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Cathal Gunning-

Cathal Gunning

Author Details

Cathal Gunning has been writing about movies, television, culture, politics online and in print since 2017. He worked as a Senior Editor in Adbusters Media Foundation from 2018-2019 and wrote for WhatCulture in early 2020. He has been a Senior Features Writer for ScreenRant since August 2020.

Industry Focus

Cathal is a network sitcom expert and has spent years writing about the genre from The Simpsons to The Conners. His longstanding obsessions include horror franchises such as the Scream series, animated comedy shows like South Park and Rick and Morty, and everything ‘80s from Top Gun to Stranger Things.

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7 Biggest Challenges I Am Legend 2 Must Overcome To Beat The Original Movie's $585 Million Box Office

I Am Legend 2 could potentially match the original movie's box-office success, but the Will Smith-starring sequel must solve a lot of problems first.

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Young Sheldon (2017)
Young Sheldon Is Already Benefitting From Copying A Major Big Bang Theory Focus Shift

Young Sheldon season 7 is copying a focus shift that The Big Bang Theory pioneered, and so far, the move is paying off wonderfully for the series.

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Rick and Morty (2013)
Rick and Morty Season 7’s Two Major Villains Have The Same Problem

Rick and Morty season 7's Justin Roiland recasting will have a major impact on the heroes, but it will also affect the show's two biggest villains.

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6 Reasons The World's End Is Still The Cornetto Trilogy's Least Popular Movie 10 Years Later

The World's End isn't as beloved as Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead. Why is the sci-fi romp the least popular movie in Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy?

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Paradise Ending Explained - What Happens To Elena & Max

Netflix's sci-fi thriller Paradise delivers a twisty ending, but the story of Elena and Max’s battle against AEON makes sense upon a rewatch.

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Full Circle (2023)
Full Circle Ending Explained

Full Circle's complicated story finally connected the Browne and Mahabir families with a shocking twist ending that changed everything about its plot.

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Futurama (1999)
Futurama Season 11 Episode 2 Teased A Fry/Leela Storyline That Was Ignored For Years

Futurama season 11 episode 2 brings up a question about Fry and Leela's relationship that the show avoided for decades — even though it's a huge one.

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The Simpsons (1989)
5 Reasons The Simpsons Season 34 Was A Massive Comeback For The Show

The Simpsons season 34 has been called a critical comeback for the long-running show, but what did this outing change that impressed reviewers?

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Young Sheldon (2017)
Young Sheldon Dropped One Of The Big Bang Theory’s Darkest Running Jokes

Young Sheldon dropped one recurring gag that cropped up throughout The Big Bang Theory, but it's easy to see why the prequel decided to end this joke.

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Preacher (2016)
9 Things Preacher's TV Show Cut From The Comic Books

Preacher's TV adaptation changed a lot of details from the original Garth Ennis comics, but many of these alterations actually improved the story.

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The Conners (2018)
The Conners Season 6 Can’t Afford To Repeat Season 5’s Big Roseanne Cameo Mistake

The Conners season 6 might be the Roseanne spinoff's final outing, and this means the family sitcom can't afford to repeat season 5's major mistake.

Resident Evil Infinite Darkness Poster 1
Resident Evil’s Animated Movies, Ranked Worst To Best

With Resident Evil: Death Island on the way, there's no better time to rank the Resident Evil franchise's animated movies from worst to best.

Cody Fern as Michael Langdon and Emma Roberts as Madison Montgomery in American Horror Story, Apocalypse and Coven 1
American Horror Story (2012)
American Horror Story Has Already Told Season 12's Teased Story (Twice)

American Horror Story: Delicate seems to have given away its plot. If so, AHS season 12's story will be a rehash of two existing seasons' plots.

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Talk To Me Is The Latest Movie To Break Horror Taboo Rules (& It Won’t Be The Last In 2023)

Talk To Me just became the second horror movie of 2023 to break a major genre taboo, but surprisingly, the A24 release is unlikely to be the last.

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Who Narrates Netflix's How To Become A Cult Leader Documentary

How to Become a Cult Leader has a very recognizable narrator, but who is the actor behind the darkly comic voiceover of the recent docuseries?

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Happiness For Beginners Ending Explained - What Pablo Neruda's Poem Really Means

Netflix's rom-com Happiness for Beginners ends with a Pablo Neruda poem, but how does it bring together the movie's heroes for a happy ending?

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Stranger Things (2016)
11 Burning Stranger Things Questions & Mysteries Season 5 (Probably) Won't Answer

Stranger Things season 5 might be the show's final outing, but that doesn't mean the Netflix hit will have time to answer all of fans’ questions.

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The Screenwriter Starlet Joke In Mr. Harrigan's Phone Explained

Netflix's Mr. Harrigan's Phone references a dirty joke about a starlet and a screenwriter, but what's the joke and what does it really mean?

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10 Infamous "Jump The Shark" Moments That Ruined TV Shows

The term "jump the shark" is thrown around quite often, but some famously terrible twists and painful scenes really did ruin their shows.

Tom Cruise in Top Gun Maverick and Migs from the original movie 1
Top Gun 3 Can't Drop The Franchise's Most Ridiculous 37-Year Tradition

For Top Gun 3 to keep the escapist appeal of the series alive, the sequel needs to follow Top Gun: Maverick in using one ludicrous franchise trope.

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