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1+ hour, 29+ min ago (588+ words) From Eleven's supernatural powers to Joyce's determination, explore the Stranger Things female characters who make the show binge-worthy. Stranger Things is currently one of the most popular series and has a massive global following. The engaging plot lines, spectacular acting, brilliant cinematography, and more things combined make it a must-watch for everyone. However, the Duffer Brothers' sci-fi horror-mystery show would be nothing without its fierce, chaotic, and amazing female characters. From a traumatized girl with a shaved head to a frantic, unstoppable mom, all these women are the soul of the show. Here we have shared details of the 5 most popular female characters of the show. The character Eleven, also known as El, is played by Millie Bobbie Brown, and she is the main protagonist of the show. She is a young girl with telekinetic powers who was raised in…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (300+ words) When Ridley Scott made Alien in 1979, it was a slow, tense affair that had more in common with a slasher movie than your standard science fiction fare. Seven years later, James Cameron came along and went, "Needs more guns. This was how Aliens was born. The more action-focused sequel might have lacked the subtlety and terror of the original, but people didn't mind one bit. It raked in the dosh and, crucially, set in motion the wheels of a franchise." Interestingly, Cameron's favourite entry is the series without his name on it isn't a film at all. In 2025, Disney+ released Alien: Earth, the first official episodic TV show in the franchise's history. It got great reviews all around, including from the Titanic director in an interview conducted by Dark Horizons." "I think they took a lot of the DNA from…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago (761+ words) A graduate of The University of Alabama with a degree in Film Production, and over a decade of experience covering entertainment, Spencer has been actively writing about movies, TV shows, comics, and video games for his entire adult life. He's met most of The Avengers (still waiting to meet Thor) and had Hellboy offer to [] Though James Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU was always going to start with Superman, a key component of the larger DC mythology was always waiting in the wings. The first wave of DCU projects that was announced included a slew of titles that would be on the way, among them, The Brave and the Bold, a brand new Batman movie that would finally bring the larger Bat-family to the big screen. There's just one problem though: Matt Reeves' 2021 hit The Batman was already prepping a…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago (482+ words) | December 1, 2025 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 3 comments so far Noah Hawley was the guest in the latest episode of the popular Smartless podcast. As the long discussion was wrapping up co-host Jason Bateman noted it would be "criminal" if they didn't ask about Hawley's Star Trek movie. Hawley said that after making his 2019 film Lucy in the Sky, he wanted to try something "a little bigger," and he explains what drew him to Star Trek: "It's all franchises. And I thought, everything's war, right? Star Wars is war, and Marvel is war. But Star Trek isn't war. Star Trek is exploration, right? It's people solving problems by being smarter than the other guy." As an example of how Star Trek uses brains, Hawley pointed to the scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan when Kirk outsmarts Khan by lowering the…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago (209+ words) Millie Bobby Brown has officially added yet another name. In an interview with VT, the "Stranger Things" star revealed she has dropped her middle and last name and added the last name of her husband, Jake Bongiovi, who is the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi. "It's just Millie Bonnie Bongiovi, that's it. Millie Bon Bon," she said in response to a joke from co-star Noah Schnapp that her new name was "Millie Bonnie Bobby Brown Bongiovi." The 21-year-old married Bongiovi in 2024 and revealed that the pair adopted a child in August. She did not say if the name change will be in a professional capacity since many stars change their legal names but maintain their stage names for the purposes of consistency, brand and marketing. Her name appears as Millie Bobby Brown in Season 5 of "Stranger Things," which premiered…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago (699+ words) Marcus Helminiak is a Comic Feature Writer at Comicbook.com. He's been a fan of superheroes for longer than he can remember, some of his first memories being watching Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited. The pride of his comics collection is his Batgirl Volume 1 #1. You can find him on Bluesky @marcushelminiak.bsky.social, where you [] The "Kree-Skrull War" was one of the Avengers' first major events, and to this day remains one of their biggest. It kicked off in Avengers #89 and wrapped up in climactic fashion in Avengers #97. This nine-issue war, as the name implies, brought the reader into the universe-spanning, eons-long war between the Kree and Skrull empires, which inevitably dragged Earth into the middle. This major event featured a massive cast of characters and brought the Avengers to the farthest reaches of Marvel's cosmic space, while introducing…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago (329+ words) The upcoming Avengers: Doomsday is set to feature a number of surprise cameos, and an insider recently revealed how Marvel is keeping some secrets. How is Avengers: Doomsday keeping cast members a secret? In a recent post on social media, Alex Perez of My Cosmic Circus shared an AI photo of both Hugh Jackman and [] The upcoming Avengers: Doomsday is set to feature a number of surprise cameos, and an insider recently revealed how Marvel is keeping some secrets. How is Avengers: Doomsday keeping cast members a secret? Perez's comments seem to indicate that Marvel Studios is doing all it can to prevent some big spoilers from leaking. Of course, with so many people clamoring for information, it's unlikely to prevent everything. Fans already expect many stars to be in the upcoming movie. So far, several major stars from the…...

7+ hour, 42+ min ago (500+ words) Ricky writes about video games for ComicBook. PlayStation Wrap says he spent over 1,000 hours in EA Sports FC 25 last year. Outside of games, he likes to watch Survivor, endlessly research NBA history, and climb rocks poorly. Star Trek: Bridge Crew has been available via PlayStation Plus for a bit now, but Sony recently announced that it's joining the list of games leaving in December. To be exact, Star Trek: Bridge Crew and the rest of this month's losses will leave PS Plus on December 2nd. Sony always updates the PS Plus lineup on the first Tuesday of a month, so you don't have long to jump into Bridge Crew to test it out. What is Star Trek: Bridge Crew? Star Trek: Bridge Crew is a virtual reality action-adventure game. That makes it difficult for many players to jump in because it…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago (797+ words) Cyber Monday Steals & Deals: Up to 85% Off Jewelry, Tech, More The cast of "Stranger Things" is back for the fifth and final time in Hawkins, Indiana. But this time, older. Part 1 of "Stranger Things" Season 5 airs on Netflix on Nov. 26 with the release of Part 2 and 3 to follow on Dec. 25 and Dec. 31. A lot has changed during since "Stranger Things" premiered in 2016 " including the cast's appearances. Ahead of Season 4's premiere on May 27, 2022, actors Gaten Matarazzo and Noah Schnapp told TODAY that the widening gap between their real ages and their characters' ages is always considered throughout production. "I think it's something that we're always thinking about and concerned about, but it's something that we work with pretty well," Matarazzo said at 19. "My piece is great. I don't think I'm getting taller for the rest of my life. I've been…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago (322+ words) Stranger Things Season 5 premiered over the Thanksgiving holiday, releasing the first four episode of the highly anticipated final season of the hit Netflix series. In a shocking move, the Duffer Brothers also brought back a surprise character and look to be trying to fix one of Stranger Things" most criticized moments. In the fourth episode of Stranger Things Season 5, "Chapter Four: Sorcerer," Hopper (David Harbour) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) are en route to a military compound stationed inside the Upside Down, having made their way in during the previous three episodes. So far in Season 5 so far, Eleven found a secret room inside the compound she believes housed Vecna captured by the mysterious Dr. Kay (Linda Hamilton). The fourth episode shows her and Hopper breaking their way in, finally revealing the person held captive in the room. While it…...