Warning: SPOILERS forThe MonkeyandMonkey Shines.Osgood Perkins’The Monkeycontinues earning favor as one of the most well-receivedStephen King adaptationsin years for its blend of horror with outrageous comedy, but its premise and themes bear curious similarities to a much older film by horror legend George A. Romero. Released in 1988, Romero’sMonkey Shinesdidn’t achieve anything close toThe Monkey’s positive reviews. Despite being one of Romero’s most difficult movies to film and edit (cut to less than two hours from a 240-page script), it’s nonetheless considered among his worst....

Alfred Hitchcockcemented his place in Hollywood legend as possibly the first truly great auteur filmmaker, with a string of classic movies in the immediate post-war period. BetweenNotoriousin 1946 andThe Birdsin 1963, Hitchcock put together a body of work that few directors in the history of cinema could rival, including his three most celebrated movies,Rear Window,Vertigo,andPsycho. Yet the director already had a string of classics to his name prior to this legendary run....

Since Leonard Nimoy’s Spock introducedStar Trek’sVulcan Nerve Pinch,several other characters have managed to execute the move.Leonard Nimoy himself came up with the idea of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch forStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 1, episode 5, “The Enemy Within.” In the original script, Spock was supposed to knock out the evil version ofCaptain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)by hitting him. Nimoy felt that Spock, and Vulcans, would have a more dignified way of rendering someone unconscious than a bonk on the head....

Jenny Slattenfrom90 Day Fiancé: The Other Wayis grieving after the loss of a close family member. She met her Indian husband, Sumit Singh, over ten years ago on Facebook.Jenny was drawn to Sumit’s personality, even though he initially catfished her using a fake name. Ultimately,Jenny and Sumit overcame their early challengesand got married in India in 2021, showing the authenticity of their love was genuine. AlthoughSumit’s family had concerns about cultural differences, including their age gap,they eventually welcomed Jenny as one of their own....

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 DaysstarAdnan Abdelfattah is letting his true colors shinein front of Tigerlily Taylor after marrying her in a lavish ceremony in Jordan.Adnan is a 22-year-old modelliving in Amman who has a strong Instagram presence that caught theattention of 41-year-old Tigerlily. The single mom of two had just gotten over her divorce and decided to spark up a romance with the younger Muslim man.Tigerlily had ended her marriagebecause her ex-husband was controlling, but she seemed not to notice that Adnan was just as controlling to her....

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Dayscast member Loren Allen is finally telling Faith Gatoc Tulod about his painful medical condition, which is just one of the things the Filipina woman doesn’t know about him.Loren from Nevada met ladyboy Faithon a dating website. Loren always wanted to be with a trans woman and Faith was just his type. Loren had ulterior motives when he flew to the Philippines.Loren wished to move to Manila permanentlybecause he was broke in the U....

90 Day: The Last ResortstarStacey Silvais going on a secret new adventure with Darcey Silva following herhint at a split from Florian Sukaj, despite them promising to be together at the recommitment ceremony.Stacey and Florian started datinga decade ago. They met over social media and had a stable relationship compared to Darcey’s failed back-to-back romances. However, whenFlorian came to the U.S.on a K-1 visa, Stacey found out he’d cheated on her....

A missing silent-era Western byJohn Fordhas been rediscovered after over a century, reviving a once-forgotten piece of cinematic history. TitledThe Scarlet Drop, the 1918 film stars Harry Carey and isone of Ford’s early works, long believed to be lost. Ford is regarded as one of America’s greatest filmmakers, and his early films often emphasized sweeping landscapes, rugged characters, and emotional drama, qualities that shaped the Western genre. Many of his early silent films are lost, making this discovery a monumental moment for fans of classic cinema....

Whatever Atlus' next game afterMetaphor: ReFantaziois going to be, it needs to leave the overused calendar system behind. First instituted inShin Megami Tensei, an adapted version of the calendar system soon became astaple of thePersonaseries. It works by dividing the game into days, each of which has its own weather, special events, and side activities. Days don’t progress in real-time, like in most other RPGs - instead, each day is further subdivided into an afternoon and a night, and players may select activities to occupy each and advance the calendar another day....

Agatha All Alonghas begun, and theMarvel Cinematic Universeseries has garnered a better Rotten Tomatoes audience score thanCaptain America: The First Avenger.Rotten Tomatoes has two popular scales - the Tomatometer, which gauges critic scores, and the newly renamed audience score with the Popcornmeter.The First Avengerhas a slightly higher critic score, with 80% compared toAgatha’s 79%. Still, the audience score shows that audiences are invested in the new Disney+ series, which is fortunate....

Approaching 30 years since Quentin Tarantino’s first masterpiece lost at the 1995 Oscars, it feels like an even worse decision now than ever before. Upon being released in 1994,Pulp Fictionwas only Tarantino’s second film ever, coming out justtwo years afterReservoir Dogs, his electric directorial debut. Despite being well received,Pulp Fictionwas the first true masterpiece made by Tarantino, and still remains one of the best in his entire filmography. Helping to resurrectJohn Travolta’s career,Pulp Fictionpaired the actor with Samuel L....

I’ve been going back and forth on whether I want to get a Nintendo Switch 2, but as aLegend of Zeldafan there is one very compelling argument for getting the system. Similar to how the original Switch launched with its own version of the Wii U’sThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Switch 2 is getting its own versions of theZeldatitles from the Switch. However, the Switch 2 takes things even further with its ability to runZeldatitles, which makes the console even more appealing to me....

Batman: Hushis one of the most successful DC Comics of all time, and next year will see the dynamite creative team of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee return for the sequelHush 2, which is being stylized asH2sh. DC has released the first look at the artwork for the upcoming story, as fans get to see what one of the most anticipated releases of next year will look like. Releasing on March 25th, 2025, DC’s details about what the story will be about are slim....