This episode of The Acolyte, “Teach/Corrupt,” is set on an “Unknown Planet.” But is it really unknown? This looks a lot like the long-hidden Jedi Temple where Rey finally found Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. They have similar mountains, similar rocks, and even similar alien life forms. So are they the same? In our latest Star Wars video, … Read more
Oh man, stuff went down on this week’s The Acolyte. We learned the identity of Mae’s mysterious Sith master. We saw the deaths of several significant characters. We saw the beginnings of a whole twin magic subplot. And we saw the payoff of several clues and hints from the very beginning of the season paid off. We … Read more
We spotted over 100 Easter egg, little details, and hidden Game of Thrones secrets you might have missed on the Season 2 Episode 2 of House of the Dragon. In our latest video we’ll break it all down for you. We’ll explain the symbolic meaning of the model’s destruction, and what sets House of the Dragon apart from other … Read more
The third episode of The Acolyte introduces viewers to a coven of Force-sensitive witches. But how do these characters connect to the witches previously seen on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and on the recent Star Wars: Ahsoka TV series? What makes one Force witch different from another? In our latest Acolyte breakdown video, we’ll explain just where all these … Read more
Season 1 of X-Men ’97 is over. And what a season it was, filled with action, adventure, melodrama, romance, and tragedy, all of it drawn from the vast history of X-Men comics. But if you haven’t read X-Men comics or watched the original X-Men: The Animated Series, you might have missed some of the coolest Easter eggs in the season finale. … Read more
While Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set “many generations” after the previous Planet of the Apes trilogy, it also draws heavily on the mythology of those films: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and War for the Planet of the Apes. And if you haven’t seen those films you might … Read more
The X-Men ’97 opening credits have been changing a little bit every single week, as characters enter (and sadly exit) the cast, and various X-Men storylines are remembered or teased. This week, though, had one of the tiniest but best Easter eggs: Because Bastion has turned people into “Prime Sentinels” when the credits get to the shots where Magneto and … Read more
The title of this week’s episode of X-Men ’97 — “Tolerance is Extinction – Part 1” — actually merges the titles of multiple X-Men storylines. Bastion himself appeared in a ’90s comic story called “Operation: Zero Tolerance.” And several years before that there was also “X-Tinction Agenda.” That’s just one of the many Easter eggs, little details, … Read more
Challengers director Luca Guadagnino says the Spider-Verse moment in his new film wasn’t a nod to Zendaya’s movies. This article will contain some spoilers for Challengers, so reader beware if you haven’t seen Luca Guadagnino’s new film… Tennis isn’t for everyone – some people just want their Spidey fix. That’s what happens in one scene … Read more
This week’s episode of X-Men ’97 is titled “Bright Eyes,” a phrase that comes straight out of X-Men: The Animated Series. That was what Rogue called Cable during his appearance on the old show. And guess who appears on this episode to help the X-Men and warn them about the big villain they haven’t even realized is making moves against … Read more