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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
While the original "Suits" TV series got a boost in visibility after one of its stars — Meghan Markle — went on to become a duchess, it was in its seventh season by that point. So it was already plenty popular even before people were curious about the legal drama starring the woman who got Prince Harry to settle down. Yet Season 8 not only saw Markle's departure but also that of two other main cast members.
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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
Though Hollywood took a break from adapting Roald Dahl's stories following the success of 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," the 1990s saw a renaissance of movies based on the author's works. Among them was 1996's "Matilda," based on the book of the same name that had only been published eight years prior.
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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
By the 1970s, pop culture had been around long enough to start being nostalgic for itself. Among the many ways that nostalgia manifested was in the TV show "Happy Days," a sitcom set in the '50s and '60s as a celebration of that era. The show centered primarily around the Cunningham family, specifically teenager Richie (Ron Howard), his younger sister Joanie (Erin Moran), and the various people in their social circle.
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4 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
Pop culture of the 1990s was heavy on nostalgia for the 1960s, and one of the biggest ways that manifested was in all the '90s movies based on '60s TV shows. "The Adams Family," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Mission: Impossible," and "The Fugitive" were just a few examples of that trend.
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1 month ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
Two women having a man for a roommate? What a scandalous and naughty arrangement! At least it was in 1977 when "Three's Company" debuted. And many of the show's storylines mined its comedy from the inherent shock value of that premise, with there constantly being awkward encounters and misunderstood intentions between the roommates, their neighbors, and other people in and around their shared apartment.
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1 month ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
"Breaking Bad" deserves to not only be on any respectable list of the best TV shows of all time, but it should be somewhere near the top. The show centered on a seemingly mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher named Walter White (Bryan Cranston) who found out he had cancer and wasn't going to be able to afford the necessary treatments to fight it. A series of events lead to him becoming a drug manufacturer and dealer with the help of his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).
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1 month ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
"Baywatch" was such a phenomenon in the 1990s that it spawned a spin-off series, a made-for-TV movie, and a theatrical film 15 years after the original series ended — not to mention a possible remake that's reportedly been in development. Yet it's wild to think that it nearly went away forever when NBC canceled the show in 1990 after just one season.
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1 month ago | 
looper.com | Chris Hodges
"Young Sheldon," one of the best TV prequels of all time, looks back at the childhood of "The Big Bang Theory" protagonist Sheldon Cooper — played by Jim Parsons in the latter and Ian Armitage in the former. This means that the majority of the characters on "Young Sheldon" were new introductions to the "TBBT" universe, with the primary exception, of course, being members of Sheldon's family.
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1 month 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 month 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.
