Tom Hanks’ 12-Part HBO Space Series From 26 Years Ago Quietly Returns As Streaming Success At The Perfect Time

For decades, movies and TV shows have frequently featured space travel as a central theme, resulting in some truly memorable portrayals of astronauts. The grand scale of space exploration and the programs that make it possible naturally lend themselves to both dramatic storytelling and factual documentaries, and Tom Hanks’ new series successfully blends these two approaches.

Square Enix Officially Confirms New Octopath Traveler RPG Arrives This Year

A new game in the Octopath Traveler series is coming soon! As reported by Game Informer, a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) based on the popular video game will be released in October. While the Octopath Traveler TRPG has been available in Japan since February 2022, it’s now being translated into English for players in Western markets.

Movies With Better Battles Than The Lord Of The Rings

While The Lord of the Rings had incredibly intense and memorable moments, several other films have delivered equally impressive action sequences. The trilogy definitely influenced how battles are filmed, inspiring bolder and more ambitious scenes in many movies—even some that came out before it. Films like Gladiator with its sword fights, the sci-fi spectacle of Avatar, and the realistic war scenes in Saving Private Ryan all showcase battles that are just as impactful, if not more so.

This Week Is Going To Be Great For Superhero Fans

Superhero movies existed before the 2000s, but things really changed with films like Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, and the X-Men movies from Fox. These films created a foundation for the massive, interconnected universes we see today, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and have made superheroes a dominant force in modern cinema.