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Babylon is absolute fire — and everyone in it is burning

Whiplash director Damien Chazelle offers a Hollywood opus defined by passion and destruction

By Joshua Rivera

Comics

Dark Web: X-Men #1 is an instant superhero classic

It’s got Marvel Easter eggs, himbos, and poop jokes galore

By Oliver Sava

Blade Runner TTRPG nails Ridley Scott’s vision, adds pitch-perfect investigative mechanics

By Samantha Nelson December 13

Avatar 2 takes an epic step forward for director James Cameron

By Jordan Hoffman December 13

The Witcher 3 hits even harder in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world

By Cameron Kunzelman December 12

The Witcher: Blood Origin isn’t a great sign for a post-Henry Cavill future

By Zosha Millman December 11

The Whale shoves all Darren Aronofsky’s worst themes into a fat suit

By Katie Rife December 10

Emily the Criminal gives Aubrey Plaza the perfect showcase

By Katie Rife December 9

Squid Game’s star made a hell of an action movie with Hunt

By Tasha Robinson December 9

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a radical reimagining, and an extraordinary experience

By Oli Welsh December 9

Dragon Age: Absolution will satisfy fans, but leave them craving more

By Petrana Radulovic December 9

Women get horny, but Hulu’s Chippendales show forgets to ask why

By Bailey Herdé December 7

Portal’s ray-tracing upgrade makes it weirdly scary

By Chris Plante December 6

D&D’s Dragonlance campaign is excellent, but the physical products disappoint

By Charlie Hall December 6

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a vital reimagining in the revered saga

By Natalie Flores December 6

Need for Speed Unbound is the first great NFS game in years

By Owen S. Good December 5

Dwarf Fortress’ Steam version immediately punched me in the gut

By Grayson Morley December 5

The Harbinger finally gives us a COVID horror movie worth watching

By Steven Nguyen Scaife December 2

David Harbour’s kick-ass Santa movie Violent Night ain’t replacing Die Hard anytime soon

By Katie Rife December 2

The Callisto Protocol takes Dead Space’s sci-fi horrors sideways

By Michael McWhertor December 2

Netflix’s explosive monster movie Troll is a whole new spin on Godzilla

By Jesse Hassenger December 1

The roguelite management sim that’s impossible to put down

By Nicole Clark December 1

Warhammer 40K: Darktide is off to a hell of a start

By Ewan Wilson November 30

Marvel’s Midnight Suns isn’t just XCOM with superheroes (and that’s a great thing)

By Charles Theel November 30

Leonor Will Never Die rethinks Being John Malkovich for an era of movie obsession

By Katie Rife November 25

There’s fascinating drama underneath Nanny’s obligatory Blumhouse scares

By Steven Nguyen Scaife November 24

Bones and All revives an age-old love story in a thrillingly bloody new way

By Tasha Robinson November 24

Glass Onion loses Knives Out’s sharp edge

By Oli Welsh November 24

Andor broke down its hero by building up his home

By Joshua Rivera November 23

Steven Spielberg turned his origin story into one of his best movies: The Fabelmans

By Robert Daniels November 22

Top Gun: Maverick gets its real-life match in the dramatic thriller Devotion

By Jesse Hassenger November 22

The Devil in Me tackles the true-crime craze, and it’s scary as hell

By Cass Marshall November 22

Evil West’s Doom-like combat can’t save its middling Wild West tale

By Reid McCarter November 21

Disney’s wild fantasy Strange World dreams big, with one big exception

By Petrana Radulovic November 21

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