This streaming guide, naturally, includes some of the originals, but also other options worth checking out.
If you’re paying for Amazon Prime for shopping purposes, you should really check out the movies and TV shows that are available as well. Now, in terms of original television series, and particularly original films, Prime is behind the pack when it comes to the big streaming services.
The NFL has become a passing league. Running backs are rarely the focal point of an offense, and oftentimes teams rely on tandems as opposed to a single workhorse back.
Some cast members of “Saturday Night Live” are gone in the blink of an eye. That includes successful ones, by the way. Chevy Chase was only on one season, after all.
Eddie Murphy has one of the most bifurcated filmographies. He’s starred in some of the best comedy movies ever and also some of the worst films of all time.
Before the 2024-25 Premier League season began, predictions were made and expectations were set . Now, though, games have been played. Not every manager that started the season remains employed.
Richard Linklater has had an eclectic directorial career. He’s forever an indie film icon, but he’s also made studio comedies, experimental movies, and Oscar winners.
Some movies end up being surprise hits, but then the clamoring begins for more, and dollar signs pop up in eyes.
It doesn’t necessarily mean the work is terrible, though it could be. We just didn’t see it coming from them.
A good cast does not guarantee a good movie. In fact, here’s a reasonable rule of thumb. If you stumble upon a movie you don’t remember and the cast is remarkable, that likely means the movie was bad.
We sought out films covering as many former presidents as possible, but obviously, not every prez has gotten a biopic. Sorry to the Millard Fillmores and Gerald Fords of the world.
Underdog sports movies are not rare. Movies about dodgeball, though, are rare. In one instance, those two elements came together. “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” is certainly the definitive movie about the gym class staple (at least for Millennials; maybe they’ve nixed it in recent years).
“Die Hard” is a great action movie, but it’s simply a high-quality film. The script is a Swiss watch; Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman jump off the screen, and the whole thing just sings.
It’s a bit of an odd award, to be sure. Since the 1985-86 season, the NBA has handed out the Most Improved Player Award, now known as the George Mikan Trophy.
They don’t lead blockbusters. They don’t bring in massive paydays, but they work and are good at what they do. Here are some famous child actors who became respectable character actors.
Quietude can give a movie heft, suspense, and contemplative quality. These are the quietest films of all time.
Got a basketball jones? Watching hoops is the best way to get your fill of basketball, but there are fictional ways to enjoy your hoops as well. Many TV shows are about, to some degree, basketball.
Some great shooters never got a fair shake when it comes to shooting threes. Some players played in the NBA before the introduction of the three-point line, of course, but also the guys who played in an era when three-point shooting was a rarity.
Getting buckets is the name of the game. You win in basketball by scoring more points than the opposition. Defense is key (some say it wins championships), but you have to be able to score.
The fourth wall. It’s there to keep the audience separate from the action. What we are watching on a screen, be it a movie or a TV show, is purported to really be happening to these characters.
The best-laid plans of movie studios don’t always unfold as hoped for. Sometimes, a planned franchise works right out of the gates. Other times, franchises end up nixed before they can even take off (looking at you, “John Carter.”) Then, there are the times a franchise gets a reprieve and finds a second life.
What to base a movie on? Real events? A popular comic book? An esteemed work of literature? How about…a toy? It happens more than you might think. Or, in the modern film landscape, exactly as often as you think.
One of the most popular science fiction tropes in movies and TV, right up there with time travel and extraterrestrial life, is the idea of parallel universes or alternate universes.
Spiders. You often see them in your house. Maybe you are cool with that, so try to let them outside. Or maybe you freak out and plead with somebody, anybody, to handle it one way or another.
Sometimes, action TV shows are adapted into films. “The A-Team,” for example. On other occasions, though, movies are adapted into TV shows instead. Hey, action movies often have premises that can easily be turned into a series of episodic adventures.