The "damsel in distress" trope has been common in fiction for centuries. Most audiences are familiar with the idea of a brave hero going to rescue a helpless woman from the villain. However, what's a ...

Have you ever had a dog who enjoyed watching TV? While many are interested in the characters on the big screen, others aren’t, unless there’s maybe a dog that catches their interest. However, this ...

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Who doesn’t love some good old-fashioned trope therapy? We’ve all seen these narrative archetypes reshaped and repackaged a thousand times, but some just stay fresh longer than others. We’ll still ...

Whether you believe that the phrase “true-life TV movie” is an absurdity depends on how you define “true” and “life.” These quickie pics are often based on disputed facts, made without knowledge of ...

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