Review: Mattel Targets Kids and Collectors With Masters of the Universe Core and Chronicle Figures
Do these figures have ... *the power*?
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×08 Recap: Song and Dance
When no one’s looking — that’s when you can see who’s really smiling, and what they're really smiling about.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 18×09 Recap: Splitting Heirs
This is truly the season of chess vs. checkers
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1×08 Recap: “The Life of the Stars”
The Doctor steps into the spotlight.
Fantastic Plastic: The Best Toys of February 2026
Consider your timbers shivered by our top-ranking toy.
Paramount Launches Battle for the Soul of G.I. Joe — And Danny McBride Has To Win
A Righteous American Hero
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Recaps
‘Gilmore Girls’ 1×04 Recap: “The Deer Hunters”
Rory endures a barrage of stressful events that would make the Safdie Brothers proud.
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×07 Recap: It Is Happening Again
“Something is happening, isn’t it, Margaret.”
The Cobra-La Corpus
A Better Cinema: Larry Houston Brought Anime to a Real American Hero With ‘G.I. Joe: The Movie’
"I did not expect — they put all the damn balloons into the shot!"
“Oh, They DO Hate Cobra-La” — How Tim Seeley Gave G.I. Joe’s Devils Their Due
Seeley also championed what the greatest Robert Kirkman G.I. Joe story we never got to see.
From Cringe to Canon: ‘G.I. Joe’ Writer Buzz Dixon Is Finally at Peace With That Movie
He doesn't mince words about Duke, though: "No, I killed that sucker dead."
“Can I Have Pythona?” — How One Email Changed Skybound’s Energon Universe
"['G.I. Joe: The Movie'] really is the blueprint for what we do on the Joe side of Energon Universe."
Heist Guides
Heist Guide: ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
It's Westeros like you've never seen it before — namely, new-viewer-friendly!
Heist Guide: Age of Apocalypse
Take a walk through one of the most consequential X-Men story arcs ever!
Heist Guide: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ’87
When the evil Shredder attacks, whip out these Ninja Turtle facts.
I Choose You! The 10 Best Episodes of ‘Pokémon: Indigo League’
We’re heading back to Pallet Town — !
‘How To Make a Killing’ Review: Glenn Powell Makes Another Run at Bona Fide Stardom
Powell remains a man out of time, an actor in a studio system unable to make superstars.
Great Moments in Music Video History: Eddie Money is…Dracula
Finally, a Dracula just for dads.
How Peter Claffey Grappled With ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdom’s’ Biggest Question: What Is Honor?
That nobility and virtue are not synonyms, and that proximity to power often shields the worst behavior.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 18×08 Recap: Thank You For Bombing So Bad
'Drag Race' needs Snatch Game precisely because it remains the challenge that queens fear the most.
‘The Traitors’ 4×10 Recap: “Do You Know the Enemy?”
It helps to have a Traitor angel looking out for you ... or does it?
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1×07 Recap: “Ko’Zeine”
This is a filler episode in every sense of the word.
A Final Farewell to Udo Kier
Kier made eccentricity enchanting and generated empathy in indignance.
‘Gilmore Girls’ 1×03 Recap: “Kill Me Now”
This is close to the worst case scenario for Lorelai.
Long(er) Reads
The Republican Party Is Just Dumb Cobra; or, G.I. Joe Is Quite Liberal, Actually
Honestly, Cobra would be doing a better job right now.
How an FMV Puzzle Game From 1993 Made Me a Horror Fan
Those pixels are burned into my brain.
Saints, Bats, and Birds: What’s the Longest Running Comic Series?
Everything you think about long-running comic titles gets an asterisk next to it. There are no easy answers.
‘Cinderella’s Castle’ Is What My Adult Self Needs Right Now
To see a Black Cinderella express her anger through song showed me that it is possible to be kind while also feeling resentful.
From the Vault
‘Homoti’ Is the Gay Turkish E.T. Rip-Off We Got, Not the One We Deserved
What if E.T. landed in Turkiye, no one gave a shit, and he was also gay?
‘The Prisoner’ Episode 1 Recap: The Man in Black
"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."
Heist Guide: How To Be A Drag Queen
From beauty to body and beyond, here's everything you need to know to start stunting as a drag queen.
The Queer Trailblazers of ‘Are You the One?’ Season 8 Deserve a ‘Family Vacation’-Style Reunion Series
What is better reality television than a reunion between people who had an orgy years ago?
