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Why The Addams Family Animated Movies Are the Best Continuation of the Original Series

The animated Addams Family movies are great for fans who love the family's more loveable nature.

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Thanksgiving Can Be the Anthology Horror Franchise Halloween Wanted to Become

Thanksgiving is already considered a horror classic, and it can possibly expand through sequels in a way the iconic Halloween franchise couldn't.

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The Marvels Makes Secret Invasion Pointless

Although Nick Fury and the Skrulls return in The Marvels, the Marvel Cinematic Universe just made the plot of Secret Invasion completely pointless.

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Fall's Death-Defying Ending, Explained

Fall had a vertigo-inducing ending that pushed Becky and Hunter to their limits after they got stuck atop a radio tower out in the middle of nowhere.

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Is Christopher Nolan Right About the Value of Special Features in Cinema?

Christopher Nolan extolled the virtues of DVD and Blu-ray special features promoting Oppenheimer, but do they foster a love of filmmaking and cinema?

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The MCU's Perfect Doom-Kang Switch Comes from the Other Secret Wars

Kang the Conqueror may be on his way out of the MCU with Doctor Doom possibly replacing him. The first Secret Wars comic shows how that can be done.

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The Star Trek II Director's Cut Needs a Proper Re-Release

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one of the best Star Trek movies, but a proper re-release of the Director's Cut can restore a vital plot point.

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The Marvels Hasn't Killed the MCU, It Proves the Actors' Worth

Some claim The Marvels' opening weekend box office performance killed the MCU, but what it actually proves is SAG-AFTRA's point about actors' worth.

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Shang-Chi 2 Can Avoid 'Superhero Fatigue' With This Crucial Change

Shang-Chi 2 is apparently being made, which presents the opportunity to do away with the first movie's more mystic tone and ground the martial artist.

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Taika Waititi's Star Wars Can Be an Andor-Style Hit or a Last Jedi-Style Misfire

Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie is still happening, and it has the potential to be the franchise's next big thing or its next big controversy.

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The MCU Needs a New Unifying Hero, but Can It Guarantee Success?

The MCU has been without a central hero since Robert Downey's Iron Man bowed out in Avengers: Endgame. A replacement is at least another year away.

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The High Republic is Perfect for the Next Star Wars Film Series

Star Wars has been dedicated to the same 3 eras of Star Wars for a long time, yet the High Republic offers a fresh start for the films to use.

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Willy's Wonderland Is the Better Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's may have a huge following, but this Nicolas Cage movie did viewers better with the same concept.

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This The Marvels Star Will Be the New Face of the MCU

The Marvels is the last movie from the MCU for a while, but one of the three central leads in the movie should be the face of the MCU going forward.

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Ben Affleck's DCEU Departure Left a Huge Void, but The Batman Made up for It

Ben Affleck's Batman was a high point of the DCEU, and though his version of The Batman got shelved, his successor more than compensated for his loss.

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Why Mike Flanagan Is the Best at Directing Stephen King's Works

Good Stephen King screen adaptations seem hard to come by, but Mike Flanagan has achieved success with several of King's works for two main reasons.

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The MCU Is Struggling, but This One Crucial Change Can Save It

2023 proved a disappointing year for the MCU. As it looks to course-correct in 2024, it may get big help from some surprisingly low-profile projects.

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Could the Age of Development Hell Be Officially Over?

What used to be the worst obscurity a production could end up in barely exists in the modern era, and that is Hollywood's biggest problem.

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Madame Web's Hilarious Morbius-Style Meme May Actually Help the Movie

Madame Web's first trailer is already the spinneret of jokes on the internet, but these memes can make the movie succeed, unlike the fate of Morbius.

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One Choice The Marvels Director Made Might Be a Mistake

The Marvels director Nia DaCosta made a fantastic superhero adventure, but one big choice she made about the film might have actually been a mistake.

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