The 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, written by James Gunn and directed by Zack Snyder (in his directorial debut!), celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Both critically praised and commercially successful at the time of its release, the film, along with 28 Days Later, helped popularize the concept of …

The new Disney’s Haunted Mansion movie is due out on July 28. Think of it as a redo; Disney made a first attempt at a Haunted Mansion franchise back in 2003, but it was both a critical and a commercial failure. Has the company learned its lesson from this prior …

Nostalgia is a powerful drug, and for the past five years, Reeves has been one of its top suppliers. In 2019, Reeves starred in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. In 2020, he starred in Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020), a sequel to Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure …

Since 1976, the Rocky franchise has been quintessential American mythmaking. The tale of a washed-up, down-on-his-luck boxer, who had a one-in-a-million shot to become champion of the world, won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. And although the subsequent five sequels were nowhere near as critically acclaimed, they cemented the …

On March 25, one week before Wrestlemania 38, WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown returned to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, for the first time in three years. The last time Smackdown filmed here was in December 2019, three months before COVID-19 triggered a nationwide lockdown on all mass gatherings. A …

At WWE’s 2021 Summerslam, Becky Lynch made a surprise return to in-ring action, defeating Bianca Belair to capture the Smackdown Women’s Championship. It was Lynch’s first WWE match in a little over a year. Belair was about to face Carmella–herself a replacement for advertised challenger Sasha Banks–when Lynch’s entrance music …

Hulu’s initial success came from streaming current episodes of TV shows. But when cable services began fulfilling that need with On Demand programming, Hulu needed something to offer beyond reruns. And in the past five years, the company’s original TV programming has made Hulu a subscription-worthy service in its own …

Hulu’s initial popularity came from its rebroadcast of network television shows–specifically, those airing on NBC and Fox. Back in the mid-aughts, Hulu was the best way to watch reruns of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Family Guy, 30 Rock, and The Office. There were movies on the service, but they …

At the conclusion of the Money in the Bank (2021) main event, in front of a live Fort Worth, TX audience, John Cena returned to WWE, setting up a rivalry between the Doctor of Thuganomics and current Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Reigns had just beaten Edge in a closely contested …

Peacock subscribers who watched WWE Money in the Bank on Sunday, July 18 experienced severe streaming problems, including freezing, skipping, and sound that cut in and out, during one of the most anticipated matches of the evening. The issues began during the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match–lasting for …