The charismatic whip-wielding archaeologist/professor has battled against the Nazis, the Soviet Union, and the Thuggee cult, taking a physical battering every time. Jones is often captured, guilty of making one-too-many quips and getting himself into trouble. But Indy’s most endearing trait is that he never gives up the fight—like in Temple of Doom when he’s burned out of the Black Sleep of Kali Ma, saves Willie Scott and Short Round, and strikes an enemy so hard that they skid across 10 feet of dirt....

It’s the kind of game that can make your day (when you win) or make you feel like a bitter anti-capitalist ready to revolt and change the world (when you lose). While many people have fond memories of their times playing Monopoly with friends and family, more often than not, Monopoly is hated—because people don’t quite understand how to win at it. Want to beat your friends and family for once?...

It really forces the writers and director to exercise their creativity to wring the most drama and tension out of every scene, and the result is usually more interesting than big set pieces and done-to-death action scenes. Here are some of the best one-room movies I’ve seen over the years that really push their individual concepts to the limit. 10. The Man From Earth (2007) A group of colleagues throw a party for a retiring professor, who drops a bombshell on them: he’s much older than he appears to be....

But the mobile gaming landscape has changed a lot since then, especially in the last five years. Modern mobile devices can compete with modest computers, allowing for the kinds of graphics and gameplay we expect in an RPG adventure. If you’ve been away from mobile games for a while, you’ll be surprised by some of the amazing RPGs you can play on phones now. Some of them are even available for free!...

According to a comprehensive study by Harvard University, music is the universal language of mankind that exists in all societies. It’s core to the human experience. Which is why there have been so many movies made about music, particularly the effect music can have on people—whether those characters are aspiring singers, teachers, or radio presenters. Here are our favorite movies about music, where characters give their life and soul to music....

It’s a weird feeling when you want to be spooked and creeped out, but not so much that it lingers with you long after the film or TV show ends, to the point that you have trouble being alone or sleeping at night. Not to mention watching with kids who may not be able to handle intense horror. Fortunately, there are plenty of animated movies and TV shows that have that spookiness factor but not too severe, making them a great option for Halloween movie nights that are lighter and more suitable for sensitive watchers....

It’s not just that they’re usually arrogant, but they rarely play fair. They go beyond established rules of social conduct and treat everyone around them as pawns in a game. In doing so, they often destroy the trust and bond that once existed between friends, family, and alliances. Such manipulative characters tend to be products of their own dark past, driven in various ways to reach their own goals even at the cost of those around them....

Yes, the holidays are back for another year. That means shops brutally over-packed, customers rude and obnoxious, children lining up to see Mall Santa, and parents fighting with neighbors for the last PS5. Each of these Christmas situations has been adapted to the big screen. The likes of Jingle All the Way and A Christmas Story have become holiday classics, not only for the wonderful Christmas-spirited messages they impart, but for the memorable characters they bring us....

Assassins and hitmen are given special assignments to eliminate specific targets, no questions asked. They may come off as cold or even psychotic, but they’re still fundamentally people with desires, histories, and relationships. And even if we’d never be friends with an assassin or hitman in real life, they often end up being characters whom we can root for. Here are our picks for the best movies featuring assassins and hitmen....

And that just puts more pressure for more original series. Everybody already knows about the big Netflix Original series like The Witcher and Stranger Things, but there are so many others that flew under the radar and remain criminally underappreciated. Isn’t it time to revisit the ones you missed? Here are some of the best Netflix Original series you might have overlooked. 15. Godless Godless was a big series for Netflix, there’s no doubt about that....

But even the greatest Hollywood movie directors can produce films that get buried in the recesses of their filmography—and the unfortunate fact is that some of those forgotten films are true masterpieces. Sure, these movies that flew under the radar may have been lauded by critics at the time, but for one reason or another, they were skipped over by general audiences. It just goes to show that you need more than just a great movie to make waves in Hollywood....

Johnny Depp is an award-winning actor who’s played all kinds of roles—ranging from heroes to villains to cameos—across all kinds of genres, including horror, action, comedy, and fantasy. Many who have watched Depp’s films agree that his intense features (like his glare, his smirk, his evil laugh, and even his line deliveries) are just so unique, making him so captivating to watch on the big screen. Here are our picks for the best Johnny Depp movies that feature his best performances in cinema....

With cable TV becoming a mainstream luxury in the 1990s, it shifted the entire genre by introducing dedicated children’s programming. By the 2000s, households had multiple TVs and kids could watch whatever they wanted without fighting over the remote. There were plenty of great cartoons and kids’ shows during the 1990s, but some of the greatest shows came out in the 2000s. Creators sought to make content that could satisfy the steadily growing audience of those who wanted kids’ television....

They’ve done it all—comedy, drama, Homer, and beyond—and they’ve done especially well at blending their big screen stories with Hollywood’s finest acting talent to create truly unique films. Joel and Ethan are modernists. They quickly embraced the streaming revolution while still supporting classic theatrical releases, and that’s just one way they’ve demonstrated their ability to keep with the times. But it’s their filmography that speaks most loudly for them. Here are our picks for the best Coen brothers movies that truly capture the essence of what Joel and Ethan Coen can do....

Of course, it was challenging to move James Bond through the game with NPCs trying to kill you at every turn—and more buttons in your hand than you knew what to do with. But that was all part of the fun in the groundbreaking video game. The Nintendo 64 system wasn’t just a gaming console; it was THE gaming console. The last bastion for gaming cartridges, and featuring a controller that was surprisingly ill-fitted to human hands....

Despite being fictional and animated, anime has given us some of the most tragic love stories of any narrative medium, and these stories punch us in the gut as they make us feel the pains of characters who cannot have their happily-ever-after endings. Tragic romance is a commonly used plot device, not just in romance anime but in pretty much all anime series. In fact, when tragic love is incorporated into elements of fantasy, horror, and war, the impact is often that much more devastating....

And while many users hit up YouTube to learn from tutorials or check out the latest music videos, there’s a certain kind of YouTube video that has its own unique draw: videos that are so visually engaging that you can’t help but be compelled to watch them. No matter what the actual concept of the video might be, the right visual execution can make it highly watchable. Some might even trigger ASMR tingles, goosebumps, and shivers....

For example, the globally enjoyed genres of MOBAs and battle royale games didn’t just appear out of thin air. They have roots in older, more classic video game genres: MOBAs evolved out of RTS games while battle royale games evolved out of survival shooters. Another growing example of a video game genre that puts a big twist on a classic genre is the immersive sim. Don’t know what that entails?...

This new series kept the voice actors in their roles from the film, introducing the audience to the iconic growl of Kevin Conroy’s perfect tone, as well as finding his ultimate nemesis in Mark Hamill’s Joker. Batman: The Animated Series became a widely critically acclaimed animated classic, with generations of children growing up with the incarnations that Bruce Timm and Paul Dini created. Over two decades since the show, it’s still the benchmark for superhero animation....

While Friends has an enduring legacy that continues to see waves of renewed popularity every few years—even decades after it came to an end—Seinfeld was a different animal altogether. Seinfeld was the biggest TV show of the early 1990s, and it re-invented the idea of what a sitcom could be. Here are several real reasons why Seinfeld was actually better than Friends. 1. Seinfeld Had Self-Contained Episodes Whereas Friends focused on season-long arcs that would build toward eventful finales (like Ross getting married to Emily or Phoebe giving birth to triplets), Seinfeld had a different approach....