Ani Bundel

Death is inevitable on Game of Thrones. From the very first season, the show declared itself unafraid of killing characters that audiences assumed were safe due to actor status or by the lead role they occupied. Killing the un-killable characters…

Westworld ended Season 1 with an act that changed everything in the show. When Dolores shot creator Robert Ford, she freed all the hosts from their programming, whether they knew it or not. Season 2 ended in a similar fashion, though on a much…

It's only a couple of weeks before the one-year anniversary of the Game of Thrones Season 7 finale. Fans knew from the beginning the wait between Season 7 and Season 8 would be somewhat akin to the Long Night, with filming not beginning until late…

Every 20 years or so, a new version of Little Women comes along for a new generation. The 1930s era brought fans Katherine Hepburn as tomboy Jo March. The 1950s had Liz Taylor as the more family and feminine Amy. The 1970s featured Susan Dey (Laurie…

Disney's remake machine has geared up quite a bit, and the next few years will see multiple live-action remakes of its classic cartoons, using CGI technology not available when the originals were first made. Box office hits with Cinderella, Beauty…

The "Romantic Comedy" was a long staple of the movie landscape. But somewhere in the mid-aughts, the popularity of this format of female-centric meet-cute stories suddenly fell out of fashion and fell hard. It's been over a decade since the genre…

This summer has been a big one for factual films and movies based on historical events. The biggest documentary of the year has been Won't You Be My Neighbor, a study of the life of Fred Rogers, which has pulled in $21 million and counting at the…

The Emmys are just about a month away. As has been the case for several years running, Game of Thrones has the most Emmy nominations of any individual show, with 22 nods for Season 7. From Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Supporting…

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. surprised fans at the end of their Season 5 run by not acknowledging the events of Avengers: Infinity War. But the series, which has slowing pushed away from having to tie back to the big screen Marvel-verse has successfully…

Jason Statham spent the weekend swinging around a harpoon, and moviegoers apparently loved it. One of the stars of The Fast and the Furious franchise, Statham has been repurposed from his earlier roles as a criminal/hitman/mercenary prior to…

Summertime for many brings to mind long days and warm nights, BBQs, and pool parties. For those still in school, it's a time for summer vacations. For those out of school, it's still a time to go on vacation, to lay around in hammocks or on a beach…

Game of Thrones Season 8 is less than a year away. When it comes, no one knows, but no matter what, it's arriving before the 2019 Emmy cut off, which means fans have less than a year to wait, max. The question is, what happens when it gets here?…

Ever since Camille arrived home in Wind Gap, her relationship with her mother has been delicate, to say the least. Adora hasn't wanted to deal with the idea Camille came home to report on the murders of Natalie Keene and Ann Nash. When Camille…

Last week's episodes of Sharp Objects ended on one of the most horrifying notes of the series so far: Adora's apology to Camille. She didn't apologize for being a horrifically controlling mother, or for being a narcissist who never treated her…

The problem with Sharp Objects is the truth isn't easy to see. Whatever it is Camille has been living with, it's something she cannot look directly into, so it's become a permanent blur in the corner of her eye. It makes it difficult for the rest of…

Game of Thrones is now entering the final post-production phase on their last season. All filming is over, and the location sets now sit empty, unused, waiting for 2019's tourist season to begin as travelers look to visit Westeros. The actors are…

The original concept behind Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them was a simple one: Newt Scamander, lover of these aforementioned beasts, travels with them to a foreign city. The Beasts get loose, chaos ensues. Much of this is now taking a back…

C'mon, get happy! The summer doldrums may be in full swing, but over on Amazon Prime Video, they're preparing for the return to the stage of the one, the only, Miriam "Midge" Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) aka the Mad Divorcee of the Upper West Side.…

Aquaman will be the final movie to be released in 2018 by Warner Brothers, as part of the rush to fill the now-empty late December date Star Wars dominated since 2015. This will be their first film since Justice League flopped last November and…

This Is Us ended Season 2 with a set of flash-forwards, including Randall and Tess decades in the future, Kevin with a new girlfriend (Beth's cousin!) on his way to Vietnam, and Toby suffering a depressive spell so bad he cannot get out of bed. Fans…