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The Smashing Pumpkins, the Chicago quartet comprised initially of singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D’arcy Wretzky, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, had been one of the crucial thrilling bands on the planet for a sizeable stretch of the Nineteen Nineties, infusing the period’s dominant grunge sound with touches of shoegazing psychedelia, goth, steel, and dream pop. The Pumpkins bought …

Gene Hackman is one of the few living legends of the film industry, even if he hasn’t acted since Welcome to Mooseport almost two decades ago. Hackman is certainly deserving of a good retirement, as he is one of the rare movie stars that helped transition the industry from the “New Hollywood” era into the modernist movement that exists today. …

Horror is one of the most engaging genres of media. It activates the senses, raises heart rates, and makes the palms sweaty. What makes horror movies especially entertaining is their structure; many horror movies incorporate a mix of genre conventions and tropes in unique and meaningful ways. From silent classics like Nosferatu all the way to The Babadook and other …

War movies have long awed audiences, even before Hollywood’s golden era. From the humble beginnings of Tearing Down the Spanish Flag, often cited as the first war film, the genre has evolved into a cinematic powerhouse, delivering award-winning masterpieces like Dunkirk and All Quiet on the Western Front. These films vividly portray the gruesome and bloody realities of war for …

Masashi Kishimoto‘s Naruto is a well-known anime series, set in the Shinobi World, where the powers are mostly based on Chakra manipulation. Right from the beginning, the series circulated a superabundance of Jutsu, demonstrating those characters’ formidability. The series aired a hierarchy of events that broadened the list of the most powerful Jutsus. For instance, in Naruto Shippuden, a new …

Scrubs is one of the biggest TV shows of the early ’00s! The beloved sitcom, created by Bill Lawrence, aired from October 2001 to March 2010 on NBC and later ABC, follows the employees at Sacred Heart Hospital, a teaching hospital. The show was brought back for a ninth season called Med School, with the setting moved to a medical …

With franchises becoming more and more popular for movies, certain actors and actresses have risen to fame from these prominent roles. One such talent is Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress and model who got her first acting gig in the Israeli drama Bubot before entering Hollywood with the Fast and Furious franchise. Ever since her appearance in The Fast and …

In 1979, an English director named Ridley Scott released his second feature-length film, Alien, a science fiction horror movie that follows the crew of a commercial spaceship and their encounter with a vicious alien lifeform. Not only was it met with critical acclaim and box office success, but Alien also launched the now legendary career of Ridley Scott as he …

Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the Hulu show The Handmaid’s Tale.For the duration of its five seasons so far, the dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale has presented a harrowing look at a disturbing dystopia in which women are forced to have children for the ruling class in an attempt to remedy the country’s, now-called Gilead, plummeting birth …

Back in 1979, there was a legendary trailer, an eerie and unusual poster, a memorable tagline, and a simple title for a movie that all worked in tandem to promise something intriguing and horrifying. The film in question was Alien, and it was a landmark piece of science fiction and horror filmmaking, not to mention a movie that ended up …