Kieran Bew knows the power of good facial hair. He credits the look for Hugh Hammer’s success taming the massive Vermithor in House of the Dragon’s seventh episode…
Read more House of the Dragon star Kieran Bew wanted to look like his dragonOz Perkins’ oddball movie Longlegs does a lot of genre-hopping: It’s part police procedural, part serial-killer thriller, part supernatural horror movie, with a lot of little detours down…
Read more There’s a secret reason Nicolas Cage’s face looks so weird in LonglegsWas anyone going to tell me I’ve been pronouncing “scadutree” wrong, or did I have to find out from a TikTok comment? Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree…
Read more You’ve probably been saying “scadutree” wrongLucasfilm’s new Star Wars series The Acolyte has earned praise for simply existing outside of the Skywalker Saga — after 47 years of stories set in the same…
Read more There’s a phantom menace lurking in The AcolyteHouse of the Dragon has always been about how the smallest decisions can have unforeseen consequences, but rarely has that theme been as clear as it was in…
Read more House of the Dragon season 2’s premiere lets side characters take the spotlight in a way the book never couldThe Sympathizer is full of twists and turns — and why wouldn’t it be? It’s a show (based on a book of the same name by Viet Thanh…
Read more The Sympathizer’s best dual identity trick was its last oneWrestling is a huge part of Mercedes Varnado’s career, having gained notoriety as Sasha Banks for the WWE before crossing over as Mercedes Moné for the AEW. But…
Read more Mercedes Varnado picks which Sailor Scout would make the best professional wrestlerFans of the Fallout games won’t be shocked to learn that Amazon’s new TV show based on the franchise is gruesomely violent. This is a franchise known for…
Read more Fallout’s violence and gore are part of its charmAs many people have said on dating profiles (or mothers on their wall art), I love a video game that makes me laugh, and I am delighted Final…
Read more Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has no right being this funnyFinal Fantasy 7 and its compilation media have introduced some of my favorite video game characters. There’s Cloud Strife, the emotionally cagey but endlessly awkward dude who just…
Read more Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is basically a Chadley simulatorHelldivers 2 was compared to Starship Troopers when it was first released, but since then, the squad-based third-person shooter has become closer to the post-Judgment Day future in…
Read more With the Automaton invasion, Helldivers 2 proved failure is part of the pointReach has fallen in the Halo TV universe. If you know anything about the lore of the Halo games, you know that the next thing that’s supposed to…
Read more The Halo TV series bailed on its best chance yet to actually take us to a Halo ringThe world of Dune is a wild one. On any given day you’ve got clairvoyant sisterhoods poking your neck, giant spicy worms, and Javier Bardem spitting on your…
Read more Music has always been a huge part of Dune adaptationsIf you think Alan Cumming, host of the U.S. version of The Traitors, gives off “guy who killed someone” vibes, he’ll laugh — you’re picking up what he’s…
Read more Alan Cumming plays a character on Traitors, but season 2’s surprises snapped him back to realityMuch like the mystical religions spread by its Bene Gesserit, the influences of Dune spread to every corner of the universe of science fiction. In some stories, the…
Read more Frank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffA player can find tons of cute or capable Pals on a tour through Palworld’s Palpagos Islands, but in order to fill out their Paldeck, they’ll need to…
Read more Palworld’s breeding system is my friend group’s new obsessionCatching Pokémon can be exhausting these days. At time of publication, there are more than 1,000 different species of the fictional monsters. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet don’t contain…
Read more Finally, Palworld lets me catch ’em allAquaman and the Lost Kingdom flows into theaters this weekend with the dubious honor of being the final film in the DC Extended Universe. And that means its…
Read more The final scene in the DCEU dares you to think of it as a metaphor for the whole franchiseIn The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players didn’t just play through another story set in Hyrule. The sequel to Breath of the Wild took the…
Read more Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom devs on why we likely won’t get a Zelda Mario Maker gameCD Projekt Red fulfilled a five-year promise last week when it added a fully functional metro system to Cyberpunk 2077. While the feature does wonders to make Night…
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