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The vampire genre is full of icons dating back hundreds of years. They come in all shapes and sizes, in virtually very context, from glittering YA protagonists to wretched shambling creatures. And while we're absolutely not here to pick favorites or measure the unquantifiable, it would be difficult to overstate just how important the work of Anne Rice is in this particular cultural phenomena. Anne Rice's vampires aren't the first, nor are they the last, to enter into the genre and become archetypes all their own, but the staying power of creatures of the night like Lestat, Louis, and Armand...

Through two-thirds of its elongated final season, The Walking Dead hasn't really felt like it's coming to a close. Sure, the surviving heroes have once again been facing down extinction at the hands of a seemingly insurmountable threat, but the feud between them and the Commonwealth hasn't felt any more dramatic than past conflicts with the Saviors, the Whisperers, the Governor, and so on. Now with just eight episodes to go, I've been eager to get to the part of the season that illustrates this drama as the true last act of the show. After watching the first two episodes...

The Star Wars universe on Disney+ has already explored Mandalorians and Jedi through various series. However, it has yet to focus on the spark of the Rebellion against the growing Empire that kicked off the franchise in A New Hope--and was explored in Rogue One. Andor is just that, a prequel to Rogue One that is unlike the majority of content we've seen from the Star Wars movies and TV shows in the past, and that's a bit of fresh air.Andor is the story of Cassian Andor, the eventual member of the Rebel Alliance who played an integral role in...

Netflix's anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is the embodiment of '80s and early '90s anime. It's overly-dramatic, ridiculously bombastic, and exceptionally violent, set in the world of Night City, which we all know from CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk: 2077. The 10 episode series from Studio Trigger (Star Wars: Visions, Promare) arrives on Netflix on September 13, and for an anime series taking place in the world of a video game, it has no right to be this good.The series follows David, a struggling student at a prestigious academy way out of the price range of what his working mother can afford....

In 2022, most people have some element of a smart house in their home, whether it's a virtual assistant or smart electronics. But what if there was a whole house made up of smart tech and 3D printed elements inside that heeded to your every whim? And what if, for some reason, it wanted to kill you? That's the plot of Margaux, a film that has an incredibly interesting concept, with an execution that falls fatally flat.In Margaux, a group of smart college kids head out on break with each other at a smart house, whose AI is named Margaux....

There's been no shortage of buzz surrounding Prime Video's Lord of the Rings TV show. From die hard fans of the Tolkein novels and Peter Jackson's original trilogy to curious onlookers drawn in by its record-breaking billion dollar price tag, you'd be hard pressed to find a show with more curiosity (or anxiety, depending on who you're asking) swirling around it. And that's to say nothing of the vagaries of the promotional material as a whole--sure, there are some familiar faces, like a younger Galadriel and a younger Elrond in the mix, but the vast majority of the cast is...

It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to count HBO's Game of Thrones as one of the most divisive TV series in recent memory. Everything from errant coffee cups left on set to poor lighting in fight scenes created weeks of debate and conversation for fans--and it was understandable, all things considered. What had started as a series adapting George R.R. Martin's beloved, and notably unfinished, fantasy novel series had eventually outpaced the source material, leaving the show to travel without a finished roadmap to an ending all its own. And while Game of Thrones' mixed results may give...

There's been plenty of discussions about She-Hulk: Attorney At Law long before the show's premiere on Disney+, from the fourth-wall breaking, to plenty of action between the Hulk cousins, to the surprise reveal that Daredevil will be on the show, to even the quality of the CGI on Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) when she's in Hulk form. Having seen the first four episodes of She-Hulk, however, it can confidently be said that this is a good show. There is some very bumpy road along the way, though.To put it plainly, the first episode of She-Hulk isn't very good. It's a...

Netflix's Day Shift is an interesting amalgam of movie genres. It's a buddy-cop, campy action, dark comedy horror film that probably shouldn't work. Having multiple competing aspects could lead to wild shifts in tone, tarnishing any chance of presenting a cohesive experience. Thankfully, that's not the case here as Day Shift not only proves to be a solid horror film, it's a fun one to boot.Directed by J.J. Perry, Day Shift follows the story of Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx), a down on his luck, blue-collar worker struggling to provide for his daughter Paige (Zion Broadnax). Braces, tuition fees, past due...