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For a while it seemed as though Joel Kinnaman would remain relegated to B-grade thriller territory for some time following the collapse of the DC Extended Universe. Films like 2019’s “The Informer” and 2024’s “The Silent Hour” didn’t bode well for the actor, who’d played Rick Flag Jr. in the DCEU since 2016’s “Suicide Squad.” Thankfully, he’s thriving…

With $60 million made at the box office during its opening weekend and a Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil exceeded expectations. Remember, it wasn’t long ago that fans of the Resident Evilvideo game franchisehated the first trailer for Resident Evil—now it’s considered the best movie adaptation of a video game?…

It’s been over a decade since Netflix began producing its own original series, and in that time, there have been a lot of shows that captured the zeitgeist. Though the likes of “Stranger Things,” “House of Cards,” and “BoJack Horseman” had long, multi-season runs on the streamer, other shows captured the zeitgeist with only a…

The PlayStation 2 is one of the most important consoles of all time, and the first gaming platform to double as a DVD player while Sony avoided the sophomore slump. The console is one of the major reasons why the Sega Dreamcast completely failed, effectively driving Sega out of the home market. Many of Sony’s…

There’s no question that Nicole Kidman is one of the most talented actresses of her generation — and she’s also one of the busiest. Kidman, who made her film debut in 1983 and appeared in her first TV show soon after (a two-episode guest role in the beloved Australian soap opera “A Country Practice”), is an…

With the release of HBO’s “Lanterns,” Warner Bros. Television and DC Comics have continued their impressive nearly-75-year run of live-action superhero programming. There is no other legacy in the entertainment industry quite like it. It began in 1952 with “Adventures of Superman,” a hit series that predated Marvel’s first earnest live-action effort (“The Incredible Hulk”)…

As much as we love our big gaming studios and long-running franchises, there’s just something special about indie games. That DIY spirit behind a production and the bold creativity that’s willing to take chances with the medium goes a long way in distinguishing these titles from their big-budget counterparts. Indie games have earned a bigger…

There’s just something undeniably cool about pirates, particularly when it comes to figures that embody the swashbuckling archetype right down to the cutlasses and eyepatches. Whether it’s embracing the freedom of life on the high seas, stylish swordplay, or outright defiance of authority, pirates just seem to have it figured out. The best depictions of…

A new ranking of the greatest anime of the 1990s lists a 1998 series at No. 1, and it’s not the one most casual viewers would name. American audiences had to wait three years before the series made its way to the US, when it finally debuted on cable television after midnight. It wasn’t exactly…

Before the days of Disney+, Marvel Television’s main platform for streaming original shows was Netflix.