Few movie scenes sum up the random or arbitrary nature of life better than the scene in Forrest Gump, where Forrest’s mom talks about how "life is like a box of chocolates.” We never know what “we’re going to get.” Sally Field, a wonderful actress, explains in one sentence what some of us don’t understand in a lifetime: You have to do the best you can with what you have, and then let life take its course. We do have control over our destiny to some degree, but there are forces outside of our control.

I went the distance and marathoned all eight Rocky movies from Rocky to Creed 2. The Rocky franchise is personally one of my favorite film franchises of all time. Just when you think it’s over, Sylvester Stallone gives you one more reason to step back into the ring with him.

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When we were kids, life seemed so much simpler... Basically all you had to worry about was keeping on the up and up with Saturday morning cartoons and brushing your teeth after your third bowl of Crunch Berries so your parents wouldn’t ride your ass about it. The adults were in charge of keeping you alive and the rest was just good livin.' Income taxes, tampons, cholesterol, and whiskey dick were still in the distant and unfathomable future.

I had an advance screening for this movie a month ago, but decided not to go because of the rain. Now that I've watched this movie at another screening, I only have one thing to say.

In an age where a new streaming service pops up out of nowhere sooner than you can fart twice, (nice, I just found a wild Disney+ up my arse!) it’s hard to find any media property that has enough cultural recognition, popularity, and pulling power—yeah, they’re basically all the same thing, but I was hoping you wouldn’t notice—to draw in enough people for a half decent "water cooler" conversation. However, the Duffer brothers’ smash hit Stranger Things has been a delight for me in that respect, even topping The Fantasy Show That Shall Not Be Named for viewership numbers and excitement levels amongst my little group of young adult peers. Nonetheless, the buzz for the Duffers’ show was not limited to just my friends. The official figures reveal that Stranger Things’ third series was Netflix’s most viewed "thing" ever within a four day time frame. This really begs the question: Why in the Upside-Down is this derivative, predictable, 80s nostalgia fest so Demodog-damn popular?

James Bond 007 is perhaps the most well-known fictional espionage agent in history. The grand-daddy of Jimmy-come-lately characters like Jason Bourne, it's been estimated that over half of the world's population has seen a film starring the suave super spy. Though not as many people have read the originals penned by creator Ian Fleming (who was sort of an insane badass in his own right), the books have survived, and even thrived for decades now. For all that time there has been one, burning question in the minds of many franchise fans; who is the real James Bond?

I have always loved television; it’s a medium I can completely immerse myself in. I love getting to know the characters, and feeling like I’m a part of their lives.

Despite expecting Netflix's remake of Lost in Space to be cheesy and potentially like an "after-school-special," I jumped at the chance to fill the black hole-sized void in my space-based, science fiction media with something new.

In our recent podcast episode about Child Stars, we asked our guest, former child star herself, Anna Sundstrand (girl group Play) to choose between several groups of child stars. We also gave our social media followers the same “Child Star Blitz.” Here are the results! Want to post your votes? Download our template here and upload to your InstaStories. Don’t forget to tag @StarShineMag!

It's always so refreshing to hear of the huge acts of kindness from the Hollywood favourite Keanu Reeves. Giving kindness, generosity and help, for no other reason than he wants too. The Mister nice guy of Hollywood, who is always spoken highly of and whom we have never heard a bad word about. The actor, director, producer and musician, Keanu Reeves, who has been appearing in Hollywood films for over thirty years. From big buck blockbusters to low budget independent films. He is a leading figure in tinsel town, who likes to keep a low profile, riding his beloved motorbikes or relaxing at his home in the Hollywood Hills.

It’s no secret that tabloids LOVE a good story. No, for real. They’re as subtle as a migraine when it comes to salivating over the juiciest new gossip in Hollywood. “But what happens when there is no new gossip to report on?” Ah! I’m glad you asked (let’s pretend you did for the sake of the article). Well, when there is nothing new to report, they make up their own stories! *hold for fake gasps.* It’s the truth, and they’ve been doing it for decades. So, all those magazines you see when you stop into your local grocer’s to pick up a carton of milk, telling you all about the latest divorce (that most likely won’t happen)—It's fake, and nearly every celebrity has had to endure it. One of those celebs is Johnny Depp.

Hey guys! Today, we talk about a character that is very important to the DC Universe. He has been around in every major incarnation of The Justice League, down to the New 52 continuity. He is the last survivor from the Green Martians' race of Mars. The Last Martian. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The Martian Manhunter.

Twinkle Annuals, which were especially for little girls. Twinkle started as a Comics Magazine in 1968 until 1999, with an Annual every year from 1970, and its last was in the year 2003. The Annual contained stories of regular characters, and some new ones, all illustrated with beautiful pictures. Fun, colourful, perfect for a little girls' imaginations. There were also some puzzles pages and pictures to colour in, very exciting for a child! The Annuals were printed and published by D.C. Thomson & Co. In 2012 Royal Mail issued a special stamp of Twinkle, to celebrate Twinkle's history!

Comic books have had a rough go of it in recent years. Despite the booming big screen business that has seen Marvel, and to a lesser extent DC, dominate the box office, the printed counterparts to these cinematic capers have struggled to make the same connection with the modern audience.

Imagine an evening where you are costumed up in your fave Marvel attire. Imagine being energized to show off a could-be mutant power that you forever dreamt of. Imagine a world where you can have fun and there is no one there to pass judgement on your hero pleasures. The time for all creators to assemble is now.

It's Morphin Time! You can't go anywhere without hearing that Morphing Chant. 26 years ago today, a live-action series called Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was born. It premiered on Fox Kids on August 28, 1993, which ran for three seasons, and was one of the longest-running kids' live-action series in television history. Over 900 episodes and 26 seasons later, the franchise is still going strong and has no signs of slowing down anytime soon. So you must be wondering if this day was real and how it was a national day to begin with. The answer to your first question is yes, and I'll share with you how Power Rangers Day came to light. According to the National Day Calendar, the toy company Hasbro established it in 2018, to help celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary. If it weren't for Haim Saban, the person responsible for creating Power Rangers, it wouldn't exist today. Power Rangers taught us about teamwork,inclusivity, and diversity to people of all age groups. This tradition is still alive and well today.

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I've definitely been watching a lot of TV shows lately, especially on HBO (Succession and The Righteous Gemstones are where it's at right now.). I've been letting my Netflix viewing fall by the wayside, though. Thankfully they've been adding TONS of good stuff that I can't wait to watch this month.

I don't know about you, but I am very excited for Friday September 20, 2019 because it will mark the end of Netflix's dry spell with two main amazing new titles: Disenchantment: Part 2 and Between Two Ferns: The Movie (Netflix Film). Don't be fooled, there are still five other titles being released on September 20, to look forward to.

Anyone who know me knows that I love musicals. And specifically, I love Newsies the Musical. Now here’s the thing; Newsies is extremely problematic. It’s fraught with ableism, has almost no female characters, and doesn’t pass the Bechdel test, and is extremely white washed (at least in the 2017 filmed broadway version) and heteronormative. But it’s fun, and it’s full of energy, and it catches you on your darkest days and brings you back up. Or at least it does for me. But when I think of Newsies, I think less of the Newsies that is and more of the Newsies that could be. There is so much potential in this show to just... not be as problematic.

Captain Jack Sparrow is probably the most famous fictional pirate seen in generations, pushing infamous figures like Captain Blood and Treasure Island's Captain Flint right out of the limelight. While the drunken antics and wild shenanigans of the crazed captain have become iconic to Johnny Depp's portfolio, fans have been asking for years whether a character that creative (and downright strange) could really be spun out of whole cloth.

James Bond 007 is perhaps the most well-known fictional espionage agent in history. The grand-daddy of Jimmy-come-lately characters like Jason Bourne, it's been estimated that over half of the world's population has seen a film starring the suave super spy. Though not as many people have read the originals penned by creator Ian Fleming (who was sort of an insane badass in his own right), the books have survived, and even thrived for decades now. For all that time there has been one, burning question in the minds of many franchise fans; who is the real James Bond?

With the booming success of Marvel's twenty second installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), it's no surprise that the company decided to put the movie back out into theaters. With $2.75 Billion USD Endgame is currently sitting behind the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar, which has a gross revenue of $2.79.Billion USD. This competition is the stuff of legends and some pretty amazing memes, as Endgame quickly rose to sink other memorable movies such as Titanic. Many Marvel fans are hoping that this last push will get Endgame over the finish line.

Welcome back! If you haven’t read the previous section on our focus study of Frankenstein then you probably want to before referring to this particular section. If, however, you feel completely clear about that, then let’s carry on into our focus on three very different adaptations of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We will be looking at: the 2015 film entitled Victor Frankenstein, which pays close attention to some of the events in the book, and uses the same atmosphere. The next film we will look at is the famed Rocky Horror Picture Show, which takes concepts from the book, and changes the ideas surrounding it, including genre and character. The final adaptation we will concentrate on is characteristic adaptation, which we will find in the MCU character of Iron Man as Victor Frankenstein.

Everyone knows that there have been many, many adaptations of 19th century novels, and everyone knows that there have been countless different methods of adapting them. Whether you go with Boris Karloff starring as Frankenstein in the 1931 classic, or whether you go with Tony Stark creating Ultron, the monster that sabotage’s the second Avengers film in a modern perspective. From Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1920 to The Incredible Hulk, 19th century Novels are some of the most popular novels to adapt either in full, or to adapt characters from.

No one can deny that the show has been a huge phenomenon of nostalgia and horror, but the cast are the ones who bring our favorite and least favorite characters to life on screen. Many actors, especially children, don't get the kind of opportunity these kids have been given. Not to mention how talented some of their adult counterparts are! I don't think these characters could have been cast any better without time travel involved.

Since premiering in 2015, Descendants, a film focusing on the teenage children of Disney's most popular heroes and villains, has become one of the most popular Disney Channel original movies. It built on its success, with a sequel in 2017.

Hua Mulan

Few movie scenes sum up the random or arbitrary nature of life better than the scene in Forrest Gump, where Forrest’s mom talks about how "life is like a box of chocolates.” We never know what “we’re going to get.” Sally Field, a wonderful actress, explains in one sentence what some of us don’t understand in a lifetime: You have to do the best you can with what you have, and then let life take its course. We do have control over our destiny to some degree, but there are forces outside of our control.

I went the distance and marathoned all eight Rocky movies from Rocky to Creed 2. The Rocky franchise is personally one of my favorite film franchises of all time. Just when you think it’s over, Sylvester Stallone gives you one more reason to step back into the ring with him.

Hey, do you have a strong desire to watch well-regarded character actor Richard Kind masturbate so much that it nearly ends his marriage? No? Well then, you might want to avoid the creep-tastic new sci-fi infused 'romance' Auggie. Auggie is all about Richard Kind as a retiree who becomes far too obsessed with his new digital assistant—so obsessed that a session of living room based masturbation with his AI dreamgirl nearly ends his marriage.

It is 2019, and my Twilight obsession has come back with a vengeance. The obsession began in 2008 for me. I read all four books in the month of December, I distinctly remember finishing New Moon the day before Christmas Eve and asking my mom to please take me to the bookstore I need to read the next book. This when she turned around, went into her room, and came out with an early Christmas gift, Eclipse. I spent the remainder of Christmas break that year reading the next two books in the series. In the following months my older sister would borrow the books without telling me, and I almost had a panic attack because I thought my books went missing.

Spoiler and trigger warning: If you are sensitive to suicide, rape, or sexual assault, please do not read this. Also, if you have not finished season one, please be advised that this blog will contain spoilers.

I did this backwards because I didn't have a Vocal account when season one came to be. Look through my profile for my season two recap. Before I get started, if you are triggered by sexual assault or suicide, please be careful with this post and the show. Also, spoilers ahead, so if you haven't watched this show, please do so and come back later. So here is what we learned in season one.

Kanata no Astra is a twelve episode show produced by Studio Lerche (Classroom of the Elite, Given) that aired in summer 2019. It is an adaptation of the Shounen Jump+ manga that was written by Shinohara Kenta. The show is directed by Andou Masaomi (episode director - Vampire Knight, Fairy Tail), with the music composed by Yokoyama Masaru (Your Lie in April, Fruits Basket), and Nobusawa Nobuaki (Dagashi Kashi, Steins;Gate 0). Starring as the two leads, Kanata and Aries, are Hosoya Yoshimasa (Arslan Senki, Baby Steps), and Minase Inori (Danmachi, FLCL Progressive) respectively.

Well, now I know evil is on its way whenever a train is pulling into town. You can never trust that thick smoke.

Autumn Bailey (Kayla Wallace) is disheartened to find herself starting over at a new school, having had to move with her mother Cynthia (Kehli O'Byrne) as part of her new job. But soon after arriving at her new school, Autumn finds herself making fast friends with social outcast Kara (Maddie Phillips), as well as attracting the attention of cheerleader Jenny (Samantha Schimmer). While reluctant to try out for the team, Autumn is convinced by Kara to go out for cheerleading as an undercover journalist for the school paper, hoping to expose the culture of cruelty within the cheer team.

“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry”

At the weekend I rewatched Wonder Woman, and not only was I (again) surprised how good this movie is, but also what this movie teaches us. It’s so inspiring and interesting when you notice the little life lessons during a story.

Regardless of the Sony Disney breakup, Spider-Man isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. But after several iterations, the material is getting a bit stale. Peter Parker’s story has been beaten to death, and changing it up feels more forced than it does authentic. The MCU version feels more like a new Iron Man who happens to have a spider fetish. After the first two significant runs with the character failed to pan out, it makes sense why they gave Spidey this remix in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This was great while it lasted, and it will be interesting to see what the future holds for Peter Parker and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it begs the question, in a multiverse consisting of many spider people why not try someone new? Many believe the next web-slinger to get their own movie should be the star of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Miles Morales. And I’m sitting over here thinking his love interest, and Spider-Verse teammate Spider-Woman aka Gwen Stacey is the much better choice when it comes to starting a mega-franchise. That's right; I said mega-franchise.

Anime: Outlaw Star

Season finales are always the most climactic episodes of the seasons. They have the biggest build up, and give the ending a great reaction. Usually, there is great build up to it, and the unsub is one of the best of the season. Some are two-parters, and others are just 45 minutes of pure insanity and great action. Some are amazing, and others are not on the really amazing side of things, to put it lightly. Here is a list of all the season finales, ranked from the least interesting to the best done yet.

Golden shimmer, streamlined and glitter on a Great Gatsby-like backdrop under a paneled disco ball, all ringing Steve Winwood's higher love that we're all thinking of at the start of this new season! I'm glad that Tom Bergeron got his tie tied and opens the show with Erin Andrews at his side. They introduce the judges: Bruno, Carrie Ann, and Len, who will watch more for technique and dance steps as the show begins.

As a child, a favourite of mine was the bright and colourful world of Rainbow Brite. A young girl called Wisp is brought to a grey, dull land, with a mission to bring colour to the fictitious world, by locating the Sphere of Light. She befriends a furry Sprite creature called Twink and a horse called Starlite. They come across a baby, who Wisp discovers is the key to her mission. The adventure begins…

The Cabbage Patch Kids were the biggest toy fad of the 1980s. The most successful toy doll in the history of the toy industry. Every little girl wanted one. It was a must have Christmas present. Parents would search the shops for a Cabbage Patch Kid doll, which sold out very quickly! A riot even broke out in a shop, a week before Christmas in 1983; it made the front cover of Newsweek.

During Power-Con 2019 in Anaheim, California, filmmaker Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith announced he is rebooting the iconic 80s animated series He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe as an anime series for video streaming giant Netflix.

They’re all different, but one thing’s for sure: you are not safe if these monsters are around. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 zombie types in movies and TV.

They’re supposed to make us afraid, but we’re really scared by how bad they are. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 worst zombie movies.

They hunger for human flesh! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the top 10 best zombie movies.