While cutting-edge open-world games might require more processing power than the Nintendo Switch can muster, there are still plenty of great open-world games on the Switch. Many creative and enterprising developers have successfully optimized their titles to work on the Switch, even with their huge and vibrant worlds with hundreds of hours of content to explore. And that’s fantastic for us because open-world games offer the kinds of sprawling environments, lush details, and countless side quests that hook us in and provide an escape from the real world....

From slapstick sitcoms to edgy thrillers to dense dramas, the prison premise offers tons of potential despite limited space. Writers are confined to a single location and must focus on a cast of criminal characters who are stuck there, and yet it’s a location rife with conflict, corruption, and morality plays. There are so many prison TV shows, but many of them flew under the radar and remain unrecognized to this day....

You might think every zombie game basically boils down to “shoot bigger and badder undead with bigger and badder weapons,” but there’s actually a surprising amount of variety in the genre. And when it comes to zombie games on Xbox Game Pass, you’re never lacking in terms of gameplay diversity. Microsoft’s subscription service is chock-full of fun games. From new releases to timeless classics, you’ll likely find at least one great zombie game in the ever-growing library that you’ll love....

Ten years ago, a small action movie titled John Wick became a sleeper hit and launched Keanu Reeves into a career renaissance. Though it seemed like a low-budget straight-to-video thriller, it actually made a strong impression on critics and audiences with its cool protagonist, intriguing worldbuilding, and hard-knuckle action. John Wick banked on a simple formula: cast a veteran action star (or a major star going against type) as an aging assassin, place them in a man-versus-criminal-underworld scenario, and subject them to nonstop shootouts and hand-to-hand combat....

Sometimes the story of how a film was made is more interesting than the film itself. Filmmaking is a long, complicated, and unpredictable process. It can include anything from natural disasters to crazy actors. Here are our picks for the best behind-the-scenes movie documentaries about the “making of” process for iconic movies. Related: The Best Movies About Making Movies, Ranked 12.Full-Tilt Boogie(1997) 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn by director Robert Rodriguez was Quentin Tarantino’s first (paid) screenplay....

It’s hard to beat a great detective novel. Only a few activities in life are more satisfying than sinking into your favorite chair with a cup of tea and trying to figure out whodunit . After all, what’s better than losing yourself in thrilling leads, charming characters, and intricate plots? From old to new, hard-boiled to quirky, self-important to self-sacrificial, fictional detectives come in all varieties. As a mystery enthusiast, that’s why I love detective stories....

Pixar has created so many amazing female characters over the years. From The Incredibles to Coco , a vast array of protagonists, antagonists, and side characters who all have their own unique personalities. In an era where so many storytellers still struggle with strong female characters, Pixar has long been ahead of the curve. Here are my picks for the best female Pixar characters of all time and why they stand out to this day....

Anytime you see a movie poster with an airplane on it, you know it’s probably not going to end well. When you’re stuck 40,000 feet above land with nowhere to run, so many things can go wrong. From films that involve crash-landing in the desert to defusing a mid-flight bomb threat, here are my picks for the best movies involving pilots, their planes, and aviation as a whole. 15. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Directed by George Roy Hill...

One of the best things about anime is how creative different series can be. They allow us to experience all kinds of power fantasies, from teleportation to invisibility to world-shattering explosions. But even more interesting is how these different anime powers and abilities are often girded by well-designed rules of logic—and how these systems influence the worldbuilding of an anime series. Related: The Coolest Magic Systems in Anime (And What Makes Them Stand Out)...

Board games are often seen as competitive activities where one player emerges as victor while the rest sulk in defeat. But over the past decade, we’ve seen so many great cooperative board games appear. That’s right! An entire genre of board games where players work together to beat the game itself. Cooperative board games are less likely to rip a group of friends apart. Instead, they may actually help you and your friends form closer bonds as you collaborate and develop teamwork towards success....

Anime is known for its crazy character designs, whether that means a character’s physical appearance, their special abilities and magic spells, or even just their weapons. In some anime series, the weapon designs are where all the cool stuff happens. And when it’s done well, you’re always asking “How does that work?” and “Where did that come from?” and much more. Some weapons may seem ridiculously large for a given character, other weapons may be too powerful for anyone to handle, and still others may look harmless yet prove extremely deadly in action....

Many classic shows become all but forgotten by later generations who didn’t experience them when they were first broadcast. Luckily, streaming services have made lots of classic TV series available to those of who who weren’t around when they aired on TV. That’s good news, especially for the shows that never got a DVD or Blu-ray release! 5.Hunter Hunter is a seven-season procedural cop drama that ran from 1984 to 1991....

The best films find a way of pulling us in as an audience and staying with us for a long time after the credits have rolled. But when it comes to movies that tackle mature subjects that are so dark and heavy, it takes a lot of skill on the part of the director and cast to hold the audience in a world they don’t want to find themselves in....

It isn’t easy being funny. It’s harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry; however, once they begin laughing at your antics, it can become difficult to get them to take you seriously. As a comedy actor, finding a way to dispel such typecasting so that audiences can see you in a different light is most challenging—but one age-old Hollywood trick is to start taking on dramatic roles....

One of the best parts of Xbox Game Pass is that not only does it offer current-gen games, but games that go all the way back to the original Xbox as well. While original Xbox games barely exist on Xbox Game Pass (for now?), there are lots of Xbox 360 games still fantastic to play. That’s why we’ve decided to shine a spotlight on a few of our favorites! Here are the best Xbox 360 games you can play on Xbox Game Pass....

During the 1950s and 1960s, Westerns were so popular that Hollywood’s elite Western stars all had their own horses to be used in their movies. From John Wayne to Yul Brynner, everyone was earning bank with how popular the era-dominant genre was. However, as with all things, what goes up must come down. By the late-1960s, Western movies had gone out of favor. Nobody wanted to make them anymore, and actors didn’t want to star in them anymore....

Most agree that cinema as an art form was birthed in 1895, when the Lumiére brothers screened their short films to a public audience. Not only does that mean cinema has been around for more than a century, but that cinema has undergone so many evolutions with every movie director who’s come and gone. These changes are often grouped together as “film movements.” From the very first silent films to the multilayered concepts of modern mumblecore, here are the most influential film movements that guided the trajectory of cinema over the decades....

Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop RPG that’ll take up a lot of your time (but it’s really easy to get started, we promise). It might feel like investing so much of your life into a game like D&D is a waste of time. However, there are some genuine benefits that you can get from playing Dungeons & Dragons. Sure, having fun is a benefit, but today we’re going to look at some of the deeper, more profound ways D&D can make your life better....

Growing up can be a hazy whirlwind of self-discovery. From first loves to one’s defining music of the era, the vastness of life hits you fast and hard as you start to become your own person. Your tastes, thoughts, and opinions come to define who you are for the rest of your life—and this means that the ultimate reflection of society is responsible in helping you form those tastes. In other words, a lot of the movies you watch during your pre-adult years will stay with you for the rest of your life....

In a world dominated by expansive cinema franchises and developing multiverses, it’s no surprise to see stories told and retold many times on the big screen. But long before cinematic universes, we had something much simpler: live-action remakes. To this day, there are plenty of animated Disney classics that we still love watching because they hold up well. Many of them have been remade into live-action films… to varying degrees of success....