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Movies tend to work because characters make choices that keep the story moving, even when those choices would probably seem ridiculous in real life. Give someone ten minutes to think things through, make the sensible phone call, ask one obvious ...

Attraction can disappear for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with someone's appearance. A person can look incredible, seem charming, and have everything going for them, only to say or do one tiny thing that suddenly changes the entire ...

Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki follows up Godzilla Minus One by doubling the kaiju fun ...

Movies often give you more information than you realize while you are watching them. A character might reveal something without saying a word, a background detail can quietly explain what happens later, or a tiny visual clue can completely change the ...

Maybe it was a shocking reveal, a heartbreaking goodbye, a strange image, or a tiny moment, but some movie moments stick with you more than others. Whatever the reason, certain scenes have a way of resurfacing at random, sometimes long after you last ...

A sequel does not have to copy the first movie to work. It does, however, help if somebody remembers what people liked about the original. Some follow-ups kept the title, a familiar character, or a recognizable piece of branding while dropping almost ...

Technology has always promised to make life easier. The definition of "easier" has changed quite a bit. Making a phone call once required a car full of equipment, listening to music at the beach meant carrying a radio that weighed several pounds, and ...

Background actors usually get very specific instructions: cross here, react there, do not look at the camera. These movies went in a different direction. Some directors told entire crowds to improvise. Others used locals who barely knew what was ...

People do some truly strange things to cars. A few modifications are ugly. Others are confusing. Then there are the ones that make you wonder how the car ever made it out of the driveway, let alone onto a public road. Giant wings, fake vents,

Some things get ruined by age, weather, or plain bad luck. These are not those things. These are the moments when somebody ignores wet concrete, puts the wrong thing in the dishwasher, misjudges a garage door, or discovers that a truck is definitely ...