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In a perfect world, experienced producers would create quality TV pilots which would then be presented to an impartial body of experts who, based on complicated

Well, The Hunger Games franchise had a good run. The wildly successful series, which will almost certainly clock in at around $3 billion worldwide between all four movies, has come and gone and for a lot of people who love post-apocalyptic stories, they aren’t exactly sure where to look. Yeah, some people are getting their dystopian fix by playing Fallout 4 but ultra-violent video games aren’t for

Hollywood is littered with spin-offs in movies and television, and for the most part, they are utter trash. Seriously, just look at stuff like Joanie Loves

The Lord of the Rings will go down as one of the greatest movie trilogies in history, and this year Peter Jackson’s follow-up trilogy The Hobbit will be coming to a close as well. The movies are tremendously detailed and, at least with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, incredibly faithful to the books. Obviously, there are some omissions and additions, but particularly with the extended editions, the

Weird Episode One: It could be the WalnutsThe Dick Van Dyke Show first aired on CBS in October of 1961 and the program ran until 1966. While most of its

Thanks to computers, Hollywood effects are making giant leaps forward in terms of fooling audiences. The problem with being on the cutting edge is that a couple of months and a few million dollars can be the difference between your effect blowing minds or just blowing.

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

The desire for a mentor is deep-seated in the human race. Someone to teach hand-to-hand combat and ancient ninja skills so that we can go on to save the

Ah Batman. Touted as the “plausible superhero”. I mean, with the right training and gadgets and backstory and billions of dollars, you could be Batman, right? But what if… what if not even Bruce Wayne could be Batman?

Say what you will about the declining quality of modern cinema and narrative: there’s nothing sweeter than seeing an asshole get their comeuppance. And man, did films of the 1980’s produce some assholes that deserved it.