The Pokémon Company 2024 has been a mixed year for the gaming industry. There have been some surprising and exciting hits like “Helldivers 2” and “Black Myth: Wukong,” but there have also been some deeply upsetting events. We’ve seen devastating video game cancellations and record-setting…

Static Media Many film genres have a variety of storytelling tools available to keep the pressure not only on their characters but also on their audience. One of the trickiest tools to use is the plot twist because it relies on both the shock of…

Static Media Pop star Ronan Keating sang that life is a rollercoaster, and he wasn’t lying — but how does one get through the rough troughs to rise back up to the highest peaks? It’s a complicated answer, but cinema holds the magical quality to…

Kathy Bates had the perfect reaction to her 2025 Golden Globes loss. The “Matlock” star, 76, ripped up a piece of paper that seemingly had her acceptance speech on it after “Shogun” star Anna Sawai beat her for the Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama award. Bates clapped after Sawai’s name was called…

Paramount Because “Star Trek” takes place in a universe driven by pacifism, exploration, and diplomacy, it may be difficult to gauge which starships are the most “powerful.” In superhero comics, action movies, and “Star Wars” (in many ways, the polar opposite of “Star Trek”), the…

Criterion We hear all the time that a movie starts on the page, and while this is true in an overarching sense, for practical purposes, the process of making a motion picture intended to screen in theaters or stream into living rooms starts when you’ve…

DFree/Shutterstock Hollywood has seen an array of professional wrestlers successfully turn to acting, but none of those wrestlers-turned-actors have reached the heights of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. According to his Rotten Tomatoes page, Johnson has over 70 acting/guest star credits, 20 producing credits, and a writing…

CBS Child stardom might seem like the ultimate dream, but it can unfortunately be a challenging experience for young actors. Not only are there immense adult stresses related to the job, but child stars are often exposed to very adult things long before they should…

The following list is a remembrance of actors who passed away after filming horror movies, with real examples of illness, accidents, addiction, and murder. View original Spanisn Content

Static Media In the first episode of “Modern Family,” Cam Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) adopt a daughter named Lily. She’s just 1 year old at that time, and in typical Hollywood fashion, portrayed by baby siblings named Ella and Jaden Hiller.…