Legendary Final Fantasy Composers Uematsu And Soken Create Custom Theme Song For A Pro Wrestler

The well-known musical stylings ofFinal Fantasycomposers Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken rang out in a very different venue this weekend. Uematsu is the legendary composer known for his memorable musical scoring for all theFinal Fantasygames throughFF10, and helped out other composers in the subsequent titles in the franchise. Soken, on the other hand, was responsible for the sweeping and gorgeous score of the MMOFinal Fantasy 14andFinal Fantasy 16. The latest project for both composers isn’t anotherFinal Fantasygame, or even another game at all....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 586 words · Eugene Young

Liam Neeson's New Crime Movie Continues His Dismal Rotten Tomatoes Streak That Has Last 4 Years

WhileLiam Neesonis known for action movies, his latest release has been earning divisive reviews from critics. The actor has been active since 1976, but his rise to prominence came after he wascast in Steven Spielberg’sSchindler’s List(1993). He was given the keys to his own franchise withTakenin 2008 and quickly became an action star. Throughout his distinguished career, the actor has earned an Academy Award nomination, three Golden Globe nominations, and two Tony Awards nominations....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Kelly Collier

Lord Of The Rings Already Confirmed Galadriel Will Break Her Rings Of Power Promise

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2. The Rings of Powerseason 2 makes mention of a promise Galadriel has made, whichThe Lord of the Ringsalready proved she will break eventually. In the continuation of the hit Prime Video show, the story picks up immediately from whereThe Rings of Powerseason 1’s endingleft off. Galadriel and Elrond are left to reckon with the three elven rings, deducing whether they can be trusted or whether they fold intoSauron’sRings of Powerplan....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Sandra Powell

Marvel Just Brought The Weirdest Part Of Tony Stark's Backstory Back Into MCU Canon 8 Years After It First Appeared

Eight years after a strange part of the Stark family’s history was introduced into live-action, Marvel Studios’What If…?has finally made it officially canon to theMCU.What If…?season 3 explored some of the weirdest realities that the Multiverse Saga series ever has, and debuted characters such as the Mech Avengers, Darcy Lewis and Howard the Duck’s hybrid daughter and 1872’s Shang-Chi and Kate Bishop. Oneepisode ofWhat If…?season 3, however, while detailing a cosmic Celestial-sized story, also brought something first seen in theAgent Carterseries into the MCU proper....

June 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1066 words · Jason Davis

Marvel's Most Impossible Symbiote Is Somehow Real in Hyper-Detailed Scream Cosplay

Spider-Man’s corner of the Marvel Universe is host to the gooey alien species known as the Klyntar — or more commonly referred to as symbiotes — with Venom and his various offspring being constant thorns in Spidey’s side that he can’t seem to shake. And in a new hyper-realistic cosplay featuring one of the deadliest symbiotes in comics,Scream steps into the real worldin a truly terrifying way, complete with her wild, whipping hair, and all....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Miguel Fitzgerald

Matthew Lillard’s House Episode Was A Reminder Of How Awful Hugh Laurie’s Character Could Really Be

House’s titular Dr. Gregory House is one ofTV’s best antihero characters, and while most episodes of the show rein him in a little, some show Dr. House at his worst.Houseis about an irritable, Vicodin-addicted doctor who has an extraordinary talent for diagnosing unusual illnesses. The variousmembers of House’s diagnostics teamhave learned to cope with him in different ways, and the conflicts between the medical team are central plotlines, while the patients can become background characters at times....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 734 words · Ashley Rice

New Peaky Blinders Casting Is So Perfect, All My Movie Concerns Just Vanished

The new casting choice for the upcomingPeaky Blinderscould not be more perfect. After years of speculation and being stuck in a stagnant development process, Netflix finally greenlit the highly anticipatedPeaky Blindersmoviein June 2024. Since then, the project has picked up major steam after confirming thatOscar-winner Cillian Murphy(Oppenheimer,Inception,The Dark Knight) will bereprising his role as the iconic Tommy Shelbyand newcomer Rebecca Ferguson (Silo,Dune,Mission: Impossible) will star in the film alongside him....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Karen Hudson

Official Pokémon Stores Are Fighting TCG Resellers By Removing Plastic Packaging

Official Pokémon Center retail stores are turning to new tactics to combat an immense wave ofPokémon TCGresale activity. For months, thePokémon Trading Card Gamehas dealt with an explosion of demand, with many stores selling out of any available stock very quickly. This demand was made worse by an uptick in reselling, both through online retailers and at in-person stores. To combat some of this resale problem, Pokémon Center retail stores in Japan and Singapore have turned to pulling off the packaging of sealed booster boxes (viaVGC)....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Renee Cooper

One Huge Problem With The Steam Deck Has Nothing To Do With The Console

Summary Handheld gaming has come a long way over the years, from the original 1978 Merlin, to the popularity of Nintendo’s Game Boy, and now, to the stage where players can take their PC libraries - including major AAA titles likeGod of WarorElden Ring- on the go with the likes of the ROG Ally or theSteam Deck. Compared to the Windows-based handhelds on the market, Valve’s offering - which runs on the Linux-based SteamOS - proved to be popular due to its lower price point, and an OLED offering was released in November last year that resolved several issues players had about the original LCD models, with an improved screen, battery, and the option for a larger amount of internal storage....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 832 words · Victoria Davis

One of Manga's Greatest Artists Fears AI Will Ruin the Industry: "A World of Con Artists"

Once thought to be a thing of science fiction,Artificial Intelligencehas slowly but surely permeated every sphere of our daily lives, and amidst the ongoing protests by voice actors and artists alike, one legendary manga artist has chimed in to warn fans about how AI could also end upruining the manga industryif left unchecked. With evenmajor studios like Toei Animation incorporating AIinto their production process, AI is quickly establishing itself in the anime and manga industry, and the creator ofJoJo’s Bizzare Adventure, Hirohiko Araki, believes this could create “a world of con-artists....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 972 words · Trevor Macias

Percy Jackson Actor Addresses Whether Hades Will Appear In Season 2

Percy Jackson and the Olympiansactor Jay Duplass has addressed whether Hades will appear in season 2 of the Disney+ adaptation after his important role in season 1. Duplass appeared at theend ofPercy Jacksonseason 1after Percy (Walker Scobell) and Grover (Aryan Simhadri) made it to his domain in the Underworld in search of Zeus' Master Bolt. He also has Percy’s mother, Sally (Virginia Kull) trapped, trading the God’s Helm of Darkness for her safe return....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Shane Suarez

Robert Downey Jr Was The MCU's Best Casting, And These 10 Iron Man Scenes Prove It

Robert Downey Jr’s time asIron Manin the MCU cemented him as the franchise’s best casting, and there are many scenes from across his tenure which illustrate that fact. From the very beginning of theMCU’s movie timeline, Robert Downey Jr took the limelight as the franchise’s most important character, Tony Stark. The actor’s time as Iron Man not only revitalized his career, but it cemented him as one of the most popular and beloved figures in Hollywood....

June 28, 2025 · 9 min · 1723 words · George Smith

Smile 2's Voss Water Obsession Hides A Dark Reality For Skye

Smile 2saw the Smile entity going to new extremes to terrorize its new host, Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), and her constant drinking of Voss water hides a dark reality thanks to the entity. Park Finn’s psychological supernatural horror movieSmilewas a surprise hit in 2022, so it’s not surprising that a sequel was greenlit the following year. Simply titledSmile 2and with Finn back as director and writer, the sequel continues the streak ofdeaths by the Smile entity, which has become more horrifying and chaotic in how it haunts its hosts and feeds from their trauma....

June 28, 2025 · 4 min · 757 words · Cody Clarke