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The Da Vinci Code: A Better, Smarter Blockbuster Than You Remember

I didn’t get it. When Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code took the world by storm in 2006, I was far from being a professional critic, but I could still be highly critical of something like this. It was an adaptation of the biggest literary phenomenon of the decade not starring Harry Potter, and it was arriving in cinemas with the kind of media frenzy usually reserved for Star Wars. All the while, its rollout suggested it had aspirations to be an awards contender. How could something that high-handed live up to that kind of hype? As a splashy Hollywood…
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Attack on Titan Recap: Essential Moments to Remember Before Season 4

Many anime series are able to grab a hold of mainstream audiences, but the kind of attention that’s surrounded Attack on Titan is on a whole other level. The anime series only has three seasons, but it’s taken over seven years for it to reach its finish and the enthusiasm towards the property has never waned. Attack on Titan looks at Eren Jaeger and his fellow resistance fighters who wage war against man-eating beasts known as Titans.  What initially started as a war story with monsters has evolved into a truly epic character study and masterclass in serialized storytelling. Each…
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Wynonna Earp Recap: What to Remember For Season 4

Guys. It’s been two years since the Wynonna Earp Season 3 finale and, if you’re anything like me, you have probably forgotten some of the finer points of the show’s recent plot past: omg, Waverly and Nicole are (basically) engaged! With the Wynonna Earp Season 4 premiere just around the corner (it hits Sunday, July 26th), let us all go over what was going down in the Ghost River Triangle (and beyond) when we last left it back in 2018, A Simpler Time. The Earp Curse is Broken The Earp curse is no more. In the Season 3 finale, Wynonna…
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