One Piece's Worst Arc Would Have Been Saved With a Simple Character Change

One Pieceis one ofthe longest-running animeseries and manga, going on strong even after over a thousand episodes and over a thousand chapters. While it is one of the most beloved anime around, evenOne Piecehas weak arcs, especially by the series' expectations. One of the worst is Fish-Man Island, which is particularly unfortunate because it is also the first big arc for the Straw Hats post-time skip. Plus, it does introduce some important lore while exploring themes of oppression, racism, slavery, and hate concerning the Fish-Men and Mermaids....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · Brittany Kidd

One Smash Hit Show Holds The Blueprint To Turn Fire Country Season 4 Around

Fire Countryseason 4 may need some help to recapture its audience after trending downwards season after season, andone hit show has the blueprint that the procedural needs to follow. ThroughoutFire Country’srun, it’s proven to be one of the most intense procedurals on the air, but it’s trended down for audiences, losing viewership numbers year over year. While the show has been a continued success for CBS,Fire Countryseason 4has a lot to prove....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Ryan Carpenter

Sam Raimi's Popular $303M Horror Franchise Gets Major Filming Update

The massively popularEvil Deadfranchise will take its next step forward in 2026 withEvil Dead Burn, and the production process got a major update straight from the movie’s writer/director, Sébastien Vaniček. After a long hiatus, theEvil Deadfranchise was rebooted in 2013 withEvil Deadby Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus), and followed up with Lee Cronin’sEvil Dead Risein 2023. The franchise’s current cadence is to have Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the originators of theEvil Deadseries, hand-pick a new director for each new movie....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Jason Baker

Sonic The Hedgehog 4's Shadow Problem Is Further Proof We Need A Keanu Reeves Spinoff

Sonic the Hedgehog 4will have a hard time finding a suitable role for Shadow, which proves that we need a spinoff following Keanu Reeves' character. 2024’sSonic the Hedgehog 3is the most critically and commercially successful film of the franchise so far. All theSonicmovieshave found success at the box office, but anticipation was significantly higher forSonic the Hedgehog 3because it featured Shadow, who is voiced by Reeves. Shadow is undoubtedly one of the bestcharacters inSonic the Hedgehog 3and deserves his own spinoff....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 798 words · Breanna Graham

Star Trek Never Resolved A Fascinating Conflict Between Captain Picard & Sisko

InStar Trek: Deep Space Nine’spilot episode, Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) had one big problem with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) that has never been resolved. As a way to draw viewers ofStar Trek: The Next Generationinto watchingDS9, the latter show began by establishing several connections toTNG. For example,Chief Miles O’Brien (Colm Meany)joined the show’s main cast as a series regular, overseeing the many rundown systems on Space Station Deep Space Nine....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 787 words · Christopher Gentry

The 15 Best Actors From The Golden Age Of Hollywood

TheGolden Age of Hollywoodwas a period of Hollywood that lasted from the advent of talkies in 1927 until theNew Hollywood productions began in the 1960s.This includes the phasing out of the silent films, which remained popular for a few years even when sound cinema began, andfeatured everything from Westernsand gangster movies to musicals, horror movies, screwball comedies, and more. The stars in this era were often larger than life, bringing acting talent that once played on stages to the big screens of cinemas across the world....

August 3, 2025 · 9 min · 1830 words · Charles Rodriguez

The Accountant vs. The Accountant 2: Which Ben Affleck Movie Is Better

Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Accountant 2The Accountant 2,the long-awaited sequelto Ben Affleck’s 2016 action thrillerThe Accountant, has been met withpositive reviews from both critics and audiences, but it’s worth investigating whether the sequel surpasses its predecessor. Both movies focus on Affleck’s protagonist Christian Wolff, an autistic certified public accountant whose savant-level mathematical and analytical skills, military training, and alexithymia (difficulty identifying, understanding, and displaying socially appropriate emotions) allow him to work as fixer for criminal organizations across the globe....

August 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1192 words · Kim Hanson

The Handmaid's Tale: Every Main Character's Fate, Ranked By How Satisfying It Was

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6, episode 10! The Handmaid’s Talehas finally ended, and here is every main character’s fate from the finale, ranked by how satisfying it was. The world ofThe Handmaid’s Taleisn’t over yet, as Hulu has already announced that it will be adaptingMargaret Atwood’s sequel novelThe Testamentsinto a series. However, most of the show’s main cast members have had their stories wrapped up for a while, and here are all of them, ranked from least satisfying to most satisfying....

August 3, 2025 · 7 min · 1339 words · Lynn Banks

The Masked Singer’s Fall 2025 Replacement Revealed After Major Shakeup

FOX has announced which show will take the place ofThe Masked Singerin its fall 2025 lineup after a major shakeup. After the finale ofThe Masked Singerseason 13, during which country music singer Gretchen Wilson was crowned the winner as Pearl,the show announced that season 14 wouldn’t premiere until January 2026. This is the first time since the show debuted in 2019 that it won’t have a fall season. The Masked Singeris hosted by Nick Cannon....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Casey Davis

The Motorola Edge 2025 Is Here With an Extra Camera

Summary Motorola is officially unveiling the Moto Edge 2025 with some significant upgrades for the Edge series. This latest iteration brings minimal refinements to the design and an additional camera on the back, but Motorola is keeping the price low. The biggest change over theEdge 2024is the new camera system. Unlike its predecessor, the Moto Edge 2025 now features a triple-camera setup on the rear. This upgrade is clearly visible with a much larger camera module and an LED flash that appears to be a fourth camera at first glance....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Mark Garner

The Rookie Season 7 Made One Of The Show’s Best Characters Even More Divisive

One of the best characters inThe Rookieis unfortunately one of the most controversial, and season 7 didn’t do much to help their reputation. There’s certainly no shortage of controversial characters to choose from in the series, especially afterThe Rookieseason 7 finaleresulted in numerous fans complaining online that they’re just about done with Oscar and Monica. However, while those two villains hardly appeared inThe Rookieseason 7 cast, a slightly more consistent character earned much louder feedback after their recent storyline introduced a shocking new moral failing....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 959 words · Frank Ochoa

The Seinfeld Episode That Made One Star Threaten To Leave The Show

Jason Alexander almost quitSeinfeldafter George Costanza was written out of an early episode, but even he admits that, in retrospect, leaving the show would’ve been a really bad idea.Seinfeld’s four main cast membersappeared in almost every episode of the show, but there were some exceptions. Elaine isn’t in the pilot, for example. In season 3, episode 3, “The Pen,” Jerry and Elaine go to Florida to visit Jerry’s parents. UnlikeSeinfeld’s subsequent Florida episodes, there’s no B-plot back in New York, so the characters who didn’t go to Florida — George and Kramer — are absent from the episode entirely....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Maria Trevino

The Supernatural Spinoff That Never Happened Led To The Show's Worst Episode

Supernaturalis quintessential television, but even the long-running series couldn’t avoid falling into the backdoor pilot trap, which led to the show’s worst episode. Running for 15 seasons,Supernaturalis largely at the top ofthe best CW TV showsof all time, and the show’s biggest strength was with its main cast of characters, namely Dean and Sam Winchester, alongside Castiel. We were immediately drawn to them, and seeing them grow throughoutSupernatural’s 15 seasonswas very special....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · David Bailey