Polarizing

Elon Musk’s move to upend Twitter’s longstanding verification system is turning the platform’s iconic blue check marks into a polarizing symbol of his leadership for some of Twitter’s most prominent users. In the two weeks since Twitter began removing the check marks from legacy verified users, reactions have ranged from some users saying they are happy to say goodbye to the check marks and mocking those who purchased them to others saying the subscription features are worth buying. …

Image via Marvel Studios Say what you will about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but it certainly got people talking, and we can owe most all of that conversation to Wyatt Russell‘s performance as John Walker. Indeed, when your turn is so provocative that the MCU fandom’s more deplorable side end up sending you death threats, you know you’ve done your job. Putting aside how asinine it is to send such threats to an actor who played a television character, it’s perhaps the ultimate testament to just how…

via Netflix Being celebrated by industry peers and embraced by audiences are two of the biggest and most obvious barometers of success in Hollywood, so if those were the only pair of indicators being taken into account, you’d have thought Adam McKay’s apocalyptic comedy Don’t Look Up was a universally-beloved delight. Not only is it the streaming service’s second most-watched original movie of all-time behind only the star-studded action epic Red Notice, but the acerbically absurd look at how humanity would…

Image via Marvel Studios It’s no easy task to single out the biggest sin committed by Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania; whether it’s the hastily reshot Hollywood ending that butchered the film immaculately, the lackluster introduction of Kang’s threat even with Jonathan Majors anchoring the role, or the uncanny power of telling someone to not be a dick, there was quite a lot to write home about, and hardly any of it was good. But, unsurprisingly, it was the MCU’s introduction of M.O.D.O.K. that ended up turning…

via Warner Bros. It doesn’t get talked about arguably anywhere near enough, but the 1980s is without a doubt one of the best decades ever when it comes to Hollywood fantasy. One of the downsides is that not all of them managed to find success the first time around, though, with Ladyhawke just one of many to fall by the wayside. Despite the presence of The Omen, Superman: The Movie, and The Goonies director Richard Donner behind the camera, the lavish medieval-inspired epic couldn’t even recoup its $20 million…

It’s been months since The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power aired its finale episode, but discourse around the show is still going strong. The latest fantasy creation based on Tolkien’s works is deeply contentious among fans, who tend to be split between the die-hards, those who see its flaws, but still enjoy it as an addition to a story they love, and those who hate it with unmatched passion. Despite this, its one of Amazon Prime’s most popular shows to date, and people are closely watching news about season two. A…

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace‘s Jar Jar Binks has a reputation roughly on par with the Ebola virus. The bumbling Gungan is generally considered the worst thing in the prequel trilogy, has faced accusations of being a racist caricature, and for all but the very youngest viewers his slapstick antics just aren’t funny. But, could Jar Jar have been redeemed with one simple alteration? The character is notorious for his garbled way of talking, with dialogue like “You’d say, “boom de gasa”… den crashded da boss’s heyblibber…”,…

Perhaps unfairly, Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker is often at the center of criticism about Disney’s sequel trilogy. For many Star Wars fans, she’s emblematic of the project’s flaws: the eventual reveal she’s Palpatine’s granddaughter doesn’t make sense, she’s pilloried as a Mary Sue for being naturally good at everything, and making her the embodiment of “all the Jedi” doesn’t feel earned. Maybe this isn’t necessarily a problem with Rey herself, but with the movies she was in, and the fact that her story wasn’t planned out…

Drake has offered up his thoughts on being the subject of countless memes following the release of his 21 Savage collaboration “Rich Flex.”In an interview with online casino Stake, Drizzy brought up the Her Loss track and the memes it spawned when asked how he feels about being the target of so many jokes. “We were out last night at this spot, and this girl was like—it was loud and she was drunk—but she was like, ‘How does it feel that everyone’s always making fun of you? I wouldn’t be able to take it,'” he said around…

Not to be confused with a certain Denis Villenueve blockbuster adaptation that arrived almost exactly one year later, 2020’s Dune Drifter opted to tell a sprawling sci-fi story on a much smaller scale, albeit one that ended up putting critics and crowds in staunch disagreement with one another. On Rotten Tomatoes, writer and director Marc Price’s intergalactic adventure holds a perfect 100 percent score, while the user rating is in such vehement opposition that the film has been voted down to a miserly 37 percent…