The original 1996 movie Space Jam starred NBA G.O.A.T. Michael Jordan, who led the Looney Tunes in an interstellar basketball game against a squad of aliens. Twenty-five years on, the movie is fondly remembered, even if the critical response at the time of its premiere was mixed. Will this new …
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The Miz is the new WWE Champion after successfully cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Drew McIntyre at WWE Elimination Chamber 2021. In the pay-per-view main event, McIntyre defeated AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, and Kofi Kingston to retain the WWE Championship. It was during …
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A time jump in a television show can revive a stale premise with new characters, new motivations, and new settings. It’s a way for new viewers to pick up the plot. And it’s a way to skip over the boring parts of a story, and get to the exciting, narrative-turning …
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One of the best things about American Horror Story is its self-contained nature. True, there are thematic continuities from season-to-season, and Season 8: Apocalypse was a crossover event that required having watched prior seasons to fully appreciate. But for the most part, the anthology concept holds up. Every new season, …
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How ubiquitous is Disney? They can make high-budget films inspired by their decades-old theme park rides, and no one even bats an eye. When Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl released in 2003 the conventional wisdom was that pirate movies, let alone one based on a …
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At the 2021 WWE Royal Rumble, The New Day–Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods–showed off their brand-new in-ring gear, which paid tribute to the late John Huber, better known to WWE fans as Luke Harper and to many more wrestling fans as Brodie Lee. The gear included a visual …
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