Celebrating great special-effects, No Man’s Sky, and more: The A.V. Club's best stories of the week

Here’s a compilation of our favorite features we published this week.

Monday

• Stephen King isn’t made for TV—but he could be
  
• Head Over Heels talks GLOW’s “Welfare Queen,” racism in wrestling
  
• The A.V. Club climbs out of the sultry mudpit that was Pitchfork Fest 2018
  
• Sam Elliott kills Hitler, and then Bigfoot, in our second dispatch from the Fantasia Film Festival
  

Tuesday

• No Man’s Sky is finally discovering signs of life in its AI universe
  
• Ask an indie rock veteran: Why is “Auld Lang Syne” the best melody?
  
• Mega Man X’s groundbreaking evolution sent it soaring into the skies
  
• What are you reading in July? Here are 3 stories you can read online
  

Wednesday

• Christopher McQuarrie on the perils of practical action and Henry Cavill’s pesky mustache
  
• You should be watching Outcast, the Robert Kirkman show that isn’t The Walking Dead
  
• Want to join me for this 6 a.m. dance party experie—HEY COME BACK HERE
  

Thursday

• The 50 greatest special-effects movies of all time
  
• All the Stephen King Easter eggs we found in the Castle Rock credits
  
• Those new Chance The Rapper tracks are exactly what this summer needed
  

Friday

• How did a great Alan Moore comic become a lousy Johnny Depp mystery?
  
• Runaways grows up without losing its youthful spirit
  
• Lindsay Lohan, Sean Astin, and more: 7 of the best performances by a child actor
  
• Lumines belongs in the pantheon of all-time great puzzle games