‘Hannibal 2×07 Recap: No Bargaining With Smoke
Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary tale!
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×11 Recap: Beyond the Board
LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRELLA!
‘Survivor’ 50×04 Recap: “Knife to the Heart”
Was this the worst 'Survivor' episode or the best Zac Brown commercial?
Great Moments in Music Video History: ZZ Top’s Car Wash in Space
What do you tip when you go to a space car wash anyway?
The ‘Buffy’ Revival is Dead — Long Live the ‘Buffy’ Revival
We live in a hell dimension, worse than one without any shrimp.
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Recaps
‘I, Claudius’ Series Premiere Recap: The Empire Writes Back
There are so many ways to make great television drama, and this is one of them.
‘Murder, She Wrote’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: “Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1”
This is 'Peyton Place' with a bicycle horn.
‘The Jetsons’ Series Premiere Recap: “Rosey the Robot”
The Foodarackacycle on the fritz!
‘The Prisoner’ Episode 1 Recap: The Man in Black
"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."
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."
Heist Guides
Heist Guide: ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
It's Westeros like you've never seen it before — namely, new-viewer-friendly!
Heist Guide: Age of Apocalypse
Take a walk through one of the most consequential X-Men story arcs ever!
Heist Guide: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ’87
When the evil Shredder attacks, whip out these Ninja Turtle facts.
‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling Saves the Universe
Gosling may have found his greatest star vehicle yet.
Conan O’Brien Already Gave Us the Perfect Chuck Norris Tribute
If you want a bit that's full-on knee-slapping belly laughs every time, it doesn't get better than the Walker Lever.
‘Hannibal’ 2×06 Recap: A Poisonous Man
This episode is one long tightening of the noose. The question is: Whose neck is in the loop?
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×10 Recap: Aftermath
She has come here to kick ass and eat Bumble Bee, and she’s all out of Bumble Bee.
The Best Moment of the 2026 Oscars
Moments like this crack the appearance of careful orchestration and decorum that so guides many awards shows.
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Season 1 Finale Recap: “Rubincon”
The episode swings big, just like a good Star Trek finale should.
Jane Don’t Riffs on Why It’s Hard To Rock on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Devil horns, tongue out, air guitar, repeat.
‘Twin Peaks’ 2×09 Recap: Possession
The Gordian knot that is life in Twin Peaks has been cut.
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?
