The 2000s were agolden decade for TV, a time of sincere and unfiltered stories. Some of the best shows aired during that era still stay with fans and audiences as sweet core memories. And that’s mainly because networks and cable channels had suddenly started to take risks withlayered characters and long-form seasons. Today, TV does offer impressive variety and high production value, but itlacks that rawnessin acting and the distinct charm of the 2000s....

As theChristmasseason comes around, streaming services and network television bombard their services with Christmas-themed shows and films. More specifically, around this time of year, the return of classic Christmas movies and shows. One popular iconic film isHow the Grinch Stole Christmas, both theanimated film and the live-action. AlthoughTheodor GeiselakaDr. Seusswas involved with the 1966 film, he had nothing to do with the live-action film released in 2000. While based onDr. Seuss’s original story, the live-action ofHow the Grinch Stole ChristmasstarringJim Carreyis only loosely based, as it takes on a lot of creative liberties from character personality to plot line....

In 1989,The Simpsonspremiered on Fox with its first episode titled “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” Since then, there have been 33 seasons (and counting) with episodes that frighteningly predicted the future, such asLady Gaga’s performance at the Super Bowlor creating a segment of “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween-themed episodes. RELATED:The 10 Best, Funniest Family Guy Guest Cameos With 728 episodes, many guest stars have appeared on the show. To be specific, up until April 2020, there have been 810 guest cameos, enough guest cameos thatThe Simpsonsearned the Guinness World Record for the"Most guest stars featured in an animated TV series....

Paramount has pushed the release of its firstA Quiet Placespinoff by six months. Originally slated for a July 30, 2025 debut, the film, titledA Quiet Place: Day One, will now arrive in theaters on June 09, 2025.PigdirectorMichael Sarnoskihas been tapped to helm the project. The film is based on an original idea by the director of the first two films,John Krasinski.Day Oneis produced byMichael Bay,Andrew Form,Brad Fullerand Krasinski, withAllyson Seegerexec producing....

In its 13thweekend of release, Marvel Studios’Avengers: Endgamewill overtake the global box office record that has been held byAvatarfor the past 10 years.Avengers: Endgameshattered records when it opened day-and-date April 26th with $1,223.6 million globally, including $357.1 million and $866.5 million internationally. It crossed the $1 billion mark in just 5 days and the $2 billion mark in only 11. To date it is the #2 domestic and international release of all time, with $853....

In 2016’sCaptain America: Civil War, Marvel movie fans watched in horror as their beloved team of Avengers fought each other both ideologically and literally. In 2019,Lou Ferrignohas upped the ante. Ferrigno first played The Incredible Hulk in the landmark 1970s/80s CBS television series. Now, Ferrigno has declared war on his brother in Hulkitude:Mark Ruffalo. As reported byComicbook.com, Ferrigno was very disappointed by Ruffalo’s portrayal of the character inAvengers: Endgame– particularly with Smart Hulk....

Warner Bros. has just released the first official clip of its upcomingBatman: The Long Halloween, Part One. The hotly anticipated animated adaptation of the beloved comic series arrives on digital and Blu-ray on June 22. FeaturingJensen Acklesas Bruce Wayne andAlastair Duncanas Alfred Pennyworth, the clip finds the two in an empty Wayne Manor on Halloween. The scene represents a kind of calm before the storm, where Bruce and Alfred can quibble about security and how Gotham City has changed....

From directorToby Haynesand screenwriterJames Graham, the biographical dramaBrexit(airing on HBO and available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On-Demand) connects all of the dots to illustrate how Dominic Cummings (Benedict Cumberbatch), the lead strategist of the Vote Leave campaign, launched a micro-targeted social media campaign that played on emotion rather than facts to convince British voters to leave the European Union. The result and the consequences of this referendum campaign are still playing out in Britain today, and will have an effect long into the future....

After offering sneak peeks atthis summer’s hottest titles, Collider returns with anExclusive Preview Eventfocused on fall releases you won’t want to miss. From never-before-seen images ofWicked: For GoodandThe Running Manto interviews with the creatives behindMortal Kombat IIandThe Conjuring: Last Rites, the site is proud to partner with several distributors and studios and add to the anticipation of the movies hitting the big screen and streaming platforms soon. Covering over 50 unreleased titles, the preview event took place throughout this week, updating fans and cinephiles alike....

Trackerreturns for the second half of Season 2 on Sunday, February 16, and according to the official logline and images for the episode, there won’t be much time to waste. Details ofTrackerSeason 2, Episode 9, “The Disciple,” tease major developments inColter’s decade-old case about a missing woman. The arc has been touched on sporadically throughout the first half of the season, but the entrance of a retired detective into the picture is just what the mystery needed....

I feel a little bad forClint Eastwood. What do you do after you become a legend? Post-Unforgiven, a film in which Eastwood wrestles with his own legacy and the western genre as a whole, his directing career has become divided between prestige pictures likeMystic River,J. Edgar, andAmerican Sniper, films that seemed designed to just pass the time likeSully,Hereafter, andChangeling, and then there are the films that wrestle with legacy and old age, and in these films, Eastwood seems the most at home and personal....

In 2018,I defended directorAdam McKay’s mid-credits sceneinVice. In the scene teenage girls are disinterested in politics and more interested in the nextFast & Furiousmovie. While other moviegoers found this hypocritical and condescending from McKay, I empathized with his feelings that a disengaged populace is bound to keep repeating its mistakes, and that the election of Donald Trump was clearly why the filmmaker chose to makeVice—as both a condemnation and as a warning....

A wife sells her hair to afford a platinum chain for her husband’s watch. The husband sells his watch to buy his wife a set of jeweled combs for her hair. One bummer of a Christmas, but one that taught the couple that it’s not the price of the gift, but the sacrifice in the effort that matters. This is the story of “The Gift of the Magi,” the short by O....