Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are two of the most iconic Nickelodeon animated TV shows in recent memory. Known for combining adult themes with anime inspiration, the sprawling epic story created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko has become cherished by adults and children alike. From the classic sibling duo […]

It’s a bit of a surreal head-scratcher watching the first hour of director Joshua Caldwell’s Mending the Line, mostly because of Brian Cox. That’s not a bad thing at all, and undoubtedly, Cox’s presence works in this film’s favor. But the more you find yourself engaged in this endearing film, you realize several things: Sure, […]

The mix of science fiction and animation is not unusual. For years now, anime has excellently used futuristic what-ifs to create ingenious stories and make piercing commentary on the changing world. Because there is something so captivating about high-tech worlds and new realities, anime that centers around virtual worlds and artificial intelligence seems more engrossing […]

Ghostbusters veteran Ernie Hudson has shared his reasoning as to why 2016’s reboot, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, just did not resonate with audiences. The return of the Ghostbusters franchise with 2021’s Afterlife, and this year’s sequel, Frozen Empire, has received a resounding thumbs up from long-term fans, but the Melissa McCarthy-led attempt to reinvigorate the […]

Cosmo Jarvis was virtually unknown to audiences prior to his casting in the miniseries Shōgun, in which Jarvis plays John Blackthorne, an English sailor who unexpectedly lands on the shores of feudal Japan in 1600. However, Jarvis’s newness has enabled Shōgun, which is based on James Clavell’s epic 1975 novel of the same name, to […]