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 aux A novel with a steampunk aesthetic and a Philip K. Dick heart By Alex McLevy October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
         - tv Gotham has so many villains By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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 film Tommy Chong on Cheech, Trump, and his unsurprising choice for a supervillain power By Gwen Ihnat October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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 music Protomartyr’s Joe Casey on why “Don’t Stop Believin’” is the bane of his existence By Marah Eakin October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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 film Dead ringers: 21 pairs of cinematic twins By Jesse Hassenger, Nick Wanserski, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Molly Eichel, Becca James, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, William Hughes, Les Chappell, Tasha Robinson, Dan Caffrey October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Once Upon A Time gets a new term to beat into the ground with “The Price” By Gwen Ihnat October 5, 2015 | 4:30am
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 tv Death does not equal change on the season finale of The Strain By Kyle Fowle October 5, 2015 | 3:05am
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 tv The Affair returns with expanded perspectives, but its core remains the same By Carrie Raisler October 5, 2015 | 3:00am
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 tv Fear The Walking Dead finishes its first season strong By Josh Modell October 5, 2015 | 2:54am
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 tv Jason keeps getting his way on Project Greenlight By Scott Von Doviak October 5, 2015 | 2:36am
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 tv The Good Wife awkwardly reshuffles in season seven premiere By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 5, 2015 | 2:30am
         - aux Much like that puppy, John Wick 2 has now lost one of its co-directors By Sam Barsanti October 5, 2015 | 2:27am
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 tv Homeland starts down a precarious path in its fifth season premiere By Joshua Alston October 5, 2015 | 2:14am
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 tv Homer gets satisfyingly into meat in an unassuming but tasty Simpsons By Dennis Perkins October 5, 2015 | 2:14am
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 tv Phil and Carol search for each other in a sweet, but uneven The Last Man On Earth By Vikram Murthi October 5, 2015 | 2:00am
         - aux Hasbro has finished planning out the next 10 years of Transformers movies By Sam Barsanti October 5, 2015 | 12:57am
 - aux Trevor Noah made a bunch of unlisted YouTube videos to promote The Daily Show By Sam Barsanti October 4, 2015 | 10:02pm
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 tv Survivor’s Remorse gets back to what it does best in a solid episode By Joshua Alston October 4, 2015 | 9:30pm
         - aux Hollywood reaches zenith as Platypus Police Squad movie enters production By Sam Barsanti October 4, 2015 | 8:38pm
 - aux The Jesus And Mary Chain is working on its first album in 17 years By Sam Barsanti October 4, 2015 | 7:13pm
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 tv Only one monkey butler on “Das Bus,” but he’ll train others By Rowan Kaiser October 4, 2015 | 7:00pm
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 tv A disappointing Saturday Night Live premiere at least offers one cast member a chance to break out By Dennis Perkins October 4, 2015 | 7:32am
         - film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 2 - October 4 By AV Club Staff October 4, 2015 | 5:00am
 - tv Head to Texas for a second helping of The Leftovers By Les Chappell October 4, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Doctor Who tells a real ghost story, then gets crazy By Alasdair Wilkins October 4, 2015 | 2:00am
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 tv Blunt Talk goes on a wild goose chase By Brandon Nowalk October 4, 2015 | 1:30am
         - aux Someone just spent $450,000 on a model spaceship from Star Wars By William Hughes October 4, 2015 | 12:18am
 - aux A lawyer, a blogger, and a TV exec walk into ABC and sell it a show By William Hughes October 3, 2015 | 11:35pm
 - aux CBS bought a (second season of) Zoo By William Hughes October 3, 2015 | 10:15pm
 - aux Neil DeGrasse Tyson tampers with a force of terrible power: Movie spoilers By William Hughes October 3, 2015 | 9:10pm
 - aux CBS picks up a comedy from the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt team By William Hughes October 3, 2015 | 8:23pm
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 aux 15 years ago, Green Day tried to balance social awareness with pop-punk exuberance By Annie Zaleski October 3, 2015 | 3:01pm
         - aux A geeky board game, a comedy podcast service, and “design for the disgruntled” By William Hughes, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Kyle Ryan October 3, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Ed Begley Jr. on Blunt Talk, St. Elsewhere, and Spinal Tap By Will Harris October 3, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story is ugly as hell, and lots of fun By Alex McLevy October 3, 2015 | 5:00am
         - aux CBS to jury-rig new MacGyver series with Saw and Furious 7’s James Wan By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 10:53pm
 - aux Today in “shit we’re too old for”: A Lethal Weapon TV series at Fox By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 10:30pm
 - film Fantastic Fest winds down with Kurt Russell cannibal Western Bone Tomahawk By Katie Rife October 2, 2015 | 10:20pm
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 aux The first video from Meow The Jewels is exactly as ridiculous as you’d hope By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 10:06pm
         - aux The EEOC to talk with female directors about gender bias in Hollywood By Caroline Siede October 2, 2015 | 10:00pm
 - aux Read This: Fact-checking the science of The Martian By Philip Cosores October 2, 2015 | 9:40pm
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 aux Childish Gambino got booed off a stage in Australia By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 9:30pm
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 aux Tumblr cheekily combines Harry Potter with Brooklyn Nine-Nine By Joe Blevins October 2, 2015 | 9:00pm
         - aux Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson to dad it up in Assassin’s Creed By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 8:55pm
 - aux Stephanie Tanner knocked Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson off his game By Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 8:33pm
 - aux Attention Kmart shoppers: Now you can relive the glory of early ‘90s Kmart Radio By Philip Cosores October 2, 2015 | 8:18pm
 - aux James McAvoy may replace Joaquin Phoenix in new M. Night Shyamalan movie By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 2, 2015 | 8:06pm
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 aux A bunch of our most used clichés come from classic TV commercials By Lisa Rabasca Roepe October 2, 2015 | 8:02pm
         - aux Sarah Michelle Gellar to voice villain on Star Wars Rebels By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 2, 2015 | 7:44pm
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 aux Read this: The brief, thwarted history of Comedy Central’s weird Stella By Joe Blevins October 2, 2015 | 7:19pm
         - aux Exclusive Dark Horse preview: Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá reunite for Two Brothers By Oliver Sava October 2, 2015 | 7:15pm
 - aux We’re livestreaming Austin City Limits all weekend long By Cameron Scheetz October 2, 2015 | 7:00pm
 - aux The 5 best Comedy Bang! Bang! beefs, from Björk to Fourvel By Marah Eakin October 2, 2015 | 6:30pm
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 aux Jonathan Glazer directed bizarre new ident bumpers for Britain’s Channel 4 By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 2, 2015 | 6:30pm
         - aux Exclusive: a new track by Hamilton and Paul of The Walkmen, and a head injury By Josh Modell October 2, 2015 | 6:27pm
 - aux Michael Madsen to play a senile superhero on season two of Powers By Matt Wayt October 2, 2015 | 6:00pm
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 games Here’s how to build a better Mad Max game By Matt Gerardi October 2, 2015 | 6:00pm
         - aux Laurence Fishburne to play Nelson Mandela in BET’s Madiba miniseries By Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 5:30pm
 - aux Here are the scary movies your city and state love the most By Alex McLevy October 2, 2015 | 5:10pm
 - aux The Conjuring and Furious 7 director conjures a new horror film By Alex McLevy October 2, 2015 | 5:00pm
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 film Jimmy Cagney and Humphrey Bogart rule The Roaring Twenties By Noel Murray October 2, 2015 | 5:00pm
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 music Romeo Must Die was another bad movie with a great Aaliyah song By Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 5:00pm
         - aux The Terminator franchise won’t be back for a while By B.G. Henne October 2, 2015 | 4:34pm
 - aux Read This: Behind the linguistics of all those sexy ‘ship names By Laura M. Browning October 2, 2015 | 4:31pm
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 aux We now finally know exactly how tall Jake Gyllenhaal is, thank God By Marah Eakin October 2, 2015 | 4:31pm
         - tv Black Sails teases head stompings in this season three trailer By Alex McLevy October 2, 2015 | 4:30pm
 - aux Someone bought Google.com for $12 and owned it for a literal minute By Victor Beigelman October 2, 2015 | 4:03pm
 - aux Read This: The Cold War comic strip co-authored by the U.S. government By Caroline Siede October 2, 2015 | 3:50pm
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 aux The Jets’ Brandon Marshall is good at football and great at TV By John Teti October 2, 2015 | 3:11pm
         - aux George Miller snaps the neck of rumor he’s directing Man Of Steel 2 By Alex McLevy October 2, 2015 | 3:06pm
 - aux Fresh Romance makes a strong case for a romance-comics revival By Oliver Sava October 2, 2015 | 3:00pm
 - aux Joseph Gordon-Levitt to star in psychological thriller In Sight By Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 2:38pm
 - aux Accept fate with this exclusive stream of Des Ark’s new album, Everything Dies By David Anthony October 2, 2015 | 2:00pm
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 tv Deadbeat’s Tyler Labine talks his crush on Ilana Glazer and being the kooky guy By Will Harris October 2, 2015 | 2:00pm
         - aux Read This: Do female comedians want to host a late night talk show? By Joe Blevins October 2, 2015 | 1:50pm
 - aux Jennifer Lawrence thinks President Trump would be “the end of the world” By B.G. Henne October 2, 2015 | 1:30pm
 - aux Amazon announces October’s newly streaming titles By Mike Vago October 2, 2015 | 1:00pm
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 film The Martian is basically Ridley Scott’s Apollo 13 By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 2, 2015 | 1:00pm
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 aux UPDATE: Here’s Will Smith’s first song in over a decade By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 7:05am
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 tv Scandal says “Yes” to the Olivia and Fitz mess By Gwen Ihnat October 2, 2015 | 6:10am
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 tv Everyone is pretty casual about murder on How To Get Away With Murder By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 2, 2015 | 5:08am
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 tv The Leftovers moves on from its losses with a renewed poignancy By Erik Adams October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Anjelah Johnson is unapologetically herself in new Netflix special By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 music Janet Jackson sounds confident and in control on Unbreakable By Annie Zaleski October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Emotional drama The Affair gets even more intimate in season 2 By Gwen Ihnat October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 music With New Bermuda, Deafheaven expands beyond metal’s confines By David Anthony October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 music Bigger and sharper than ever, Wavves keeps its eccentricities on V By Kevin Warwick October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
         - film Tom Wilkinson clobbers Paul Giamatti—and that’s just the opening credits By Mike D'Angelo October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
 - games Four years of bite-sized card battles later, Ascension still feels fresh By Samantha Nelson October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Saturday Night Live is back! Guess when it’s on! By Dennis Perkins October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 film What artist can’t you get into, despite knowing that they’re great? By Nathan Rabin, Drew Fortune, Nick Wanserski, Katie Rife, Zack Handlen, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Oliver Sava, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago, Laura M. Browning October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 music Paul McCartney’s Tug Of War and Pipes Of Peace soundly fail the test of time By Marah Eakin, Noel Murray, Corbin Reiff, Annie Zaleski October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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 tv Married’s excellent second season wrestles playfully out the door By Dennis Perkins October 2, 2015 | 3:02am
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 film Banter, puppies, tragic car crashes: Yep, it’s another Nicholas Sparks trailer By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 2:42am
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 tv Heroes Reborn finally explains itself, but it’s still a mess By Myles McNutt October 2, 2015 | 2:39am
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 tv Review reveals the show’s true villain in “Conspiracy Theory” By Emily L. Stephens October 2, 2015 | 2:30am
         - aux Sony to bust spirit of filmic restraint with animated Ghostbusters movie By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 2:09am
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 tv Sleepy Hollow rides into its third season on unsure footing By Zack Handlen October 2, 2015 | 2:04am
         - aux Dan Harmon says the future of Community is “bleak” By Sam Barsanti October 2, 2015 | 2:02am
 - aux David Schwimmer to Ross it up overseas on a new U.K. sitcom By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 1:22am
 - aux Hillary Clinton to appear on SNL in what was supposed to be a surprise By Sam Barsanti October 2, 2015 | 12:24am
 - aux HBO and Zack Snyder are in talks for a Watchmen TV series By William Hughes October 2, 2015 | 12:11am
 - aux The Kingkiller Chronicle to be made into movies, TV, games, basically everything By William Hughes October 1, 2015 | 11:31pm
 - aux John Carpenter to perform live for first time ever at ATP Festival in Iceland By Sam Barsanti October 1, 2015 | 11:01pm
 - aux BBC announces new Doctor Who spinoff By William Hughes October 1, 2015 | 10:51pm
 - aux Amazon teams up with Pizza Hut’s pages-for-pepperoni program Book It! By William Hughes October 1, 2015 | 10:25pm
 - film Satanic Panic and a trio of exotic ripoffs on day 7 of Fantastic Fest By Katie Rife October 1, 2015 | 10:04pm
 - aux Nicolas Cage says he turned down playing Aragorn in Lord Of The Rings By Alex McLevy October 1, 2015 | 9:55pm