These A Quiet Place behind-the-scenes stories tell the tale of a film that on paper should not have been a hit. Prior to the surprise box-office smash, newbie director John Krasinski was still widely known as Jim Halpert from The Office. Yet, A Quiet Place made an astonishing $340 million worldwide on just a $17 million budget. A Quiet Place tells the post-apocalyptic story of evolved…
While shonen anime does tend to focus on male characters, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some amazing shonen female characters to get hyped about. For this list, we’re counting down some of the best shonen heroines out there. We love side characters, but this list is focused on protagonists or near-protagonists. So, Nezuko Kamado from Demon Slayer gets the spotlight, while…
Masashi Kishimoto is the artist and author behind the shonen manga series Naruto. First published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1999, Naruto quickly became one of the most important and well-known series in the manga world. Over the years, Kishimoto has participated in interviews that offer some insight into the creation process. We went through these interviews and collected some of the things we…
In today’s economy, it’s tough to do what you’re passionate about – and Batman’s rogues are no different here. Now, more than ever, crime doesn’t pay, so some choose to become reformed villains in the hope of being able to pay rent in a Gotham City where the inflation rate is astronomical. These baddies have had to…
The animated sitcom Rick and Morty features high-concept sci-fi rigamarole jampacked with dark comedic themes, which makes it one of the best Adult Swim TV shows. It follows the adventures of 70-year-old Rick Sanchez, the smartest man in every conceivable universe, and his 14-year-old “grandson” as they go about their everyday lives in Universe C-137. However, throughout its Season 3 run in 2017, fans posed…
Sure, it’s great to be the hero who saves the world and returns order to innocent people’s lives. However, it must also be delicious fun to take on the villain who wreaks havoc and enjoys every chaotic second. For the talented actors who played superheroes and supervillains, they’ve had the rare chance to do both. A great hero will…
The best anime stories create a sense of suspense, often by featuring a character who’s harboring a secret. Whether it’s a kid who doesn’t want anyone to know that he called himself “Dark Flame Master” in middle school, or a bunch of teenagers who join the military without mentioning to the higher-ups that they’re actually man-eating monsters, anime characters…
Ever since he was first introduced to the DC Universe in 1940’s Detective Comics #38, Robin has grown to become one of the most significant characters in DC Comics’ huge library of superheroes and villains. Robin may have started out as a teenage sidekick to Batman, but over the years, his role has expanded to that of a…
Saturday Night Live has been an institution of late-night weekend watching for more than 40 years, and it seems that each generation of cast members has one or two standouts who make or break their respective seasons. Ever since she joined the cast in 2012, one of those standouts has been the great and inimitable Kate…
Ask any anime fan what the most irritating thing about anime is and chances are, they’ll say that it’s filler arcs and episodes. Filler are anime-exclusive stories that typically arise because the creators are waiting for the manga, light novel, or other content on which the anime is based, to release new material so that…
