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Night Patrol's director is fine with his movie being called 2026's Sinners

Ryan Prows on ICE, Ryan Coogler's Sinners, and making a movie about ICE, white supremacy, and America's police, through a gory vampire-movie lens.

Animal Crossing's new update hasn't cleared up my big question about Tom Nook

The shopkeep of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a tanuki, a canid that is native to Japan. And they have a very distinctive physical trait.

The new Running Man should have kept the original movie’s best change to the source material

The 1987 Running Man film made a brilliant change to the source material by combining two characters, resulting in a compelling villain played by Richard Dawson. The 2025 remake missed an opportunity by not employing a similar surprising casting choice.

ToTK taught me to cheat my way through classic Zelda games

Tears of the Kingdom and the Nintendo Switch’s bootleg “rewind” ability helped gave me a new appreciation for A Link to the Past.

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland was always doomed

Galaxy's Edge is basically a Star Wars sequel trilogy-themed mall. What did you expect?