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4 days ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
You can spin a wheel and land on a random movie, and it probably has characters throwing punches at one another. That being said, there is a big difference between movies that havefighting, and movies that are aboutfighting. This feature names the best movies in which fighting is fully explored as a concept, versus just movies that have the best fight scenes. Not to say that these films don't fulfill that second criteria as well, because some of them very much do.
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1 week ago | 
svg.com | Chris Hodges
The latest trailer for "Grand Theft Auto VI" dropped on Tuesday, May 6, and not surprisingly, has absolutely blown the gaming world away. People have already forgotten the terrible news about the release date, and it's been nothing but good vibes thrown Rockstar's way after what the publisher showed off in the new footage.
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1 week ago | 
svg.com | Chris Hodges
After the ridiculous success of "Grand Theft Auto V," it was a foregone conclusion that "Grand Theft Auto VI" was inevitable. Publisher Rockstar Games was often cagey about the topic, refusing for years to outright confirm that "GTAVI" was in development, but it largely went without saying that the game was inevitable.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
Netflix threw its hat into the reality dating show ring in 2020 when it introduced "Love is Blind." As the title suggests, the show attempts to answer the age-old question of how important physical attraction truly is to two people falling in love, making contestants decide whether or not to get engaged before they are even allowed to see one another.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
It's no secret that the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, like most big action blockbusters of the last 20 years or so, rely heavily on digital effects. Seeing what Marvel movies look like before special effects are added reveals that even the characters themselves are often built partially — if not entirely — inside computers.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
It's not unusual for an actor to leave a show that's still running, even if their character is too important to exit the story as well. When that happens, that character has to be recast. And it's not always a secondary member of the ensemble, either — there are a number of noteworthy examples of TV shows that recast the main character.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
There have been plenty of times comedy actors surprised us with a serious role. It's easy to assume that someone is only good at comedy if that's all they've done, so when a funny person gets serious on screen and is great at it, it can certainly be jarring. That being said, there are endless quotes that say some variation of comedy being a lot harder than drama — so if someone is great at the harder thing, it stands to reason they can handle the easier thing.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
For as long as animated movies have existed, Disney has reigned over the medium virtually unchallenged. There have been a few dicey periods, certainly — and as of this writing, there are a whopping 16 Disney animated movies with a rotten score. In addition, the likes of Warner Bros., Illumination, Nickelodeon, and a few other studios occasionally have big enough hits to make the house that Mickey built nervous.
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2 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
Season 3 of HBO's acclaimed drama series "The White Lotus" came to a close in April 2025. Following the now-established tradition for the show, the main connective tissue to the previous seasons is the setting. The third season (which we called "reliably incisive, chaotic, and entertaining" in our review) takes place at one of the branches of the titular global luxury resort chain.
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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
"A Minecraft Movie" has come a long way since that worrisome first reveal, from exceeding analysts' predictions for opening weekend box office tallies to going viral because fans are having a little too much fun in theaters. And while longtime fans of the games have been sharing all the Easter eggs crammed into the movie, there are also some other things only adults notice in "A Minecraft Movie" — and that includes its apparent connection to a certain other movie from 20 years prior.
