Making movies is both an art and a business, and not all movies manage a balance of the two. This is why independent films can take more risks than summer blockbusters can; the bigger the investment, the less experimental you want to get. But in most things we consume, we

Following someone without their knowledge, either in real life or online, is stalking. You can be curious about someone’s life, sure, but taken to the next level, it becomes dangerous toxic behavior that needs to be analyzed, not rewarded. Sadly, movies have taught us the exact opposite. In part, it

We watch TV shows to be entertained, to feel safe under the blanket of the expected, and to live a life different from our own through fictional characters. But above all, we watch shows because we want to experience a story, and stories need to be unexpected from time to

There are plenty of explicit scenes in entertainment history, and to be honest, they are often done for shock value. After all, intimacy sells, and a movie with that type of shameless content spreads like wildfire through social media, influencers, and word of mouth. That isn’t to say that all

Few directors have a visual trademark as instantly recognizable as the famous lens flares used by J. J. Abrams. Across science fiction blockbusters, action scenes, and emotional character moments, bright streaks of light became such a defining part of his style that audiences started joking about them almost immediately. Whether