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'Dead Boy Detectives' Is A Spooky, Sweet Addition To The Sandman Universe

The new spinoff is anything but dead on arrival.

ByValerie Ettenhofer
Man on Fire 2004 movie poster
The Inverse Interview

Screenwriter on Fire

Man on Fire scribe Brian Helgeland reflects on writing the Denzel Washington classic and reveals new details about his A Knight’s Tale sequel and the Game of Thrones spinoff he wrote that fans may never see.

Review

'Knuckles' Is Exactly What a Direct-To-Streaming Spinoff Should Be

Bill Skarsgård in 'Boy Kills World'
Review

'Boy Kills World' is a Gnarly Dose of Bone-Crunching Mayhem

News

Prepare Your Bladder, Because 'The Lord of the Rings' Extended Cut is Returning to Theaters

How Ramin Djawadi Built the Sonic World of 'Fallout'

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

The Inverse Interview

The Inverse Interview
“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
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Adam Wingard, Master of the MonsterVerse

The director of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire reveals the secrets to helming the titan-sized franchise — and what comes next.

ByJake Kleinman

Reviews

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
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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
Review
Ripley is Exactly the Series Its Iconic Anti-Hero Deserves

Andrew Scott shines in a nightmarish noir that wisely, painfully takes its time.

ByAlex Welch
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The People's Joker Is the Transgressive Superhero Movie We Need and Deserve

She’s the Joker. And she’s a woman of her word.

ByDais Johnston
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Luc Besson’s Underrated Spy Thriller Just Hit Netflix

ByDais Johnston

Dress to impress (the CIA).

TV

Netflix’s Most Unsettling Thriller Reveals a Painful, Overlooked Issue

ByDimitris Akrivos and The Conversation

Editor’s Note: This article discusses sexual assault and contains spoilers for Baby Reindeer.

TV

'Shogun' Followed Its Own Rules Right to the Very End

ByAlex Welch

The FX miniseries went out exactly as it should have: quietly.

Found in Translation

We Could All Learn a Valuable Lesson From this Bizarre 2018 Sci-Fi Epic

ByCarlos Aguilar

Diamnatino has plenty to say the refugee crisis, the rise of fascism in Europe, outdated gender norms, and even the nature of athletic talent.

News

Prepare Your Bladder, Because 'The Lord of the Rings' Extended Cut is Returning to Theaters

ByDais Johnston

You shall not pass up this opportunity.

Regenerations

Could 'Doctor Who' Finally Explore All The Secret Regenerations?

ByRyan Britt

The secret Doctors from 1976 and 2020 could all return very soon.

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How Ramin Djawadi Built the Sonic World of 'Fallout'

ByLyvie Scott

The composer behind Fallout, Westworld, and Game of Thrones creates an all-new take on the western.

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

ByDais Johnston

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

Retrospective

Marvel’s Most Important Movie Gave the MCU Its Best Shot at an Ending

ByAlex Welch

In 2019, Marvel miraculously stuck its landing.

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57 Years Later, Star Trek Has Finally Revealed the Evil 'Enterprise's Weird Fate

ByRyan Britt

It’s time to grow out your goatee.