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By now, fans of Netflix's Stranger Things are more than aware of what today, November 6, is: it's "Stranger Things Day"- the day that Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing from the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, and the franchise was born. To celebrate last year's holiday, the writers revealed the title of the first episode of […]

So it seems the writers behind Netflix and The Duffer Bros.' Stranger Things 4 were in a giving mood this week, and the fans were better for it. Slightly less than two weeks after it was announced that production on the righteously popular sci-fi drama was resuming, we've learned the names of the second and […]

After everything we've been hearing lately from the folks behind Netflix's Stranger Things, it just seemed fitting that fans would get something on October 1st. Up to now, we've heard from cast members like Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), and David Harbour (Hopper), as well as series creators Matt […]

It’s a very cool thing to be able to play."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXUlP--YGIWhen asked how an American like Hopper being in a Russia differs from playing a Russian in Russia, Harbour offered more insight into how Hopper is perceived considering the time period "One of the things was to be a Russian, as opposed to being an American[...]

And we start there, because it's a nice mention from Sunspot, and they rapidly go downhill from there.[caption id="attachment_1263529" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Art from Empyre Avengers Aftermath,[/caption]While over in X-Factor #3, the reputation of Krakoa across the multi-dimensions does not appear to be a stellar one.[caption id="attachment_1263535" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Art from X-Factor #3.[/caption]X-Force has Mikhail Rasputin[...]

As more and more television productions begin to slowly start back up (depending on where in the world they're working), updates have been coming in from all corners. When it comes to the fourth season of Netflix's Stranger Things, we've been hearing more from the cast even if other details are being kept closely guarded. […]

For over six months now, we've remained dedicated to the writing team over at Netflix's Stranger Things 4 and their weekly tradition of "Video Store Fridays" (VSF). Here's how it worked: every week, the writers would post five films that were on their minds that week (while we included the trailers in our articles to […]

Following the clip (with preview image above), Danes, Patinkin, Damien Lewis, and Alex Gansa take a look back at the past eight seasons of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning series and the way it both reflected and impacted our culture.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YlUrXduPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwqxnQWJkx4 The final season of HOMELAND finds Carrie Mathison (Danes) recovering from months of brutal confinement in a Russian gulag[...]

1897, April 23, 1879Vintage Paper Fire The first few sparks of what the political cartoon on the cover of this issue of The Daily Graphic symbolizes began in Russia in 1861.  Tsar Alexander II's Emancipation Manifesto was the beginning of the end of serfdom in the Russian Empire.Russian serfs -- who could be bought and sold[...]

Look, it's not like we don't appreciate what we've learned about Netflix's Stranger Things 4 so far. Even though we were pretty much 99.88% sure Hopper (David Harbour) was coming back, they didn't have to confirm it – they could've stretched out… milked it for extra pre-season drama. We even learned that Tom Wlaschiha (Game […]

in fact, we were "calling it" about five times - and nothing.So of course they would blindside us with a major, "we're not messing around here" teaser drop that clears up one of the biggest mysteries from last season: that the "American" who didn't get fed to the captive Demogorgon by the Russian guards at[...]

Hulu has the streaming rights to the Adult Swim series here in the U.S., while Channel 4 has the rights lock in across the pond, in the U.K.So that means Netflix gets to introduce the following chunks of the world to the down side to peaceful pooping and the smooth flow of snake jazz: India,[...]

Last month according to the Moscow Times, the Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky told an audience at the Moscow international book fair that “it’s pathetic for adults to read comic books” That “Comics are for those who can’t read well.. it’s like chewing gum, it’s not food Comic books are aimed at children who are[...]

Not wanting Brazilian officials to have all the stupid fun this weekend, Vladimir Medinsky, the Russian Minister of Culture, sparked international outcry at the 32nd Moscow International Book Fair when he said that adult comic book readers are "morons." Medinsky admitted that comics were good for children up to age seven or eight, but not[...]

It seems there’s no escaping Russia in the popular imagination at the moment – whether it is in the news with Putin’s hijinks subverting elections, mistakingly poisoning random British citizens and (worst of all) trolling Star Wars fans, or Tom King playing out his fantasy of punching Russians in the current Batman storyline Writer Steve[...]

Set to premiere on the streaming service on Friday, October 12, the creative team behind The Romanoffs include executive producer-writer Semi Chellas; co-executive producers Kriss Turner Towner, Blake McCormick, and Kathy Ciric; and consulting producers-writers Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton.Set to explore people who believe themselves to be descendants of the murdered Russian royal family, The[...]

But other countries are catching up...But who is who? Let's look at the People's Heroes of Russia, to which we got an introduction in Doomsday Clock #5.Black Eagle - New character? Previous DC character was a Lt Cassius Bannister, a fighter pilot fighting over Italy during World War II as part of the Tuskegee Airmen, first appearance All-Out War #2, 1979,[...]

In Russia, government blocks you Yep, we went for a Yakov Smirnoff intro According to several sites today, Russian authorities have blocked off it's citizens from having access to Twitch, along with several other sites owned or operated by Google and Amazon The news started trickling in via social media and Reddit, the biggest one making[...]

"Americans should ignore fake news Moose and Squirrel cartoon and watch programming with more fair and balanced perspective on Russia, like Fox News."According to our sources, President Trump may be under pressure to stop the release of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle before it has a chance to spread its anti-Russian propaganda to a[...]

Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional[...]