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Flesh and Blood

Humane director Caitlin Cronenberg reflects on following her famous father into genre filmmaking, confronting fears of mortality, and finding just the right amount of blood.

ByIsaac Feldberg
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“The Hardy Boys on Acid”: Inside Netflix’s New YA Mystery Show

Dead Boy Detectives is Supernatural meets X-Files wrapped in the Sandman universe.

ByDais Johnston
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I Saw Spider-Man 2 in Theaters Again — And I Told Sam Raimi About It

“I really appreciate the crowd liking the movies.”

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Zack Snyder Aims for the Stars

“People have never accused me of exploiting the male form, though I probably do that quite a bit.”

ByBrandon Streussnig
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X-Men ‘97 Directors Want to Make an Animated Movie — And It Sounds Amazing

An X-Men ‘97 feature film could be “Spider-Verse” meets “Akira.”

ByJake Kleinman
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4 Years Later, a Propulsive Tech Thriller Just Got a Surprising Second Life

Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force in Veena Sud’s The Stranger.

ByLyvie Scott
Gone Squatchin'
Life Among the Sasquatches

The brother directors behind Sasquatch Sunset reveal how their bizarre indie hit came to be.

ByJake Kring-Schreifels
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Alex Garland Takes the Fight to Us

“People keep saying the film is not political. I think they're just missing the point.”

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Amazon’s Fallout Comes Out of the Vault

Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s video game adaptation is just the beginning.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Alex Garland Reveals What Brought Him Back for 28 Years Later

“I had a specific idea that felt like a story worth telling.”

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Love Across Multiple Lives

The Beast director Bertrand Bonello talks love, desire, and AI in his cosmic sci-fi romance.

ByEdward Frumkin
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Colin Farrell Cracks the Case in Sugar

The Apple TV+ series made a hardboiled noir without a hardboiled detective at the center.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Invincible Showrunner Breaks Down Season 2’s Wild Ending — And Teases Season 3 Plans

“We have some really, really great stuff.”

ByJake Kring-Schreifels
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Babylon 5 Creator Gives a Promising Update on the Reboot

The road home keeps going.

ByRyan Britt
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Discovery Was First in the Door.” The Most Divisive, and Important, Star Trek Show Comes to an End

The long and winding road of Star Trek: Discovery comes to an end.

ByRyan Britt
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“Everything’s a Conspiracy”: Chris Carter on the Legacy of The X-Files

The creator of the seminal sci-fi series has officially parted ways with his claim to fame and returned to his original passion: art.

ByLyvie Scott

Reviews

Review
Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Wastes Its Killer Potential

The best vampire show of the decade is back — but its second season lacks real bite.

ByLyvie Scott
Movies
In Challengers, Love is a Game But Sex is Not

Zendaya’s sexy tennis movie is about more than just sex.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Boy Kills World is a Gnarly Dose of Bone-Crunching Mayhem

The most juvenile revenge thriller of the year has arrived.

ByAlex Welch
Review
Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spooky, Sweet Addition To The Sandman Universe

The new spinoff is anything but dead on arrival.

ByValerie Ettenhofer
Review
Knuckles Is Exactly What a Direct-to-Streaming Spinoff Should Be

The Paramount+ miniseries channels Sonic’s delirious fun into episodic format.

BySarah Milner
Review
Abigail is a Bloody Good Time

She’s a ballerina vampire!

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Repeats Its Predecessor’s Mistakes

Zack Snyder delivers the second half of his sci-fi epic... but something’s still missing.

ByLyvie Scott
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Lily Gladstone is the Saving Grace of Hulu’s Chilling New True-Crime Series

The Oscar-nominated actress elevates a familiar true-crime story.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Brilliantly Brings Guy Ritchie Back to Basics

The British director returns with another remix of his greatest hits: this time, with Nazis.

ByLyvie Scott
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4 Years Later, a Propulsive Tech Thriller Just Got a Surprising Second Life

Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force in Veena Sud’s The Stranger.

ByLyvie Scott
Review
Arcadian is a Dull Creature Feature That Wastes Nicolas Cage

The sci-fi horror could have really benefited from Cage’s burden of massive talent.

ByEric Francisco
Review
The Greatest Hits Is a High-Concept Remix of Romantic Clichés

Time travel is metaphor for grief — and music is the key to unlocking it — in this lo-fi romantic drama.

ByLyvie Scott
Review
Fallout Is Everything a Video Game Show Should Be

Prestige TV finally mutates into something greater.

ByDais Johnston
Review
Only Park Chan-wook Could Pull Off a Sharp, Twisty Spy Thriller Like The Sympathizer

The Pulitzer Prize winning book gets a deliciously deranged adaptation.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Sting is A Classic Creature Feature Trapped By Its Own Design

The arachnophobia horror movie spins a too-tangled web.

ByDais Johnston
Review
The First Omen Shows How to Make a Great Horror Prequel

All hail this unsettling new prequel.

ByLex Briscuso
Marvel

What 'X-Men ‘97’s Amazing Cameo Could Mean for the Rest of the Season

ByRyan Britt

Your friendly neighborhood crossover.

Star Wars

An Unexpected Star Wars Time Jump Just Created A New Hope For The Franchise

ByRyan Britt

One of the best star pilots in the galaxy could return.

Review

'Interview with the Vampire' Season 2 Wastes Its Killer Potential

ByLyvie Scott

The best vampire show of the decade is back — but its second season lacks real bite.

Retrospective

One Of The Worst 'X-Men' Movies Set The Stage For The Best

ByRyan Scott

Witness the origin...

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Billie Lourd Geeks Out Over Star Wars Memorabilia

ByLyvie Scott

The Star Wars alum has teamed with eBay for a special May the Fourth celebration.

Movies

The Latest Planet of the Apes Movie Has Already Planned a Wild Blu-Ray Feature

ByRyan Britt

Ready to see an Apes movie without the apes?

Movies

Will Francis Ford Coppola’s Epic Ambitions Ruin His Potential Masterpiece?

ByDais Johnston

The iconic director has complete creative control for the ambitious project. But will that be his downfall?

TV

'X-Men '97' Just Flipped the Script on One of the Franchise's Most Notorious Jokes

ByDais Johnston

Animation strikes back.

Exclusive

Star Wars’ Billie Lourd Would “Do Anything” to Reunite With Rose Tico

ByLyvie Scott

“We should do a buddy comedy: Rose and Connix.”

Retrospective

The Ending of the 1979 'Battlestar Galactica' is Way Better Than It Should Be

ByRyan Britt

The classic sci-fi show’s finale was unexpected, but perfect.