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tv Who’s the daddiest TV dad of all time?
By Tim Lowery, Gabrielle Sanchez, Jack Smart, Shanicka Anderson, Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, Mary Kate Carr June 13, 2024 | 11:00am
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aux Tiana's Bayou Adventure Is a Glorious Celebration of New Orleans
By Garrett Martin June 12, 2024 | 5:37pm
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film Beyond Buffy: I Saw The TV Glow channels the melancholy magic of The Adventures Of Pete & Pete
By William Hughes June 12, 2024 | 4:00pm
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games So Far, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Expands its Scope While Remaining Intimate
By Elijah Gonzalez June 12, 2024 | 3:07pm
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tv Emmys 2024: Who will (and should) get nominations this year?
By Saloni Gajjar June 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film The South Park movie took on Tarzan and signaled the end of the Disney Renaissance
By Kayleigh Donaldson June 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
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music Chappell Roan is the biggest story out of Gov Ball—and possibly of the whole summer
By Mary Kate Carr, Saloni Gajjar, Emma Keates June 10, 2024 | 3:27pm
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film "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is bad. The movie that introduced it to the world is worse
By Jacob Oller June 10, 2024 | 2:30pm
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tv 6 crucial things to remember before House Of The Dragon returns
By Saloni Gajjar June 10, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film 10 hitmen in film who are really bad at their jobs
By Jen Lennon, Jim Vorel June 8, 2024 | 1:00pm
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tv Julio Torres on going beyond the punchline of his new HBO series Fantasmas
By Matt Schimkowitz June 8, 2024 | 3:30am
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games The 10 best—and one weirdest—game trailers from today's Summer Game Fest
By William Hughes June 8, 2024 | 2:24am
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film 12 of the best filmmakers who got their start in music videos
By Emma Keates June 7, 2024 | 4:30pm
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games Crow Country and the Horror of Theme Parks
By Garrett Martin June 7, 2024 | 4:10pm
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film Richard Linklater discusses the cinematic myth of hired guns and channeling “good old '80s sex” in Hit Man
By Natalia Keogan June 7, 2024 | 2:50pm
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tv Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. is a goosebumps-inducing underdog story about why art matters
By Tim Lowery June 7, 2024 | 2:00pm
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games Game Theory: Tactical Breach Wizards' demo is all about the joy of sending jerks through windows
By William Hughes June 7, 2024 | 1:00pm
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tv 7 ways to fix House Of The Dragon
By Jenna Scherer June 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film Small-town gossip complicates the case in Richard Linklater’s Bernie
By Matt Schimkowitz June 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
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tv Sure shots: The 20 best TV oners of all time
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games Boss Rush: Despite Konami’s Best Efforts, Pyramid Head Remains One of Gaming’s Greatest Monsters
By Elijah Gonzalez June 5, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film Young Woman And The Sea is a winning biopic, so why does it feel like Disney's trying to sink it?
By Cindy White June 5, 2024 | 1:00pm
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games 1000xRESIST: On Endings and Evangelion
By June 5, 2024 | 10:00am
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games Shadow of the Erdtree Reignites Elden Ring's Familiar Fire
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aux Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy talk to us about their new graphic novel, Hogbook And Lazer Eyes
By William Hughes June 3, 2024 | 6:40pm
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film Why is Disney+ the place where AAA documentary subjects go to die?
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film Streets Of Fire's rockin' soundtrack backed up its macho madness in style
By Craig D. Lindsey June 3, 2024 | 4:00pm
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tv Christine Lahti on the end of Evil, getting dizzy for Law & Order: SVU, and her love of Housekeeping
By Will Harris June 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
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anime MomoCon Is More than Anime in Atlanta
By Nico Bauguss May 31, 2024 | 9:13pm
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aux Lots of people are watching real life Challengers (a.k.a. the French Open) this week
By Emma Keates May 31, 2024 | 5:26pm
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film Aggro Dr1ft makes perfect sense
By Drew Gillis May 31, 2024 | 1:00pm
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games Game Theory: You don't need to wait to play Hades II just because it's in "Early Access"
By William Hughes May 31, 2024 | 1:00pm
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tv Nida Manzoor breaks down We Are Lady Parts season 2
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film In A Violent Nature special effects lead Steven Kostanski on juicing up the kills
By Jacob Oller May 30, 2024 | 3:00pm
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film In A Violent Nature director Chris Nash on getting the slasher details right
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tv Is this the end of Vanderpump Rules as we know it?
By Drew Gillis, Matt Schimkowitz May 30, 2024 | 2:00pm
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games Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Highlights the Power of Living with Your Demons
By Joseph Stanichar May 30, 2024 | 11:37am
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tv Raising the stakes: the 25 best vampire TV shows, ranked
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aux The Dolly Parton Experience at Dollywood Relives the Career of Our Most Beloved American
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aux R.I.P. Al Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby
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film The Crow's chart-topping soundtrack was just as influential as the movie itself
By Craig D. Lindsey May 28, 2024 | 1:00pm
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tv On TV, 2024 is the year of the yearn
By Saloni Gajjar May 27, 2024 | 2:00pm
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film Is there any point in trying to make sense of Mad Max’s timeline?
By Cindy White May 27, 2024 | 1:32pm
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books Author Steven Hyden on his new Bruce Springsteen book and being a "Boss Nerd" even when it wasn't cool
By David Brusie May 27, 2024 | 1:00pm
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music What will be 2024's song of the summer?
By Drew Gillis, Saloni Gajjar, Emma Keates, Mary Kate Carr May 27, 2024 | 12:00pm
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aux Google’s AI really is that stupid, feeds people answers from The Onion
By Mary Kate Carr May 24, 2024 | 8:26pm
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film The world of Mad Max keeps ending and its characters keep driving towards salvation
By Jesse Hassenger May 24, 2024 | 2:00pm
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games Game Theory: The video game where Jason Voorhees can murder Steven Universe is coming back
By William Hughes May 24, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film George Miller in the Thunderdome: Ranking his movies, from Fury Road to Happy Feet
By Brett Buckalew, Mark Keizer, Don Lewis, Ian Spelling, Luke Y. Thompson, Todd Gilchrist, Tara Bennett May 24, 2024 | 9:00am
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film Film Trivia Fact Check: The feminist origins of Mad Max: Fury Road
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tv Tyler James Williams on Abbott Elementary's swoon-worthy season finale
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tv Who should return for Survivor 50?
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games MultiVersus Returns from the Dead Next Week, But Will Its New Additions Be Enough?
By Elijah Gonzalez May 23, 2024 | 9:00am
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aux One Chicago brewery found a way to make Malört even worse
By Emma Keates May 22, 2024 | 8:46pm
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film An oral history of Roger Corman's unreleased Fantastic Four movie
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games Boss Rush: Dancing with a Demon in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
By Garrett Martin May 22, 2024 | 12:15pm
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tv TV's 20 best slow-burn romances
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aux And now, a four-hour exploration of the failed Star Wars hotel courtesy of Jenny Nicholson
By Drew Gillis May 21, 2024 | 3:24pm
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tv Abbott Elementary's "love triangle" isn't fooling anybody
By Saloni Gajjar May 21, 2024 | 12:00pm
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film Francis Ford Coppola’s late era trilogy reveals an artist reclaiming his passion
By Rory Doherty May 20, 2024 | 2:00pm
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games Simulated City: Supergiant's Transistor at 10
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film Skip Back To Black and watch Amy instead
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aux 30 years ago, The Critic enrolled six-year-olds everywhere in film school
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film How The Crow captured the angst of the 1990s
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film No one has done more to rehabilitate The Phantom Menace than Dave Filoni
By Cindy White May 17, 2024 | 3:30pm
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games Why Is Nintendo Downplaying the Third-Party Studios that Make Their Games?
By Marc Normandin May 17, 2024 | 3:21pm
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games Game Theory: 5 fascinating games to sample from Steam's latest buffet of demos
By William Hughes May 17, 2024 | 2:00pm
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tv That big twist in Sugar ruined the whole damn show
By Saloni Gajjar May 17, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film What's your favorite moment from the Star Wars prequels?
By Jen Lennon, Drew Gillis, Cindy White, Matt Schimkowitz, Matt Mitchell, Jacob Oller, William Hughes May 17, 2024 | 12:00pm
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games 25 Year Later, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike’s Reputation is Better Than Ever
By Elijah Gonzalez May 16, 2024 | 12:05pm
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film How The 40-Year-Old Virgin became Hollywood's last great comedy poster
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film Revisiting Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, director John Krasinski’s first pancake of a film
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film Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace marked a beginning for more than Star Wars
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aux The five best bits we saw at Netflix Is A Joke. Festival
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music 25 essential Weezer songs
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film The Phantom Menace's podrace grew out of George Lucas’ neverending need for speed
By Jarrod Jones May 13, 2024 | 1:30pm
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tv 15 years after its premiere, why is Glee still constantly going viral?
By Isobel Lewis May 13, 2024 | 1:00pm
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games Enter the Chronosphere Is an Eye-Catching Roguelike Where You Stop the Clock
By Elijah Gonzalez May 13, 2024 | 11:00am
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film How The Fall Guy is leading the charge to add an Oscar category for stunts
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film What movie feels like summer to you?
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aux Of course Grey's Anatomy has the perfect formula to make viewers cry
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film The rebooted Planet Of The Apes series looks perpetually forward to an uncertain future
By Jesse Hassenger May 10, 2024 | 12:00pm
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games Game Theory: Microsoft killed some damn fine game studios this week
By William Hughes May 10, 2024 | 12:00pm
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games Just the Tip: Games as a Service Industry
By Mik Deitz May 10, 2024 | 10:45am
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music That time Steve Albini recorded our band
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tv Let’s rank every Restaurant Wars on Top Chef
By Christina Izzo May 9, 2024 | 3:30pm
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tv Why did it take 30 years for a Latino character to join the core X-Men on TV?
By Isabel Sophia Dieppa Betancourt May 8, 2024 | 6:50pm
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games Boss Rush: The Binding of Isaac’s Mom Is Just the Start of Your Torment
By Jim Vorel May 8, 2024 | 10:49am
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film Daylight horror: 12 movies that are still scary with the lights on
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film It’s a great time to revisit Tarsem’s divisive 2006 masterpiece, The Fall
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film 10 movies to check out on Prime Video this May
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tv John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A. just ain't working so far
By Michael Martin May 6, 2024 | 6:00pm
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film The Fall Guy's end-credits stunt reel is so cool, we're not sure why they bothered with the rest of the movie
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aux Change my mind: Rom-coms
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games Hear Me Out: Fallout 4
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film No one understands internet kids quite like Jane Schoenbrun
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film Gaslight at 80, or his and hers realities
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film 11 movies to check out on Netflix this May
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tv So what's the deal with Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show?
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games Game Theory: SpongeBob Squarepants meets Dark Souls, somehow kind of rocks
By William Hughes May 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
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film 11 haunted objects in film ranked by how dumb you’d have to be to mess with them
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film 11 movies to check out on Hulu this May
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games The Steam Deck Made Me Appreciate Gaming Again
By Matthew Reyes May 2, 2024 | 10:00am
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tv How Chucky's Don Mancini brilliantly reinvented his Child's Play franchise
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film Chicago Critics Film Festival 2024: Five movies you shouldn't miss
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aux May's best Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases: Dune: Part Two, Bob Marley: One Love, and Sasquatch Sunset
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games Nintensive Care: How 1979's Sheriff Foreshadowed Nintendo's Success
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