I don't recall seeing them in the books, but I might have missed something- are there genies in Rowling's Wizarding World?

Harry and Hermione excitedly reported to Dumbledore that they had been successful (saving Sirius, e.g.) during their time-traveling adventure in The Prisoner of Azkaban. In the movie, this occurs outside of the infirmary. Dumbledore had moments earlier recommended that Hermione use the time-turne...

The squad of stormtroopers approaches a citizen and is about to search their house. The citizen protests inaudibly in an alien language. STORMTROOPER: Hands where I can see them. Get over there! Show me some identification. Check inside. Jyn Erso: Is this all because of your pilot? She notices ...

In the new The Simpsons short, Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens From Its Nap", we get a look at some jokey "Star Wars Rules", see below: STAR WARS RULES 1) Beloved characters never really die. 2) No handrails. 3) Droids do not need to be plugged in. 4) Every episode must have at least 2 suns...

I've just finished reading Vulkan Lives from the Horus Heresy Series. Throughout it Curze tricks and tortures his prisoner but Vulkan is clearly not in the best mental state already. I've also read Deliverance Lost and Corax seemed to be rather busy at the time he was supposedly trying to aid his...

I'm trying to find a comic strip that originally appeared in Mad and was reprinted in a paperback collection of material from that magazine. I read it in the paperback collection. The strip shows a young man, high school or college age, alone in his bedroom. He is pondering existence. His thought...

I am pretty sure I heard about this alternate-universe video game during the '90s or early 2000s. I am not looking for the game itself but a paperback novel - or a series of novels - based on the game. All I can remember of the premise: in the 1920s or '30s the USA breaks up into several warring ...

Trying to identify a short story. My recollections may be garbled, so answers don't need to tick every box. I recall it was quite short, shorter than a novella. I read it within the last few years, but my impression is that it's from the second half of the twentieth century, maybe the sixties. Se...

After much thinking, I think this may be cyberpunk. (I may be wrong) In the beginning of the novel, the protagonist, an orphan, I think. He is in an institution, sleeps in tiny cell. Food is served on cardboard-like trays? that are also edible. At some point, he eats something with mold on it, on...

This is an isekai japanese manga which i read quite a lot time ago, and only first few chapters at that.It was about a boy (at that time i guess he was 5-8 years old) in an orphanage run by a very renowned mage and he made him his disciple as he seemed to be a prodigy at magic. I know, i'm sorry ...

I've read that both actors would be part of The Flash (2022). Is there any reference which tells about whether both of them have a cameo in this movie or if they have an important extended role?

The protagonist is lonely man and is looser in life without relatives or friends One day he finds a snake in his room. Being rejected everywhere he starts building relationship with the snake. His life is tied with the snake. Fifties short story.

I need help remembering the name of a movie, I've only seen it twice. All I remember was there was an executioner. I remember seeing this movie but for the life of me, I can't remember it. What I do remember is this weird guy with a silver metal hat that had metal horns. He liked to dance a lot a...

Does anyone remember a movie, I think from the 50's or 60's, revolving around a hairy creature that was capturing people and bringing them to a cave. He would then cocoon them to a cave wall and feast on their bodily fluids at his leisure, just barely keeping them alive.

When is invisibility cloak invisible? Obviously is invisible when put on a wizard, and visible when packed after loundry. But is it visible or visible when there's something else then wizard inside? A cat, a chair, a pencil, a piece of dust?

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Snape uses Avada Kedavra to kill Albus Dumbledore. Does something seem odd? The curse is blue! Take a look: Isn't it supposed to be green? Voldemort shows us that it is: Why is Snape's blue? Why isn't it green, like Voldemort?

I think I read this book more than 10 years ago. I don't remember the exact details, but here's what I could make sense of: The cover featured the green crystal, which may or may not have been attached to a necklace, with a black/dark color and one or two individuals from the story displayed in ...

In the episode Bato of the Water Tribe, Sokka and Katara tell Aang they have decided to stay with him rather than going to see their father becasue he needs them more. Then, Katara explains they need him too. In what ways do they need him? Do they need him more than they need their father?

This one was known to me years ago, but I don't recall much so I'll do my best in detailing what i remember: Most of the cover used in the series had a dark blue color in the background, with some other containing more color/being colorful. The "talking" dog usually had weird clothes or apparel ...