In the weeks before the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, comedian and actor Ben Schwartz sat down with Polygon to confront the shadows that lurk in every hedgehog.In this, the third installment of the Polygon x Ben Schwartz Sonic Interview Series, each question has its own, more existentially challenging...
Yes, Santa is canon in the DC and Marvel universes
Every December, heroes and heroines around the superhero world are pulled into unusually seasonal experiences that draw upon their powers of goodwill and cheer as much as their super strength. It’s only a matter of pages before Jolly Old Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus, appears and reminds everyone to think...
DC Comics’ best villain team returns with… Superman on the Secret Six?
In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League has returned, the war criminal Amanda Waller is in prison, and things are finally getting back to normal… that is, until Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura discover that Waller has somehow vanished into thin air from her cell! With seemingly...
The AAA24 membership is a great gift idea for movie lovers
If you know someone who unironically loves A24 as much as comedian Carmen Christopher ironically does, there’s a membership out there that’d make for an amazing gift. AAA24 is a $99 per year club that delivers perks upon perks. To name a few: they’ll get a ticket to every A24...
The Dune: Prophecy finale, Netflix’s Dragon Prince, and more new TV this week
We have talked here about fake weeks before, but as we close in on the final weeks of the year, this is about as fake as they come. Many of us are killing time until — or totally slammed in the lead-up to — flights, family, (fights), and festivities. And...
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim makes oliphaunts terrifying again
I thought I had a handle on oliphaunts. You know, the massive war elephants of The Lord of the Rings, as featured thrillingly in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy? Jackson’s productions brought the creatures to life in terrifying might, and made them the crux of one of the...
Red One, Heretic, Netflix’s Maria, and every movie new to streaming
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Maria, Pablo Larraín’s biopic on the life and career of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, comes to streaming...
Wicked’s beautiful extended ‘Dancing Through Life’ scene could only work on film
Yes, Wicked: Part I is only the first act of the Broadway musical, and yes, clocking in at two hours and 40 minutes, it’s basically the length of the full stage show. But director Jon M. Chu mostly uses that extra time to flesh out the emotional beats of the...
Dungeons & Dragons is too big for Amazon’s Secret Level anthology
Secret Level, Amazon’s new anthology series, is a visually stunning interpretation of iconic properties, twisting classic video games to reinterpret them into brief episodes — but the Dungeons & Dragons episode misses what makes the tabletop game great. It’s not the fault of the show as a whole, made by...
Discoveries
At Polygon, we want to introduce you do at least one thing we think you’d love every single day. With so many games, movies, shows, and and internet-based quick bites (or “quibis”) out there to experience, we know it’s next to impossible to decide how to take a chance on...