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Trek Thursdays: Trekking Towards Sixty #3 — “Real Life” And “Latent Image”
On September 8th, 1966, an intrepid crew of explorers boldly went where no one had ever gone before on television.
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ICYMI: ‘Lanterns’ Teaser Offers A Glimpse Of GLs In The American Heartland
After what seems like a decade in development, Lanterns is set to debut on HBO and HBO Max later this year.
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Commentary: ‘Fallout’ Nails All The Walking
Playing a video game is an interesting experience. The action and the shooting usually takes up a lot of the
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Fire & Blood Files: Wait … There’s Nine Kingdoms Now?
The final episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ first season, “The Morrow,” concludes with the newly re-squired Egg
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Sugar, Spice, And Everything Nice: ‘The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series’ Reviewed
Fighting crime is a lot to ask of kindergartners, even ones with superpowers, but such is the premise of The
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Discovering ‘Veronica Mars’ In 2026
I discovered Veronica Mars when the Netflix algorithm insisted, “We think you’ll love this.” To which I responded “Okay,
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Trek Thursdays: Trekking Towards Sixty #2 — “Cause And Effect” And “Year Of Hell”
On September 8th, 1966, an intrepid crew of explorers boldly went where no one had ever gone before on television.
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‘One Piece’ Season 2 Tops Our Netflix Picks In March
2026 is now well in swing and March is already just a few days away. That, of course, means it
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Commentary: The ‘Fallout’ Television Series Mimics The Gameplay Perfectly
Video games have been notorious for terrible adaptations on the screen. There are a multitude of reasons for this, but
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Relive The First Two ‘Spider-Man’ Film Cycles On HBO Max This March
When the streaming wars began, Sony took a forward-looking approach and decided not to wall off their library on a
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Fire & Blood Files: Why That Flashback Matters
The flashback in the middle third of “In The Name of the Mother”, the penultimate episode of A Knight of
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Angel’ Season 2, Episode 16
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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Every ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures’ Comic Collected In New Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition
Dark Horse Books and Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast division present the Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Adventures Library Edition. The
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Trek Thursdays: Trekking Towards Sixty #1 — “The Visitor” And “Far Beyond The Stars”
On September 8th, 1966, an intrepid crew of explorers boldly went where no one had ever gone before on television.
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Commentary: A Plot Hole In ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Proves The Show Must Go On
Even casual audiences are aware of what a plot hole is and can spot them if they are big enough.
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Fire & Blood Files: Who’s Who & What’s What In The Trial Of Seven
The concept of “trial by combat” is hardly new to A Knight of the Seven Kingdom viewers with at least
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Commentary: ‘Free Bert’ Creates An Awkward Real Life Fiction
Stories that often blend fiction and nonfiction dance a very fine line, especially when audiences are familiar with the true
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Gallifrey One 2026: A ‘Wilderness Years’ Collection Box Set Is Inevitable
For collectors of Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray box sets, two questions persist: when will more 1960s black-&-white seasons become available and
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Season 5, Episode 16
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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Commentary: ‘Free Bert’ Recreated A Happy ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Ending
Comedies often create unique storytelling opportunities because they can be a lot looser than their dramatic counterparts. Even if a
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Fire & Blood Files: The Identity Of Egg And Why It’s Important
<<Warning: spoilers follow for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 3, “The Squire” (and, broadly, possible future seasons of
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Commentary: ‘Andor’ Success Highlights The Failure Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
When a franchise becomes as vast and expansive as Star Wars, the canon starts to provide new context for already-existing
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Fire & Blood Files: Which Targaryens Just Entered The Chat?
The second episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, “Hard Salt Beef” features the entry of some notable royal
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Commentary: It’s Okay That ‘Pluribus’ Is Stupid
TV series tend to want to write smart characters. When they consistently do dumb things in order to move the
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Mad Cave Studios And Lucasfilm Publishing Announce New ‘Star Wars’ Original Graphic Novels
Mad Cave Studios has announced their collaboration with Lucasfilm Publishing to bring original Star Wars graphic novels to readers. Developed
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Classic Melodramas And More On HBO Max This February
Although Warner Bros. and Discovery are on a trajectory to become separate companies again — with the former joining the
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Just The Specials: Arizona Tea X Fallout
Welcome to the table, Just the Specials is where your old pal Anton tries new, weird, and often unhinged menu
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‘Wonder Man’ And The Paradox Of The Pacifist Superhero
Later today, Disney Plus launches their latest Marvel superhero series, centered on Wonder Man. The series will focus on the
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Commentary: ‘Stranger Things’ Had To Have A Long Epilogue
Audiences should be familiar with finales containing an epilogue. It is a scene or a sequence of scenes that wrap
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Angel’ Season 2, Episode 15
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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