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25 Years Ago Today, This 10/10 Disney Classic Was a Miracle (It Almost Got Cancelled)

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25 years ago today, a Disney movie was an outright miracle being as good as it was as it almost didn’t even make it to screens due to all of the troubles behind the scenes while making it. Walt Disney Animation Studios has gone through…

Monday, Dec 15

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Bungie’s Marathon Releasing Very Soon (And Lots of New Details Revealed)

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Bungie’s long-awaited extraction shooter, Marathon, is finally releasing in just a few months, and it won’t be $70. Bungie is one of the great first-person shooter developers out there, having created Halo and Destiny, two of the most…

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Fallout’s Justin Theroux Teases Mr. House As a “Catch All” For Real World Tech Billionaires

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Fallout season 2 is almost here, and when it arrives, it will usher a Fallout: New Vegas favorite named Mr. House into the spotlight. Mr. House runs New Vegas with the help of three family organizations and his Securitrons, and he will be…

Sunday, Dec 14

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All 3 Knives Out Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best (Including Wake Up Dead Man)

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the newest installment in writer-director Rian Johnson’s murder mystery franchise. Beginning with Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), the Netflix film series revolves…

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20 Years Ago Today, This $556.9M Epic Did One Iconic Monster Better Than the MonsterVerse Has So Far

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One of the most iconic movie monsters in history was handled better 20 years ago than he has been in the recent MonsterVerse franchise. Developed by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, and inspired by characters created and owned…

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There’s Just One Problem With South Park’s 2025 Finale

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South Park has come to an end this year with the final episode of Season 28, and there’s just one problem that’s stuck out about how it all ended. South Park has had a wild road through the year. After spending the first half of the year…

Saturday, Dec 13

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DC Comics Secretly Killed Batman’s First Mentor and No One Noticed

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The man who helped Batman become the man he is today has just been killed in one of the most gruesome twists of 2025. Everyone knows that the Batman mythology is filled with people who helped transform Bruce Wayne from a man into one of…

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10 Iconic Anime Couples Who Redefine Couple Goals

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Romance is something that tends to be divisive in stories, and anime is no exception; whether it’s through a show not giving a couple enough time to shine, or simply because someone’s preferred couple didn’t become canon, it’s almost…

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Pulp Fiction & The Mask Star Peter Greene Dies At 60

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One of Hollywood’s best character actors, Peter Greene, has passed away at the age of 60. Per the New York Daily News, the actor was found dead in his apartment in New York City by a neighbor, who had grown worried after they heard…

Friday, Dec 12

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Where Winds Meet Is the Closest We’re Going to Get to This Beloved Classic RPG

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Where Winds Meet arrived at a time when a lot of classic RPG fans are looking for something that hits the same emotional beats as the games they grew up with. Big open worlds are everywhere now, but the kind that build atmosphere, culture,…

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Mortal Kombat 2 Producer Fires Back At Street Fighter Cast After Game Awards Trash Talk (& His Response is a Fatality)

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The Game Awards 2025 was marked by the release of the first teaser trailer for Street Fighter (2026), a rebooted version of the Street Fighter video game adaptation on the big screen. The teaser featured a wild lineup of music, pro…

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Control 2 Fully Revealed by Remedy, And It’s Making Huge Changes

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Remedy Entertainment has finally given fans a glimpse at its sequel to Control, which is now formally titled Control Resonant. For years at this point, Remedy has openly talked about how it’s working on a follow-up to Control, which will…

Thursday, Dec 11

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How To Watch All Power Rangers Christmas Specials (But It’s Complicated)

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It’s that wonderful time of year when the Christmas trees go up, the red and green lights light up the city, and snow starts to cover the ground, and when that happens, it’s also the perfect time to start watching Christmas episodes of…

Wednesday, Dec 10

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Jeff Garcia, Legendary Nickelodeon Star, Dies at 50

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Jeff Garcia, the legendary star from franchises like The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Planet Sheen and more has died at the age of 50 according to a new report. Nickelodeon has one of the strongest animation catalogues around…

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More People Should’ve Played This Forgotten Silent Hill Game 16 Years Ago

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The Silent Hill series has really had some ups and downs over the years. After establishing itself with the memorably creepy Silent Hill in 1999, the series went through an impressive streak of releases in the early 2000s. However, a…

Tuesday, Dec 9

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Die Hard Is Now Easier to Stream Than Ever Before (Just in Time for Christmas)

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It feels like the age-long debate about whether Die Hard is or isn’t a Christmas movie has finally faded into the background. Sure, it’s not about Christmas, but neither is Home Alone. The holiday is baked into the DNA of Die Hard and,…

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The Last of Us Director to Announce New Game This Week

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One of the key minds behind Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is announcing a brand new game later this week. Naughty Dog has become one of the most respected names in the gaming industry, primarily thanks to Uncharted and The Last of Us…

South Park Shares First Look at Its Big 2025 Finale (The First Christmas Special in 6 Years)

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South Park has dropped the first look at its Season 28 finale, and it turns out that it’s the first Christmas special for the animated series in six long years. South Park made its grand return to Comedy Central for its highly anticipated…

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Chainsaw Man Crosses Over With The Perfect Horror Franchise Thanks to Its Creator

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In Chainsaw Man, Denji derives his power from the overall fear that humanity has of chainsaws, a trend that certainly was given more juice thanks to a certain horror icon. For decades, one of the scariest movies ever made has been Texas…

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10 Most Powerful Witches in the Marvel Universe, Ranked By Threat Level

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The most powerful witches in Marvel Comics are a lot more than just Scarlet Witch, and several witches rival her in power. Marvel Comics has brought two of its most powerful young heroes back to Earth after a few years in space. After the…

Monday, Dec 8

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Two Years Ago, My Hero Academia Revealed the Anime’s Biggest Problem in a Single Line

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As My Hero Academia reaches its end, the anime’s biggest problem is clearer than ever — and this flaw was revealed two years ago with the delivery of a single line. Based on Kohei Horikoshi’s manga, My Hero Academia is one of the biggest…

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25 Years Ago Today, SpongeBob Debuted Its Very First Christmas Special That Introduced a Legendary Character

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25 years ago today, SpongeBob SquarePants debuted its very first Christmas episode that also actually was the first appearance of a now legendary character as well. SpongeBob SquarePants is one of Nickelodeon’s biggest animated franchises,…

Sunday, Dec 7

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56 Years Ago Today, This Legendary Rankin/Bass Special Released and Still Is a Perfect Start to the Holidays

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Rankin/Bass Productions specials are legendary with TV as they have been broadcast regularly each holiday for decades at this point, but 56 years ago today the studio released one special that was a perfect start to the holiday seasons. If…

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We’re Officially 6 Months Away From The First He-Man Movie In Almost 40 Years

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He-Man holds a spot as one of the truly iconic heroes in animation and pop culture in general, and the character, his allies, and his world of Eternia have enjoyed continued popularity in the decades since the cartoon debuted back in 1983.…

7 DC Heroes Who Were Forced To Kill Other Heroes

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Image Courtesy of DC Comics; It’s not just about who dies, but what dies with them.

Saturday, Dec 6

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7 Huge DC Heroes Who Are Currently Dead

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Death comes for us all, and that’s no less true for the heroes of the DC Universe. It’s wild to think that, at one point, death was about as permanent for superheroes as it was for us. But over the past several decades, resurrections have…

Friday, Dec 5

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37 Years On, DC Just Gave Red Hood A Fate Far Worse Than Dying at the Joker’s Hands

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It’s hard to imagine a worse fate for Red Hood than the one he suffered nearly 40 years ago. The second Boy Wonder infamously died at the Joker’s hands in the classic “Death in the Family” storyline, where Jason Todd was savagely beaten…

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All 20 Past Members of the Torchwood Team & What Happened to Them

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Over four seasons of Torchwood, we were introduced to 20 members of the Torchwood Three team operating in Cardiff — later the United States. Torchwood was the first spinoff from Doctor Who released after the series’ revival in 2005,…

The 10 Most Powerful Sorcerers In Marvel Comics History (#4 Beat Doctor Strange With Ease)

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Marvel is known for having incredibly powerful magic users. Magic is one of the most powerful and varied forces in the universe, and it combines established rules with a soft magic system to create spells and abilities that always feel…

Thursday, Dec 4

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14 Years After Its Viral Tweet Origin, a Bronze RoboCop Statue Has Finally Landed in Detroit

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It’s been almost forty years since Peter Weller’s Alex Murphy was blown away by thugs in a dilapidated Detroit hideout, dying in the line of duty and being reborn as none other than RoboCop. Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 satirical action movie…