A look at blockbuster movies whose massive budgets and box office failures nearly bankrupted major Hollywood studios, revealing costly mistakes behind some of cinema’s most infamous financial disasters.
For a long time, video game TV adaptations had a bad track record. Then creators started treating games like worlds worth expanding, not just IP to cash in on. These shows prove that when the tone is right and the storytelling comes first, video games can actually make great television.
A great guest star can turn a good episode into a classic, hijack an entire storyline, or even reshape a series’ legacy. More than just generating buzz, these are the appearances that were so iconic, they became part of TV history.
Independent films don’t play by studio rules. They take risks, embrace weirdness, and often say things mainstream movies won’t touch. Sometimes they quietly change the culture. Other times they explode into it. These films shaped indie cinema by proving that originality, voice, and heart can matter more than budgets or box office expectations.
From “Oldboy” to “The Intouchables,” explore 25 times American cinema butchered a beautiful foreign film. Discover how Hollywood remakes and mistranslations stripped these international masterpieces of their soul, subtlety, and cultural meaning.
Each Conjuring movie feels different on the surface, yet something familiar always lingers beneath the scares. Certain story turns repeat with surprising consistency, and spotting shared elements reveals why the tension works so reliably.
This quiz isn’t here to coddle you with options. You’ll get a quote (maybe legendary, maybe sneaky), and it’s up to the film nerd in you to prove that you’ve got it.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
— Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf.
The Emmy Awards have a long history of snubbing incredible television. From The Wire and Better Call Saul to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, these are the 25 TV shows most unfairly ignored by the Emmys — and we’re still furious about it.
Television doesn't owe permanence. A star might headline the posters, but the story may quietly outgrow them. Sometimes, a new voice takes the lead, or the center just blurs.
Hollywood’s family tree is more intertwined than you’d ever imagine. From distant cousins to unexpected half-siblings, you may be surprised to discover who's related to who.
Few American entertainers have remained as instantly recognizable as Marilyn Monroe, and the circumstances surrounding her final hours have been examined repeatedly for more than sixty years. Official investigations produced a clear ruling, yet certain medical details recorded at the time still draw attention. One specific detail from the autopsy report has often been misunderstood or taken out of context, leading to speculation that continues today. Many discussions focus on isolated lines from medical documents without explaining how forensic conclusions are actually formed. To understand why this case still generates debate, it is necessary to look carefully at what investigators documented, how toxicology works, and why visible findings do not always tell the full medical story.
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