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The Western supposedly died some time in the 1970s. In reality, the genre merely faded. Westerns will never truly die, as evidenced by the genre’s current renaissance spurred by the Taylor Sheridan-verse. Interestingly enough, Sheridan himself has his own view of why the Western will never die, essentially viewing the post-Civil War era in American…

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Blending odd couple parenting dynamics with an irascible lead performance, at least before star Charlie Sheen’s unceremonious exit, “Two and a Half Men” was a television staple. Running for 12 seasons, Sheen played lothario bachelor Charlie Harper, who lived with his timid younger brother Alan (Jon Cryer) and Alan’s son Jake (Angus T. Jones). Charlie’s…

For those who weren’t around in the mid ’90s, it felt like “Jurassic Park” was everywhere, with the enormously successful 1993 movie spawning a line of merchandising and tie-in multimedia. This, of course, spread to video games, with virtually every major gaming platform of the era receiving its own games based on the movie. As…

One of the most enduring video game franchises of all time is “Final Fantasy,” which has been inspiring millions of gamers worldwide since 1987. Decades later, the series still makes seismic waves throughout the industry whenever a new title gets released. That longevity and continued prominence comes from “Final Fantasy” undergoing a stunning transformation to…

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There is a small list of series that are recognized among the best TV comedies ever, including The Office, Seinfeld, Friends, I Love Lucy, and The Simpsons. Recently, the popular sitcom Cheers from 1982 was ranked above all of those series and decades of dramas to be named the greatest network TV show of all…

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My absolute favorite kind of movie is the anthology. When you have a collection of short films all rolled into one, it provides the ultimate ROI for the audience. Don’t like one of the stories? You can just thug it out with the short runtime or skip ahead to the next tale. Either way is…