Magazine Archive

Other Mommy’s uneasy invitation, a new Avatar, and three makers who had something to say about the work.

Verity hits theaters this Friday, and we think the book has to come first. Plus the Scrubs season that does not count, Min Jin Lee's 656-page return, Ace Combat 8, Rubber Soul as the Beatles album to start with, and Susan Sarandon at 80.

Netflix's Lizzie Borden Monster has critics at war, and we think it is the one season the franchise can get away with. Plus Tom Cruise's real Oscar swing under a combover, which Nirvana album wins as Nevermind turns 35, the Madonna VMA moment she cannot top, and whether you need Control before Control Resonant.

HBO's Harry Potter series starts on Christmas Day, seven books retold for a planned decade while eight films sit one click away. Does anyone need it? Plus the case for Robert Pattinson as the best actor of his generation, the one Resident Evil game to play before Friday's movie, whether Wolverine is worth $70, and the four tracks that open up Songs in the Key of Life at fifty.

Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis have refused Back to the Future 4 for thirty-six years, and the story got told anyway. Plus the case for a new closed trilogy, which Star Trek to start with at sixty, whether Ocarina is really the best Zelda, and why you should walk into Practical Magic 2 cold.

A vampire RPG puts every promise on the clock. Plus Adria Arjona's action test, Silo's Before Times, four doors into Dolly Parton, and a PAX plan built around seeing less.

Hayden Panettiere deserved better, Coyote gets its day in court, and the week opens doors into Metal Gear, the Hugos, Aaliyah, and the Beatles.

Disney's biggest comebacks turn out to be rides, the Twin Peaks cast scatters into second careers nobody talks about, and Lestat's fictional rock band finally plays a real show.

DC's Green Lantern show arrives with almost no green, Oblivion finally goes portable, and Halle Berry turns 60. Plus Dancing Queen at 50, Phoebe Bridgers ends a six year silence, and the Reacher book nobody starts with.

Ted Lasso reopens a perfect ending, Spider-Man gets its best reviews in 22 years, and the Pokemon studio ships a soulslike. Plus Louis Armstrong at 125, No Man's Sky at 10, and what to read when the dragons stop.

Spider-Man swings back into theaters, Master Chief lands on PlayStation, and Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's A24 dark comedy finally streams. Plus: Arnold at 79, Rush without Neil Peart, and where the Stephen King reading actually starts.

Nolan's Odyssey is selling out 70mm rooms five weeks deep, Comic-Con takes over the week, and Master Chief lands on PlayStation. Plus: the Wilder books behind Netflix's No. 1 show, BookTok's fanfic takeover, and Harrison Ford at 84.

Sam Neill dies at 78, cancer free and out of time. Also this week: Disney's Moana remake collapses before it opens, Xbox admits what it now is, and Tom Hanks turns 70 as the last movie star everyone agrees on.

GTA 6 starts charging and skips PC on purpose, the dead are working again in Hollywood's AI consent crisis, and no one's fifties beat Morgan Freeman's.

Supergirl tests DC's new universe, The Bear serves its final plate, Harlan Coben breaks Netflix again, and Hollywood keeps betting on worlds over stories.

Toy Story 5 breaks records, House of the Dragon goes to war, and Xbox dismantles the studios that made its strangest games.