When it comes to great actors, you can never get a true sense of who they are as they leave all that behind to embody their characters. Which is why we love TV shows that let them play themselves. There have been several TV shows like this—including Extras , Curb Your Enthusiasm , and Life’s Too Short —where A-list actors show up on screen as themselves (or slightly altered versions of themselves)....
So there I am with a single life point and Brad the Sheriff is sitting three seats away. Normally I’d be safe, but he’s playing as Rose Doolan, which means he gets extra range and can shoot me if he rolls a Bull’s Eye 2. I’m pleading to Brad that I’m a Deputy, but Chad is trying to convince him that he’s the Deputy. Brad takes Chad’s word over mine, rolls a Bull’s Eye 2, and pops me....
If you aren’t yet acquainted with acclaimed documentary maker Louis Theroux, allow us to bring you up to speed. Louis Theroux is a renowned documentary filmmaker who has traveled all over the globe in search of the most intriguing, unorthodox, and bohemian human stories worth investigating. Theroux started off working for Michael Moore in the early 90s, and was later given his own show by the BBC. In the years since then, Theroux’s documentaries have tackled subjects increasingly more serious than his earlier comedic efforts....
Animal Crossing games have always had secrets, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons has its fair share of them. While some secrets are hard to find, you might stumble upon others during your playthrough. Ready to explore uncharted territory? Get the most out of your Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience by uncovering the following secrets. 1. Waking Up Gulliver You’ll occasionally see Gulliver, a seafaring seagull, washed up on the shore of your island....
British TV has really hit its stride over the past decade. For a long time, it felt underbudgeted and constrained by the bonds of British culture. Most classic UK series were Sunday afternoon dramas and were happy enough to not strive for anything more. But now? British TV shows are being made for a wider global audience, and people are eating it up. There’s still something distinctly British about these TV series, but in a way that doesn’t require you to be a British viewer with British tastes to fully enjoy them....
It’s one thing for a movie to be set during the 1920s. It’s another thing for a movie to truly express the spirit of the Roaring Twenties. Also known as the Jazz Age, the 1920s decade was a rip-roaring time for artists, musicians, and the upper class, who danced the night away without corsets or chaperones. Back then, city life boomed, morals grew more flexible, and the backfiring of Prohibition made everyone drink even more ....
Steven Spielberg is one of the few movie directors who’s a household name. Just hearing “Spielberg” will conjure up images of friendly aliens, roaming dinosaurs, and blockbuster adventures. Indeed, without the genius and mastery of Spielberg, the modern concept of a “blockbuster” may not even exist. He gave us several of the highest-grossing films of all time, and spawned several popular media franchises. Related: Popular Nerdy Media Franchises in Geek Culture...
What is it with movies and orphans? It seems like every other kid protagonist has lost their parents in a car crash or been left on a stranger’s doorstep for whatever reason. Well, it all comes back to the simple fact that films are essentially character arcs. The Hero’s Journey must be undergone, step by step, from problem to catharsis to reestablished equilibrium. Orphaned characters provide gaps in the protagonist’s identity for filmmakers to ponder and fill in....
More than almost any other medium, anime is packed with adventurers and adventure plots replete with quests, guilds, and treasure hunts. These adventure anime are usually pretty good with character development and story progression, but they also put a lot of emphasis on settings and worldbuilding. Characters are rarely stuck in the same old land over the course of the story. And while there are many adventure anime that stick to the shonen formula and shonen tropes, there are plenty of others that deviate from the norm and put fresh spins on the genre....
Throughout the year, there are so many great occasions to enjoy food: holiday festivities, birthday bashes, anniversary celebrations, workplace parties, etc. The list could go on forever. No other time-honored tradition is more effective at bringing people together than the sharing of delicious food—and if that food is homemade and infused with love, it’s that much better. Here are my picks for the greatest foodie movies that are must-watches for wannabe chefs, closet food critics, or viewers who crave opulence....
The struggles of girlhood are surprisingly universal across the world and across time periods, whether we’re talking the 1800s or modern-day society, whether we’re in America or Europe or Asia or elsewhere. Yet despite those shared experiences, it’s also true that the experiences of being a teenage girl can be vastly varied. There’s so much depth and complexity to explore, which cinema helps us to do. Here are my picks for the best movies focused on girlhood, from chick flicks to period dramas, with particular interest in filmmakers like Sofia Coppola and Greta Gerwig, who champion this feminine subgenre to capture what it’s actually like to be a teenage girl....
The 90s were a great decade for movies: the rom-com genre was at its height; comedies were made of gold; horror flicks were genuinely terrifying; detectives were reclaiming their noir heyday; indie films and blockbusters pleased all alike. Indeed, some of our favorite movie franchises began during the awesomeness of this decade, not to mention this was the time that started the Disney Renaissance with The Little Mermaid . Here are my picks for the greatest movies of the 1990s that have left an enduring and memorable legacy to this day....
Anime series often pit characters against each other. And while we love watching action-packed fight scenes, we can’t deny that many anime fights are simply unfair and unbalanced. One-sided, even. And it’s usually our beloved protagonist who’s the weaker one up against a stronger, larger, and more capable opponent. Sometimes the fight forces our protagonist to surpass their limits and gain new powers, other times our protagonist nearly dies and barely gets away alive....
Some scenes are more iconic than the movies they’re in. It can even get to the point where people who haven’t seen a particular movie can still recognize that movie’s most important scenes. We’ve all been there! There are so many movie scenes that we can all somehow recall, if only because they’ve been imitated, satirized, or referenced so often by everyone. Those scenes outgrow their source material and become part of pop culture itself....
When you’re starting off as a dungeon master for Dungeons & Dragons , one of the first things you realize is that you need a DM screen. A well-designed DM screen provides you with immediate access to key rules and stats and information. It also allows you to hide things from your players (e.g. dice rolls, campaign notes), which creates a more enjoyable experience for everyone in most cases. Related: The Key Traits of Great D&D Dungeon Masters, Explained...
There are so many movies that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe now, it can be tough to figure out which ones to watch when, even for established fans. If you’re new to the MCU or to Marvel in general, knowing where to start is next to impossible. Marvel knows that new people are coming to the movies all the time, so you can pick nearly any movie, jump in, and not be totally lost....
Due to the high-profile mysteries involving sunken ships and planes, the Bermuda Triangle was rumored to have an unexplainable force pulling ships and planes down to the seabed. While there’s really nothing unusual about the Bermuda Triangle when you look into it, the urban legend became the subject of many works of fiction, including the one book that popularized its mysteries: The Bermuda Triangle by Charles Berlitz. The Bermuda Triangle has been featured in many movies, its setting used in conjunction with fantasy, thriller, and horror elements that complement its mysterious identity....
Adam Sandler was king of the 90s comedy cinema scene. His movies raked in heaps of money from fans and non-fans alike, who couldn’t get enough of his slapstick aggression and over-the-top plots. However, as time pushed on, as he released the same kinds of films over and over, and as mainstream tastes changed, the once-beloved comedy actor found his film career to be less popular than it once was....
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto franchise debuted in 1997 on the original PlayStation. That first game was undoubtedly fun, but met with lukewarm reviews about bland gameplay and lack of flavor. Sixteen years later, Rockstar had gone from a small indie video game company to a verified behemoth, with the Grand Theft Auto series risen to become one of the greatest video game sagas of all time—and the fifth iteration waiting to hit the world....
How often do you walk into a public restroom only to see the most disgusting sight you’ve ever seen? Every stall is like a fecal crime scene—filth-ridden with the previous user’s evidence left in places they should’ve cleaned more thoroughly. Unfortunately, this is a common experience for many Westerners. The part of our brains that says “Hey, we don’t have to suffer someone else’s mess like this!” just hasn’t screamed loudly enough yet, so we haven’t bothered changing our ways....
