Michael Caine ranks among the top British actors of all time. Bursting onto the screen at the beginning of the change-heavy 1960s, he was a perfect fit for those rebellious times. Handsome, stylish, and with presence enough to tackle any role, his portrayals of tough but ultimately human characters have left their mark on classic cinema. Here are the ten best films which encapsulate Caine’s talent for gritty realism. Recommended Videos 10.

Getting anime tattoos may seem like an odd choice to some, but with the constant popularization of these animated complex stories, more and more people are becoming attached to the powerful fictional characters on their screen. Whether or not the tattoo may have a deeper meaning, one may simply wish to get a tattoo for its fun design and eye-catching colors or for the simple wish to carry an homage to their favorite series at all times.

For the second time ever, a crop of Big Brother players will compete on a CBS iteration of The Challenge; and some major players signed on. Recommended Videos The Challenge: USA season 2 is launching on August 10 via CBS and Paramount Plus, and it’ll pit cast members from Big Brother, Survivor, The Amazing Race, and MTV’s mainline Challenge series against each other. This marks Bunim/Murray Productions’ fifth addition to The Challenge’s international spin-off series, and it’ll release around three months after the World Championship wrapped.

With the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade about to begin, why not warm up with the craziest balloon moments that have popped off over the years? Thankfully nobody has died, though after reading this you might reconsider ever watching the parade in person. Recommended Videos Felix the Cat bursts into flames (1927) The very first giant-sized balloon ever fabricated for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade met a fiery end after the conclusion of the 1927 annual event.

Taking place in the Second Age of Arda and centering around Sauron’s return to terrorize the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, The Rings of Power features the Dwarves to a large extent, but is this Durin the same legendary figure we know as Thorin Oakenshield’s ancestor? Recommended Videos The Rings of Power on Prime Video nods to the past as a way to solidify its claim as the ultimate Lord of the Rings project of our time.

Recommended Videos When SpongeBob SquarePants first introduced audiences to the Krabby Patty back in 1999, I was just young enough to enjoy all the burger-flipping, song-busting, jellyfishin’ action for a few years, but as the silly yellow sponge continued to entrance Nickelodeon faithfuls, I found myself turning to more mature programming. While I can still clearly recall SpongeBob and Plankton’s rendition of “F.U.N” for the first time, my strongest show-related memory is the look of bewilderment on my mother’s face every time she asked me why I enjoyed such a ridiculous television program.

Tim Burton has always had a certain style and visual aesthetic, with the overwhelming majority of his output relying on Gothic imagery, tragedy, lavish production design and more than a hint of eccentricity. It’s a template that’s worked very well for him over the last four decades, but not every one of his movies has to be all about doom and gloom. Recommended Videos The best example of this is Mars Attacks!

You know her face. You know her viral TikTok videos. But did you know she was married? Recommended Videos Bella Poarch, 25, is known to her 92.3 million TikTok followers as the creator of one of the platform’s most viral videos, “M to the B.” Over the years she’s gone from one of the biggest influencers on the platform to a recording artist with songs that have close to a billion streams on Spotify.

1993’s Super Mario Bros. is a notorious cinematic disaster, but if you want to revisit it, there’s now an extended cut available on the Internet Archive for free. Recommended Videos Starring Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi and Dennis Hopper as Koopa, it’s considered a terribly conceived adaptation that reimagines the cute and cuddly game series as a hellish cyberpunk dystopia. The stories of its production have become legendary, from the stars spending the shoot getting extremely drunk together, renegade directorial team Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel going way off-piste and Nintendo finding the whole experience so off-putting that they abandoned Hollywood for decades.

Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Shadow and Bone season two and the Six of Crows duology. Recommended Videos Shadow and Bone has just come back to Netflix with a second season, and its premiere episode was full of surprises for those unfamiliar with Leigh Bardugo’s book series. Season two sees Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) and Mal Oretsev (Archie Renaux) on the run while searching for the Sea Whip, while the beloved Crows welcome new additions to their group.