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One of the Best Scenes in Sci-Fi Movie History Comes From an '80s Remake

Before CGI was commonplace, 1980s science fiction leaned on vivid imagination and highly realistic practical effects. John Carpenter's remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 The Thing raised that bar with a blood‑curdling 12‑minute sequence that pushes fear, paranoia, and mistrust to the fore. The sequence begins

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Film?

Ten quick questions aim to match your tastes to one of five Best Picture winners, revealing which film was made for the way your mind works. Parasite rewards close attention: it operates on multiple levels, shifting genres while examining class, desire and the architecture of inequality — darkly funny, deeply suspenseful

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Which Taylor Sheridan World Do You Belong In?

Ten questions will reveal which one of Taylor Sheridan's worlds you were made for: Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King, or Mayor of Kingstown. Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people

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Showrunner Praises Mariska Hargitay's Short Hair: 'Freaking Gorgeous'

As Captain Olivia Benson, Mariska Hargitay has worn many hairstyles, and showrunner Michele Fazekas names the shorter cut as her favorite. Fazekas hopped aboard SVU as showrunner in Season 27 after previously writing for the series from 2001 to 2006, so she has seen Benson's looks evolve from

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Alien: Isolation 2 evolves the alien and expands into exteriors

Two years ago Sega and Creative Assembly announced they were returning to the world of the 2014 game, and the sequel keeps the original’s tactile design and intelligent alien at its core. Isolation’s alien became notable for stalking players with its own senses rather than following set patrols,

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Resident Evil Veronica remake will be treated like a mainline entry

Capcom’s Summer Game Fest 2026 reveal confirmed a remake of the Dreamcast-era Resident Evil Code: Veronica, the series’ first fully 3D entry that continues the stories of Claire and Chris Redfield. Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi said Veronica is being treated with the reverence of a numbered Resident Evil game and

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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Could Be a Standout

The Avatar franchise is enjoying renewed attention: a sequel film leaked earlier this year, a movie release is planned for later in the year, a new sequel series called Seven Havens is in development, and the second season of the live-action show arrives on Netflix later this month. Another entry

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Dragon's Dogma 2 adds unlimited fast travel ahead of Dark Arisen DLC

Dragon's Dogma 2's latest update introduces a long-requested change to fast travel: the Eternal Ferrystone. The game's previous system required one-use items or riding oxcarts that could be ambushed, leaving players to do a lot of on-foot backtracking. The Eternal Ferrystone works like a

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Fabien Frankel on Criston's Darker Path Ahead of Season 3

Fabien Frankel says fans should expect even worse for Ser Criston in the new season, and admitted he had hoped viewers would once again root for the character. "Dude. I know, so was I. It was a bit of a turn that I didn’t expect, but you know

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Quiz: Which Horror Villain You'd Have the Best Chance Against

An eight-question quiz calculates which horror villain you have the best chance of surviving. It evaluates your instincts, strengths, and how you think under pressure to match you with one of five killers: Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Pennywise, or Chucky. Jason is relentless but predictable — he moves in

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Kyle Cooke reveals terms of Amanda Batula divorce without a prenup

Kyle Cooke said he plans a “walkaway” divorce “in lieu of a prenup,” meaning both he and Amanda Batula would leave the marriage with the assets and property they already have rather than seek financial concessions from one another. Cooke recalled that Batula took the first legal step in mid-March

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword is shaping up to be one of 2026's best

A hands-on preview at Summer Game Fest revealed more of Onimusha: Way of the Sword beyond the demo already available on consoles and PC. The session covered areas not in the public demo, including a horror-filled open level and demonstrations of Miyamoto Musashi's combat at high skill. In

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Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer features character from delisted spin-off

Kingdom Hearts 4's new trailer drops viewers back into the series' knotty lore. In one brief moment a black-haired younger man wearing a dark face mask and blazer appears amid Sora's battle with a gigantic Heartless in the middle of a city. That figure looks

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Saw: Genesis Is a Promising Multiplayer Game — But a Questionable Fit

The Saw films are known for meticulous worldbuilding centered on John “Jigsaw” Kramer’s twisted philosophy. Saw: Genesis, revealed at Summer Game Fest, is an asymmetrical horror game that borrows much of the franchise’s iconography while loosening a timeline that has long been tightly controlled. At Summer Game Fest’

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Scarlett Johansson's The Exorcist Reboot Wraps Production

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has confirmed that his new take on The Exorcist has finished production. Photos from the movie's set were unveiled last week, and Flanagan posted an image of an inverted cross from a priest's robes on Instagram with the caption, "That’s a

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‘I’m carrying rage like a blood-filled egg’: best of Glasgow International

Setting the mood for this year’s Glasgow International is a show dedicated to David Wojnarowicz, installed inside a Georgian terrace so decayed you can peer through perforations in the building’s fabric. Paintings, photographs and video works are arranged around a reproduction of the cow’s-head mural he painted

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Sci-Fi Survival Quiz: Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz: Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars are the five universes on offer. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or

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Matt Damon revealed his rapper alter ego 'The Nomad'

During his June 9 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Matt Damon used an unexpected approach to promote Get Blue, an environmental campaign focused on bringing safe water to the world. He interrupted Jimmy Fallon's monologue, received a long standing ovation from the live audience and

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Tim Allen says 'Home Improvement' reboot stalled by cast 'personality problems'

Tim Allen said a possible Home Improvement reboot has not moved forward because "they get stuck" over what he called "personality problems right now with the boys." He added that the actors who played his on-screen sons — Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah

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The new Fable finally feels like a real game

For years the Fable reboot never really felt like a real game. That shifted on June 10, when Xbox and Playground Games uploaded a 30-minute, minimally edited deep-dive to the official Fable YouTube channel; Xbox blocked embeds for age reasons, so the footage was also reuploaded via GamersPrey. The video

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Doctor Who's Cancellation Highlights a Wider Problem for Franchises

I'm devastated by the news about Doctor Who, though not overly surprised given the current state of TV and movie fandoms. Despite the exit of Russell T Davies and the revelation that the 2026 Christmas special was never in production or written, there's still confidence the

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Star Wars Quiz: Which Force User Are You?

Star Wars Quiz — Which Force User Are You? The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The quiz asks about your relationship with the Force

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Netflix's War Machine is now one of its biggest films

Netflix's War Machine is now among the streamer’s top 10 original films. The sci‑fi action movie, released in March and directed by Patrick Hughes, began life at Lionsgate and reportedly cost around $80 million. After a weak theatrical showing in Australia, Netflix acquired international rights and

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Xenoblade Switch 2 adds out-of-place racing minigame 'Xenoblade Kart'

Yesterday was a fantastic day to be a Xenoblade fan. A Nintendo Direct revealed a brand new game in Xenoblade Genesis, and a shadow-dropped Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition added a surprise minigame fans are calling Xenoblade Kart. Monolith Soft also introduced Ether Jets, all-new high-speed vehicles

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How to turn leftover dressed salad into an Asian lettuce omelette

Looking for a way to use up leftover dressed salad? The lettuce omelette has become a social media trend and is also a classic Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese dish. The popular method separates egg whites and yolks: the whites are mixed with lettuce, cooked and rolled, then the yolks are