Alex Zalben
Features
The Ted Lasso Effect: What Netflix, Disney, and Hollywood don’t get about Feel-Good TV
Everyone wants another Ted Lasso — but you can’t fake the heart.
October 23, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 ending explained: A new mission, a surprising twist, and the beginning of a beautiful friendship
We’re breaking down every wild thing that went down on the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 finale.
September 11, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
SpoilersJames Gunn's new DC Cinematic Universe now has 99 alternate universes as revealed in Peacemaker - and one we'll call DC2 (not Earth-2, but...)
Peacemaker Season 2 establishes that there are 99 other universes than the DCU… So what are they?
August 29, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
Spoilers!James Gunn just retconned Zack Snyder's Justice League, his DCEU, and even Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Ezra Miller's Flash out of the DC cinematic universe in one fell swoop in Peacemaker season 2 premiere
There’s no question about Peacemaker’s status in the DCU, as the Season 2 “previously on” makes big changes to the continuity of the series.
August 22, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
John Cena and James Gunn's Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 1 Is Packed with Easter Eggs for the DCU, the MCU, and even '80s Hair Metal
We get some deep cuts to DC comics and some firm ties to Superman in the first episode of Peacemaker season 2, if you're able to spot them.
August 22, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
HBO's The Gilded Age was originally a prequel to Downton Abbey, and now as The Grand Finale approaches its creator teases a connectionThe star-crossed connection between Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age, and the crossover fire creator Julian Fellowes can't help but keep stoking
The star-crossed connection between Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age, and the crossover fire creator Julian Fellowes can't help but keep stoking
July 23, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
Even as Adam Sandler courts nostalgia for Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix, he refuses to be confined by his past
Happy Gilmore 2 is more than a nostalgia play; it's part of Adam Sandler's wildly unique career.
July 21, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
SpoilersGod over greed: HBO's The Righteous Gemstones finds true faith amidst false idols in its series finale ending
How HBO's Righteous Gemstones found true faith amidst the false gods in season 4 series finale ending.
May 05, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
Could Marvel's Kingpin Wilson Fisk really become mayor Of New York City? A NYC political insider talks about how it could (or couldn't) happen
It’s a done deal in the MCU... All hail Mayor Fisk. But what about real life?
April 02, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
The MCU's Daredevil is back in Disney+'s Born Again, and here's what the residents (and politicians) of Hell's Kitchen think about his connection to their home
What do real Hell's Kitchen residents think of Daredevil and his return in Marvel Studios' Daredevil: Born Again? We asked.
March 05, 2025
Alex Zalben
Features
Every Marvel's Daredevil hallway fight scene, ranked
Netflix's Daredevil made us look at hallways differently - and we hope Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again continues that trend
March 04, 2025
Alex Zalben