Paramount Some Trekkies might be able to tell you that filming “Star Trek: The Original Series” wasn’t always a pleasant experience for the cast. Indeed, stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were both notorious spotlight hogs and Shatner was known to reassign other actors’ dialogue to himself, usually…
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Static Media Even the most popular and successful science fiction television series see changes to their main cast over the years. From the grueling schedule of long filming hours to trying to seek new opportunities in one’s career, there are numerous reasons actors leave fan-favorite roles behind. Of…
CBS Not all actors enjoy watching themselves on-screen — Adam Driver famously walked out of an interview with NPR’s Terry Gross when she played a clip of one of his scenes from “Marriage Story,” to present the most extreme example. Apparently, Mayim Bialik also hates watching her own…
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Static Media Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” movies are a masterclass in adapting comic books to the big screen, particularly in how to make their setting feel lived-in and real while also fantastical. Raimi populated each of his films with memorable side characters that fleshed-out and expanded his take on…
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CBS Television Distribution The theme song for “Gilligan’s Island” was written by executive producer and show creator Sherwood Schwartz and songwriter George Wyle. It remains, without contest, one of the best TV theme songs of all time, efficiently communicating the show’s premise and all seven of its characters, wrapped in…
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20th Television “Bones” seems like the kind of police procedural dreamt up by a network desperate to win the ratings war: A couple of attractive leads clash over their opposing views of the world, with the logical, scientifically-minded Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) frequently at odds with the…
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Static Media/Shutterstock/Getty Images Stephen King is the undisputed maestro of horror. He might not be your personal favorite writer who’s actively working in the genre, but he has unquestionably influenced your fave to some degree in the half-century since the release of his first published novel, “Carrie,” in…
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Static Media/Getty Images “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry had a pretty impressive career as a screenwriter, developing one of the most influential and popular science fiction franchises of all time. His legacy through “Star Trek” is truly something, impressing his progressive, humanistic outlook upon the world through the ideals…
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Static Media It’s amazing that Stephen King finds time to read and watch movies with what a busy writer he is, but he does it. The author frequently shares book, film, and TV recommendations on social media (he loves the Kurt Russell Western “Bone Tomahawk.”) King also makes…
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20th Century Fox John Carpenter’s 1986 action-comedy “Big Trouble in Little China” is an odd duck. The plot involves an ancient wizard named Lo Pan (James Hong) who aims to kidnap, marry, and then sacrifice a green-eyed woman to break a curse he is under. The woman in…
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