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The director of the 1989 action movie breaks down the movie’s most absurd movies — including, of course, the throat rip.
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The Inverse Interview
Ahmed Best Gets the Last Laugh
Once the most hated man in Star Wars, the actor behind Jar Jar Binks reflects on his reputation in that galaxy far, far away.
ByLyvie Scott
Bigger on the Inside
Doctor Who Seems To Confirm Star Trek Exists In The Whoniverse
Will the TARDIS ever materialize on the Enterprise? Has it already?
ByRyan Britt and Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview
For Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Is Forever
The returning showrunner and cast reflect on the newest adventures in the TARDIS.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Retrospective
How The Stand Became TV’s First Genre Epic
“I do think it woke people up to the fact that you can take genre material seriously and reach a really wide audience,” director Mick Garris says.
ByDon Kaye
The Inverse Interview
The Kingdom That Freya Built
The rising star who plays the heartfelt princess of The Witcher is now the lone human taking on The Planet of the Apes. All hail Freya Allan.
ByDerek Lawrence
The Inverse Interview
For Ethan Hawke, Making Wildcat Was an “Act of Faith”
Directing daughter Maya Hawke in his portrait of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor, Hawke interrogates why he makes art.
ByIsaac Feldberg
The Inverse Interview
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
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
Exclusive
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
The Inverse Interview
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
Exclusive
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
The Inverse Interview
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
The Inverse Interview
Amazon’s Fallout Comes Out of the Vault
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s video game adaptation is just the beginning.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Reviews
Cannes 2024 Review
Megalopolis Is A Beautiful Disaster
Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious sci-fi epic is both everything we feared it would be and everything we hoped it would be.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the Worst Kind of Horror Spinoff
Everything that made The Strangers a standout horror flick is missing from Chapter 1.
ByMatt Donato
Review
Evil is Ending Exactly When It Needs To
In a pleasurable — but not immaculate — fourth and final season, the march towards Armageddon is rendered routine.
ByEric Francisco
Cannes 2024 Review
Furiosa Takes the Mad Max Saga to Deranged New Heights
George Miller delivers a wild sci-fi odyssey like no other.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Outer Range Season 2 Deepens Its Time-Travel Mysteries — But at a Cost
This is still one of the best sci-fi shows on TV. But is the novelty of the genre mash-up fading?
ByRyan Britt
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Netflix’s Bodkin Takes the True-Crime Satire to Surreal New Heights
Murder comes to the Emerald Isle.
ByDais Johnston
Review
La Chimera is an Unearthly Ghost Story
The red string of fate leads us on a strange trip through the underworld.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Is An Old-School Epic Begging For A Sequel
The latest in the venerable Apes franchise delivers the goods — even if it feels like a very long set-up.
ByRyan Britt
Review
Doctor Who Reboots Itself With Flair, But Not With Much Success
Doctor Who’s new era is for everyone and no one at all.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Tales of the Empire Never Gives Itself Room to be Great
Star Wars supports women’s wrongs and women’s rights.
ByDais Johnston
Review
Dark Matter Injects Bold New Life Into the Multiverse Story
The most daring series of the moment is also the most grounded.
ByRyan Britt
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
Spoilers
45 Years Later, Doctor Who Just Repeated Its Best Actor Trick
ByDais Johnston
Somebody just showed up very early.
News
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord Are Trying to Save Sony’s Spiderverse
ByDais Johnston
Sony’s web has drawn in the Spider-Verse directors.
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Discovery's Most Unlikely Star Doesn't Understand Star Trek Canon At All
ByRyan Britt
As the journey of Jett Reno comes to a close, Tig Notaro reveals her thoughts on her Trek legacy and a surprising Star Wars connection.
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Everyone wants the best apartment.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious sci-fi epic is both everything we feared it would be and everything we hoped it would be.
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One Underrated Scene Proves 'Attack of the Clones' Could Have Been a Much Better Movie
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Forget it, Obi-Wan. It’s Coruscant.
Timey Wimey
Doctor Who's Secret Weapon Is Returning This Christmas — Maybe For The Last Time
ByDais Johnston
But could this be the final story from one of Who’s greatest writers?
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Why 'Doctor Who' Episode 3 Is Putting The Show To A Test
ByAlex Welch
Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor faces his greatest test in “Boom.”
MCU
'X-Men ‘97's Finale Sets Up a Wildly Ambitious Season 2
ByLyvie Scott
Our heroes are dangling off so many cliffs right now.
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ByMatt Donato
Everything that made The Strangers a standout horror flick is missing from Chapter 1.
