20th Century Fox John Carpenter’s 1986 action-comedy “Big Trouble in Little China” is an odd duck. The plot involves an ancient wizard named Lo Pan (James Hong) who aims to kidnap, marry, and then sacrifice a green-eyed woman to break a curse he is under. The woman in…
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The “Blade” franchise is feeling a little cursed these days. The reboot set to star Mahershala Ali keeps gaining and losing directors and feels like it might never actually see the light of day. Meanwhile, it seems like the original Blade, Wesley Snipes, has been relegated to the world of…
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DC Comics It’s the dawn of a new day in the DC Universe, with James Gunn’s upcoming movie “Superman” introducing a new version of the titular Man of Steel, played this time around by David Corenswet. This reset is particularly important for Jimmy Olsen, the fresh-faced photojournalist and…
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Marvel Studios Believe it or not, not every actor dreams of the bright lights and movie cameras from the beginning. There are many different roads actors have taken to their eventual careers, like Sean Connery’s time as a milkman, a military man, and nearly a Manchester United man…
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Static Media I remember the moment I realized how much I love television. It was March 2, 2014, and for the first time in years, I skipped the Oscar telecast completely. I did it to watch a new episode of “True Detective,” which was nearing the end of…
Lucasfilm A common misconception about the original “Star Wars” trilogy is that all the films were all directed by creator George Lucas. Yes, Lucas directed the first movie, and he was the main creative voice behind “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” but those latter…
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Marvel Comics Wolverine has quite the mix of superpowers: enhanced senses that are more animal than human, rapid healing that makes him basically immortal, and a skeleton/claws coated in unbreakable metal adamantium. Adamantium is now synonymous with Wolverine, but its origins go back further to an earlier publication:…
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Paramount In the first two seasons of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the crew of the Enterprise-D wore zip-up, full-body jumpsuits as their uniforms. The jumpsuits had no collars and sported a diamond-shaped pattern that draped over the shoulders. They were very pajamas-like, but didn’t look very cozy….
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Spoilers ahead for “Deadpool & Wolverine.” About a third of the way through Shawn Levy’s big Marvel cameo reel “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the two title heroes (Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman) find themselves in an alternate dimension nicknamed the Void. It’s a desert wasteland populated mostly by actors and characters…
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Sometimes killing your darlings means cutting your good pal (and football team co-owner) from a movie because the scene just doesn’t work. That’s exactly what happened to Rob McElhenney, according to a new Instagram post from “Deadpool & Wolverine” star Ryan Reynolds. In an appreciation post about the “It’s Always Sunny…
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