Pop Culture

Franchises have incredible power in pop culture. They carry TV shows, book series, movies, and make the creator a lot of money. But even the biggest franchise

One of the hardest things about writing fiction is coming up with interesting, fully developed side characters. After all, you can’t spend too much time on them because you don’t want to take the focus off of your primary protagonists and antagonists. Yet sometimes writers come up with supporting characters that are so rich and intriguing that, no matter how good the main characters are, we can’t

Previously on Weird Worm we've discussed psychics (and one crazy leader) who made ground breaking predictions that mysteriously went absolutely nowhere. At this

The movie sequel is a fickle business. Studios love them because they honor the time tested tradition of doing successful thing over and over again regardless

You might be surprised to know that during Sean Connery's six-decade long film career (and counting!), the well-loved actor hasn't actually had that many

Great television shows often raise a lot of questions as part of creating their own mythologies and plotlines, and we as an audience are rewarded with hopefully satisfying answers if we stick around long enough to find them out. Unfortunately in some cases, shows are canceled before they are given a chance to answer some of those intriguing questions, and in other cases, apparently the writers eit

Ever since the radio star lost a tense standoff with video, we’ve been forced to endure countless crummy music videos revolving around a couple of tired

Everyone loves a good super-villain. There's something about a madman in tights committing heinous acts of violence that everyone loves. Everyone also loves

There’s nothing like spending a lazy Sunday afternoon (or Wednesday, if you’re unemployed or irresponsible) watching a movie. It’s fun and relaxing,

There’s nothing more beautiful than the innocence of childhood. Naturally, Hollywood is doing everything in their power to exploit the few positive memories