34 Australia Tourism Statistics For Future Globetrotters

The smallest continent is one of the world’s largest and most desirable tourism destinations. With its vibrant culture, spectacular landscapes, and natural wonders, it’s no surprise Travel + Leisure magazine named Australia the destination of the year 2020. But have you ever considered the magnitude of Australian tourism? How many people visit the country each year, and what are the most popular places to see? We’ve assembled the most interesting Australia tourism statistics to help you find the answers you’re looking for....

July 14, 2022 · 16 min · 3358 words · Judith Feldman

15 Geek Events That Dominated Pop Culture In 2016

In 2016, warring superhero factions, a zombie apocalypse, and an epic space opera each took a moment to shine in pop culture’s spotlight. Every year, more and more pastimes once reserved for geeks, nerds, and dorks are gaining mainstream appeal. Video games, gadgets, genre TV, and comic book characters are now the foundation of today’s pop culture. Time will tell whether geeks are becoming cool or everyone else is getting geekier....

July 13, 2022 · 14 min · 2947 words · Jan Relf

15 Habits Of Successful Content Creators

Not only can a career in content creation offer real job satisfaction, but there’s also a huge market. In today’s day and age, content is always front and center! In the State of Content Marketing 2022 Global Report, marketers noted that 73% of them spent up to 70% on their content marketing. Plus, companies have sat up and taken notice too. More than 70% plan to increase their content marketing budgets this year....

July 13, 2022 · 14 min · 2860 words · Ethan Mcwhorter

15 Movies Like Dazed And Confused That Everyone Needs To See

Dazed and Confused is credited as the first starring vehicle for a number of A-list stars in the present day. Its praise has mainly come due to elements such as a short time span for its story, focus on youth ideals, and romance that isn’t too heavy. Fans of this movie don’t need to worry about finding similar material to enjoy, as there have been several other films that broach topics in this range....

July 13, 2022 · 8 min · 1676 words · Mari Carleton

15 Video Game Movie Adaptations You Didn T Know Were Coming

Despite their less than stellar history being adapted into movies, video games are continuing to get turned into what Hollywood hopes will be big blockbusters. There are lists detailing the worst video game movies, from sci-fi live-action flops like Wing Commander (1999) and sucky vampire movies like Bloodrayne (2005). They are also some of the biggest box office bombs, like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), which lost over $94 million....

July 13, 2022 · 15 min · 3012 words · Ana Knutson

15 Ways Fantastic Beasts Is Different From The Harry Potter Movies

While critics have been, deservedly, focused on whether or not Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is actually any good, very few have honed in on the significant differences between Rowling’s new series and its earlier counterpart. The new epic, the first installment of a five-film series, features Eddie Redmayne as the wizard and author Newt Scamander. Serious Potter fans may remember Scamander from Hogwart’s curriculum. He wrote a textbook on magical beasts with the same title as the film....

July 13, 2022 · 13 min · 2736 words · Crystal Robertson

16 Secrets Behind The Making Of It

With Stephen King’s It becoming one of his best-loved pieces of fiction, the psychotic world of Pennywise the Dancing Clown was brought to life in the 1990 TV movie of the same name. Tim Curry put on a pair of baggy pants and some floppy shoes to play the creepy clown and cemented himself as a piece of horror history. However, some 27 years after the first outing, it was back to Derry for another batch of actors to face that evil entity in Andy Muschietti’s It: Chapter One....

July 13, 2022 · 12 min · 2480 words · Catherine Guillen

20 Wicked Marvel Villains Reimagined As Superheroes

There’s an old saying that claims that it’s good to be bad, but is that really true? The bad guys are usually the ones that everybody in the comic books are afraid of and who are always remembered as the “cool” characters by fans. In fact, sometimes the villains of a comic book or a film franchise are seen as more memorable than the hero who is starring in the story!...

July 13, 2022 · 15 min · 3050 words · Millard Jones

20 Wild Details About The Making Of Dreamworks Cartoon Movies

When people think of animated films, particularly computer animated films, they immediately jump to Pixar as leading the pack. While Pixar films definitely have a certain amount of quality to them, there is something to be said about the animated films of DreamWorks. Ever since they first released Antz back in 1998, DreamWorks has consistently moved forward in making computer animated films with a lot of heart, unique stories, and all-star voice casts....

July 13, 2022 · 13 min · 2592 words · Ida Dumond

2021 Apple Watch Series 7 Renders Show Expected Flat Design

New renders of the reported 2021 Apple Watch design likely give us a far better idea of what to expect from the Series 7 design than the $60 clone devices seen last week. While those looked ugly, most especially the clunky way that the screen mated with the casing, these renders look far more attractive, and are likely a much closer match for the real thing… While some expressed dismay at the look of the clones, we noted at the time that they weren’t likely to give much of a sense of the appearance of the real thing....

July 13, 2022 · 3 min · 488 words · John Santos

25 Disney Cartoon Mistakes Everyone Completely Missed

95 years ago, the Walt Disney Company was founded. 82 years ago, the company’s first animated feature-length film debuted. Snow White And The Seven Dwarves showed the world just how captivating a cartoon movie can be. Since then, The Mouse House has captivated generations of kids, adults, and families all over the world. A total of 57 classic and iconic Disney films have been released. 58 will be Frozen 2, in what is sure to take over every parent’s life for a few years....

July 13, 2022 · 12 min · 2361 words · Mark Cleary

30 Bing Stats Users Revenue And More

To help you get to know Google’s main competitor better, we’ve scoured the Internet (and let’s rather not say which search engine we used to keep the article as unbiased as possible). In this article, we’ve also included some statistics about Microsoft, which owns Bing, and the search engine market in general so that you can get a more comprehensive picture of where this search engine fits into the bigger realm of things....

July 13, 2022 · 16 min · 3271 words · Dorothy Lindon

15 Best Horror Movies Like Insidious

After director James Wan kick-started one of the most profitable and well-known horror franchises of the modern era with his groundbreaking low-budget movie Saw, but before he began one of the others with The Conjuring, he started a third series with the equally-popular supernatural chiller Insidious. The movie’s success spawned 3 sequels, with the recently-wrapped Insidious 5 bringing back the original cast under the direction of lead actor Patrick Wilson. While fans wait for the next installment in the series, the best horror movies like Insidious can offer plenty of entertainment to make the time pass more quickly....

July 12, 2022 · 8 min · 1589 words · Pansy Lovett

15 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 17 10 Artful Aardvark

15 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 17.10 “Artful Aardvark” 1. Select the fastest server for packages ​Just perform a server test by clicking on Select Best Server and you will get the server closest to your location. This helps in downloading packages faster. 2. Update your package lists ​Though the release has just been made available that does not mean it’s up to date. There might be new updates waiting to be installed....

July 12, 2022 · 4 min · 658 words · Annice Maxwell

15 Youtube Thumbnail Ideas That Will Get You Clicks

We all know and love that saying. It seems so easy to do, right? Wrong. In fact, that statement is the opposite of what people do. In the business world, how you present yourself matters. On social networks like Facebook and Instagram, your visual aesthetic is the determining factor of your long-term success. Today, we will be focusing on YouTube. Everybody knows YouTube. YouTube is the second largest search engine after Google....

July 12, 2022 · 10 min · 2011 words · Iris Everhart

17 Superheroes You Had No Idea Were Parents

In the world of superheroes, it’s very rare that things will change on a permanent basis. Whether it’s the medium of TV, movies or comic books, the status quo is usually restored eventually. Yet, on a few occasions, things have completely changed in a hero’s life forever .There’s few changes that are more permanent and lasting than a birth of a child. With several superheroes, the existence of their children is well known....

July 12, 2022 · 13 min · 2670 words · Connie Hatch

20 Crazy Details Behind The Making Of Edge Of Tomorrow

Although Edge of Tomorrow had one of the most unique and interesting stories we’ve ever seen in a sci-fi, the story behind the making of this movie is almost as intriguing. After learning more about the huge amount of work that went into making Edge of Tomorrow, it becomes clear that the people behind this moviewent through quite a journey. It must have been an absolute blast to be a part of the fun, but this ride had its ups and downs as well....

July 12, 2022 · 14 min · 2853 words · Vicki Williams

15 Major Disney Characters You Didn T Realize Never Sang

Disney musicals are beloved classics, but they’re not without their faults. One such flaw is that in some of these films, there are major characters who don’t sing. This has been happening since Disney’s feature-length debut with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Is it too much to ask that every hero and heroine get a song? And let’s not forget how important a good villain song is, too. Having a main character who never gets to belt out a song while all the other leads do doesn’t make sense....

July 11, 2022 · 14 min · 2830 words · Paul Dunn

15 Most Iconic Horror Movie Quotes

Throughout the long history of horror movies, there have been memorable moments and iconic scenes that have made viewers’ skin crawl and hearts pound. Many of these moments contain lines of dialogue that remain entrenched in the lore of horror movie history. It is a credit to some great performances that pieces of dialogue become so memorable. Some of these horror movie quotes are simple, some are complex, and others are just downright creepy....

July 11, 2022 · 8 min · 1568 words · Lisa Hearn

15 Most Unsettlingly Realistic Horror Movies According To Reddit

There are plenty of great horror movies that focus on supernatural terror or creepy monsters. However, sometimes the scariest thing a movie can be is grounded in reality. If the audience watches the horror unfold on screen and knows something like that could actually happen, it can be quite unsettling. The horror genre in 2022 has offered a lot of fun movie choices, from the blockbusters like Nope to the indie sensations like Pearl to the return of beloved franchises like Halloween Ends....

July 11, 2022 · 8 min · 1580 words · Wiley Whitehead