Category: Feature

Sam Levinson’s drama series Euphoria has been a spectacular launching pad for new movie stars, with Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Jacob Elordi all seeing their film careers take off after the show’s first season. Hunter Schafer is the latest Euphoria player heading for film stardom, with her first leading role...

Harry Potter is truly the fandom that lived. Hogwarts Legacy, the latest big-budget entry in the 26-year-old franchise, grossed over $1 billion as of May, selling 15 million copies — despite a number of outlets declining to cover it, citing Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling’s history of making transphobic statements....

More than 100 games were showcased during this year’s Summer Game Fest. Over the span of a few days, big publishers like Microsoft premiered flashy games and trailers alongside indie devs showing off solo projects and everything in between. It’s not easy to stand out in that sort of crowd,...

After much anticipation, X-Men ’97, a direct continuation to X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s, hits Disney Plus this week. But it’s not the first time Marvel has dusted off the old series and revived it for a nostalgic new millennium. Marvel Comics itself took a swing with X-Men...

Innersloth CEO Forest Willard knew almost immediately following Among Us’ breakout success in 2020 that Innersloth had the resources to support other developers and games. “The idea grew by hearing of a few games that already had publishers but were having trouble and seeking independence,” Willard said. “On the bright...

In the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants season 13, which wrapped last November, Mr. Krabs faces a familiar dilemma. The Krusty Krab is inundated with people bringing their pets to dine with them, which is a major health code violation. Does he kick these customers out and lose their money? Or...

In 1974, my aunt and uncle returned to the United States from a honeymoon world tour. Over the course of their travels, they ventured through India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, before winding up in Israel, where my aunt’s sister — my mother — had recently lived for two years on...

It’s 2024. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times died more than a decade ago. And yet, as of three months ago, people were still leaving comments on a contentious blog post that the famed film critic wrote in 2010. The question of whether video games are art should, at this...

Nowadays, Teen Titans’ rise can feel a bit inevitable. After all, it came on the heels of anime access in the U.S. moving from VHS tapes at your local comic or video stores to the mainstream. The Sci-Fi Channel’s Saturday Anime block introduced an entire generation to masterpieces like Akira,...

The first big video game hit of 2024 was Palworld, a game everybody thought would be “Pokémon with guns” but turned out to be an open-world crafting game where you capture monsters — called “Pals” — and put them to work on your base, creating resources and tending to various...