Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

Netflix subscribers are likely going to be unhappy about the streaming platform’s most recent wave of cancellations. After all, while these shows may not be major successes, there are Netflix subscribers that hope to see them renewed on the platform. Nevertheless, going into 2025, Netflix has made sure to clean up their slate. This means that numerous television shows were canceled in 2024. Now subscribers can see which of their favorite shows have been canceled by Netflix. The cancellations occurred throughout the year on the streaming service. In fact, the total number of canceled shows can be added up to…

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Captain America: Brave New World is set to not only expand the Captain America series but the MCU as a whole. Nonetheless, some expansions weren’t meant to happen, as it’s been revealed that a major Marvel character has been cut from Captain America: Brave New World. While the character was originally featured in Brave New World, it’s since been revealed that he will no longer appear due to reshoots. This was confirmed by the actor that was expected to portray this Marvel character in the new Captain America sequel before being cut from the story. Here’s what the actor, none…

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It seems as though every year puts us further into one of the science-fiction futures depicted in so many classic films. Now, if we weren’t overwhelmed enough with the application if artificial intelligence, a real-life robot girlfriend powered by AI has been unveiled in Las Vegas. The robot, named Aria, was unveiled by Realbotix at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas earlier this month. Aria is just one of many new robots being developed by the company, with various purposes being explored, with Aria herself being used “to tackle the staggering loneliness epidemic” as shared by Forbes.…

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Marvel Studios and Sony have been developing the MCU’s fourth Spider-Man film. The movie will once again see Tom Holland as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. However, it’s now been reportedly revealed that two familiar MCU villains also nearly appeared in Spider-Man 4 before being scrapped. The allegedly scrapped villains were reported by insider Daniel Richtman. Interestingly, these characters would have been ones we’ve seen before in the MCU. However, it seems as though the studios ultimately went in another direction. It’s unclear which new characters will be taking their alleged places. As for the identities of the supposed characters, here’s…

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The 2024 sci-fi horror movie Alien: Romulus brought fans back to a very particular time in the film franchise. After various prequels over the years, we finally returned to the time period associated with Alien and Aliens. Ultimately, however, this also led to a controversial scene which has been fixed for the home video release of Alien: Romulus. Alien: Romulus takes place in a very specific period of time set between Alien and Aliens. As such, there are plenty of references to both films throughout the movie. One of these references includes the unexpected return of an actor, or more…

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Sadly, for subscribers of the streaming service Peacock, it’s just been announced that the platform has canceled a fan-favorite series. What’s worse is that this particular series only received one season on the service. The history of this series can be traced back to 2022 when it was first picked up by Peacock in a straight-to-series order. It was actually an adaptation of a 1988 novel by Robert McCammon. While the book had plenty of potential to fuel multiple seasons of storytelling potential, it seems that just wasn’t in the cards. As shared by Deadline regarding the cancellation: “The horror…

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Netflix once again has viewers glued to their screens with another binge-worthy series. This time it’s the latest season of a series that first premiered in 2023. Fortunately, the new season released this month seems to be another hit. While streaming services have allowed television shows to be more quickly watched than ever before, it’s also led to some major gaps in between seasons. As such, while this particular series first premiered on Netflix in May 2023, it wasn’t until January 8 2025 that the second season was dropped. Now fans are already taking to social media to discuss the…

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Fans have been devastated with the news that legendary filmmaker David Lynch has died at age 78. His incredible body of work spans film, television, and a variety of other artistic mediums. However, for those wanting to revisit Lynch’s works during this time, they can do so by streaming a true David Lynch movie classic on Max. Fortunately, Max actually has several David Lynch movies available for streaming. This movie in particular, however, is quite special for its place in Lynch’s filmography for a number of reasons. As such, it should certainly be one of the first considerations for any…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been constructed around an ensemble of recurring characters. However, there are some characters that have appeared far less than others. Now Marvel Studios is going all the way back to Phase One so that a familiar character can return in a new MCU series. This surprising news was shared via Deadline, which revealed that a character not only from Phase One – but the very first MCU movie, Iron Man – will be making their return in Vision Quest. The Disney Plus series is a spin-off of WandaVision and will revolve around Paul Bettany’s Vision.…

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Author Stephen King is known for his decades’ worth of stories that have formed various interconnected arcs over the years. However, he doesn’t often create direct sequels to his works. Now, after twenty years, Stephen King has just confirmed that he is, in fact, working on a sequel to one of his iconic stories. King, whose works include such hits as Carrie, The Shining, Pet Sematary, Misery, and more recent releases like Holly, confirmed the new sequel on Threads. He previously teased his work on the sequel, which was enough to get fans hyped, but now it’s satisfying to know…

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