‘Spider-Noir’ Series Premiere Recap: “Step Into My Office”
'Spider-Noir' is a visually stunning bit of small-screen superheroics.
‘Hannibal’ 3×2 Recap: It Has to End Every Way It Can
This is a battle of primal, universal forces, and we have a front row seat.
‘Survivor’ Season 50 Finale Recap: “Reverse the Curse”
We've spent two years living in the possibility of what 'Survivor' 50 could be.
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×19 Recap: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
It’s the first time death has ever looked silly on this show.
Hope Springs Eternal in Vienna: A Eurovision Tour Diary
There is still so much left for the EBU to do to restore faith in Eurovision, but we still have plenty to celebrate.
I Made A Bucket List After Reading Manga About Zombies and Capitialism
... or "100 Things I Want To Do To Avoid Feeling Like A Zombie."
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Heist Guides
Heist Guide: Libraries & Digital Lending
Libraries provide services to be used, so borrowing an e-book is just as important as borrowing a paper book off the shelves
Heist Guide: Daredevil
Miller. Mazzucchelli. Nocenti. Romita. Bendis. Maleev. Waid. Samnee. The list keeps going.
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.
Recaps
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×18 Recap: A Place Both Wonderful and Strange
With only four episodes left in the show’s second season, things are getting truly mystical.
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ 1×06 Recap: “Night of the Hunted”
Time for a five blade showdown.
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×17 Recap: I’m Going Through Changes
“She came to me,” Harry says, “and she made everything better.”
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."
Fantastic Plastic: The Best Toys of May 2026
Two pop culture juggernauts united by their love of Italian food.
‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Review: Toys in the AT-TIC
Sometimes some Phil Tippet-inspired tomfoolery goes a long way.
I Ordered Burger King’s ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ Bounty Bundle for Art Reasons
This is the Way ... to a heart-endangering amount of sodium.
‘Late Show’ Changed My Life: An Intern’s 2006 MySpace Blog
'The Late Show' is where I learned to be myself. Also, where I learned how to unjam a copy machine.
GLP-1 Allegory ‘Saccharine’ Centers New Kind of Horror Protagonist: The Level-Headed Note-Taker!
The beleaguered lead of Natalie Erika James’ new movie confronts the hold haunting playbook by getting out her notebook.
‘Hannibal’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: I Made My Own House Be My Gallows
Barreling toward oblivion
Let’s Start a New Phil Collins Urban Legend!
YOU'RE NOT ANYWHERE THAT I CAN'T FIND YOU
Eurovision 2026: A Song-by-Song Guide
A breakdown of this year's 35 songs: Which ones bop and which ones flop?
‘Survivor’ 50×11 Recap: “Everyone Will Be Shooketh!”
Cirie is so damn good at this game — but anyone could still win.
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?
