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Take a look at six movie characters who borrowed from God’s own bag of tricks, without actually playing God.

These days, it feels like movie reboots and, more commonly, sequels are pretty much all we ever see in at the movie theater. Hollywood is so bereft of original ideas that a studio will just decide to take an idea that has proven successful and crap out additional iterations of what basically amounts to the same story over, and over, and over. Of course, some sequels are even more absurd than other

You remember back before being a geek was considered “cool”? Back when Star Wars fans were second only to Trekkies in terms of fanboy dorkery? This is what they’ve been up to.

Fame is something that is awfully hard to earn. Not only do you have to be born with natural talent, but you have to work hard to cultivate that talent and

Let’s not kid ourselves; there really is a lot of pressure that comes with being in the public eye. Every move you make is watched by fans and the paparazzi,

As a society, we all love us some celebrities, even though we might not always admit it. Popular culture is so ingrained in our everyday lives that we often

Musicians sometimes lead intense and controversial lives, and sometimes this results in unusual deaths. Some are shocking, some are strangely mundane, and

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

Sure they’re probably your favorite character, but when you actually stop and think about it most of the fictional people you think of as “awesome” are probably just assholes.

It used to be that movies had captive audiences. They already had your money once you’d bought a ticket or rented it. Now with streaming services and a hundred other ways to consume media, they need to make sure they draw you in from the start. They need… an awesome introduction.