While Star Wars's prequel trilogy is almost universally hated by fans, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg felt one prequel was among the best of Star Wars.
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You may know Ian Fleming's name from his work on the influential James Bond franchise, but he actually helped create another iconic spy for television.
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Ghostbusters II has often been criticized for recycling too many story beats from the first film, but it almost cut one iconic element altogether.
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Legendary "Star Trek" actor George Takei once shared some rather amusing thoughts on the cult classic 1999 sci-fi parody movie "Galaxy Quest."
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Casual Star Wars fans might have never heard of Luke Skywalker's wife, who seems like she was kept in a dungeon by movies and TV show creators.
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Steven Spielberg never worked on a "Star Wars" movie, yet he has still managed to make millions of dollars from the franchise. Here's how it happened.
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Some might argue that the real world looks pretty bleak nowadays, but these dark sci-fi movie universes exist to remind humanity that it could always be worse.
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If you think an Xbox controller is only good for gaming on a console in your living room, these four things might change your mind about that.
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Hollywood has a long history of remaking hit British TV programs for American audiences, but this often goes horribly wrong, such as with this sci-fi cop show.
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Buying old consoles at flea markets is a common practice, but a second-hand Xbox 360 purchased by a fan actually turned out to hold one of gaming's holy grails.
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Give your Amazon Fire TV Stick a surprising new use by turning it into a retro gaming console with a free app that unlocks classic game titles.
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The lightsaber is one of cinema's most iconic props. Its origin traces back to a chance discovery in a secondhand camera shop in London in the 1970s.
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While binging a long-running show can be great, it can also be fun to take in a shorter-lived miniseries, and here are five addictive options on HBO Max.
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Move over, zombies! Discover a whole new way that the lowly mushroom can impact society in this hit animated series that has critics and viewers raving.
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Movie musicals were popular in the 1980s, from kids' films to classic remakes. One animated adult sci-fi flick got lost in the shuffle, but it deserved better.
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More than 30 years on, "The X-Files" still delivers. These five episodes represent the show at its sharpest, scariest, and most brilliantly absurd.
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Terrashroom promised to make it easy to grow mushrooms right in your own home, but did it survive after appearing on Shark Tank? Here's what happened next.
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From ion engines to deep-space propulsion, here's the real science that connects NASA’s tech with the TIE Fighter ships seen in "Star Wars."
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It's a horror sub-genre that often gets maligned by genre devotees, but there's still been some excellent scary movies that employ found-footage techniques.
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If you've been thinking about buying an Xbox Series X or S, waiting could be a mistake. Odds that the consoles will get any cheaper aren't looking great.
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Memes are little bits of cultural information shared across the internet, and some resonate with the vast majority, so they're reused and recycled for decades,
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Sometimes it doesn't matter how much critics or fans enjoy a series, even an adult animated series, because if nobody watches it, the studio will cut it.
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Going from TV to the big screen is a gamble that most shows lose. These five are rare exceptions — films that paid off spectacularly, and then some.
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One of Drew Barrymore's favorite roles came in a series that earned perfect reviews in its final season. Netflix canceled it anyway, and it still stings.
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While Nintendo improved the battery on the Switch 2, it can still feel underwhelming in heavier titles. However, here are some ways to get more screen time.
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George R.R. Martin is best known for his "Song of Ice and Fire" series of books, which were eventually turned into the hit TV series on HBO, Game of Thrones.
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There is perhaps no movie more important to the perception of anime than 1982's "Akira," but you may be surprised to learn the film is banned in Russia.
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