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[ad_1] The “nerd versus jock” binary is a classic trope, but it’s not true anymore (if it ever was true in the first place). Lots of people who like video games and comic books also watch or play sports. Likewise, there are sports fans who also are into some real geeky stuff. This includes some…

[ad_1] In Season 1 of SYFY‘s The Ark (streaming now on Peacock), a crew of interstellar explorers find themselves stranded between stars in a hobbled spacecraft. They come together to survive the immediate aftermath and, hopefully, make it to their destination at Proxima centauri b. In Season 2 (new episodes drop every Wednesday), things take a temporary turn…

[ad_1] In 2009’s Knowing (now streaming on Peacock), commercial airliners drop out of the sky, New York subways leap off the tracks, and, for the grand finale, a huge solar flare turns the Earth into a charred husk of its former self. But these CGI-heavy disaster sequences are not the shock-and-awe of the doomsday genre one…

[ad_1] Beyond the priceless chemistry between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, the original Men in Black trilogy (now streaming on Peacock) remains iconic because of its shockingly thoughtful approach to the realm of science fiction — both in terms of world-building and its larger ruminations on humanity’s place within the wider universe. For instance,…

[ad_1] Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (now streaming on Peacock) was, and is, a cinematic landmark, a moment that ushered in blockbuster filmmaking like no production before it. Looking back, it’s easy to see why. Even apart from the premise, the poster, and the sheer mass appeal of it, it’s a movie that’s just… well, almost perfect. It’s lightning…

[ad_1] Pick up your wands, Harry Potter fans because the fifth and final world of Universal Orlando Resort’s upcoming Epic Universe theme park — The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic —  is finally revealing what’s within.  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic is the third Harry Potter-themed land to be…

[ad_1] DreamWorks Animation’s 2005 family film Madagascar (streaming now on Peacock) begins in the big city, at the Central Park Zoo. There, a lion named Alex rules his artificial enclosure as the “King of New York,” alongside a small menagerie of friends and acquaintances. While being relocated from the zoo to a nature preserve, Alex, Melman (a…

[ad_1] There’s one essential rule of time travel: It must be internally consistent. As far as we know, time travel isn’t real, meaning any movie, TV show, book, comic, or other world-building endeavor that features time travel is a piece of fiction, and making time travel work within that fiction is the goal. Maybe it’s multiversal…

[ad_1] By now, it’s widely known as one of science fiction’s groundbreaking movie milestones. But even today, the sleek and shiny liquid metal effects that signify the ominous approach of Skynet’s next-gen killing machine in 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (stream it here on Peacock!) remain mighty impressive. Backed by the steel-eyed gaze of actor…

[ad_1] Actor Dimitri Leonidas doesn’t mess around when it comes to role preparation. After landing the role of ancient Roman charioteer Scorpus in Peacock’s Those About to Die (all episodes are now streaming right here), he took the time to learn how to operate a horse-drawn chariot. One could even say he became something of an…