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These 8 Black Mirror Episodes Wound Up Becoming Terrifyingly Relevant
19.3.2025
If you talk to enough people about Black Mirror, Netflix’s factory of fear, it won’t take long before someone questions whether they need to watch such a dark show when the actual world we live in is so prone to darkness itself. That would be a misguided view of the long-standing psychological...
That Awful New Star Trek Movie Has A Really Surprising Big Name Cameo
24.1.2025
Star Trek: Section 31, a new Star Trek spin-off movie released on January 24, isn’t very good according to fans and critics. But it does end with a wild cameo that I would have never expected. Read more
Ryan Gosling Reportedly In Talks To Lead New Star Wars Movie
22.1.2025
Well here’s something I didn’t expect: A new report claims that Ryan Gosling—yes that very famous one from Barbie—is in negotiations to star in an upcoming Star Wars movie from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy. And it sounds like his involvement has sent the project into hyperspace...
Denis Villeneuve's Childhood Keeps Him From Directing A Star Wars Movie
29.11.2024
Honestly, most of us are just grown children, even Award-winning directors. On a recent episode of The Town podcast, Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve allows his intrusive thoughts to win when he explains how his childhood disappointment in Return of the Jedi is still preventing from ever...
Star Wars Rey Movie Keeps Loosing Writers
25.10.2024
After years of having an assembly line of Star Wars movies and TV shows, the galaxy far, far away feels like it’s slowing down. A previously announced—but still untitled—spin-off starring Daisy Ridley’s Rey from the Force Awakens trilogy is the latest project to hit snags. The movie has reportedly...
Blame Modern TV For Star Wars: The Acolyte's Cancellation
20.8.2024
The Acolyte wasn’t perfect, but it did break new narrative ground in Star Wars, a franchise often haunted by Force ghosts and endlessly recurring characters. Led by Leslye Headland, the Disney+ series dared to reevaluate decades-old tropes, unpack the flaws of the Jedi Order, and play with...
Disney Cancels Star Wars: The Acolyte After Just One Season
20.8.2024
Star Wars: The Acolyte was a divisive, uneven, and daring stab at a different type of Jedi story. But decent reviews and an average viewership apparently wasn’t enough to convince Disney to invest in its future. The streaming platform is canceling Acolyte after just one season.Read more
As Star Wars Stagnates, Star Trek Is Flourishing
10.8.2023
Can you imagine Luke Skywalker singing? Probably not. But just recently, Star Trek let Spock, Kirk, and even some Klingons sing and dance. And it didn’t happen in a weird dream or some obscure book for super nerds, but in an episode of the franchise’s current flagship series. Again, can you imagine...
Sneaky NY Times Crossword Breaks Star Wars, Star Trek Fans’ Brains
7.2.2022
The debate between Star Trek and Star Wars is older than time—I know it’s older than I am anyway—and it reared its head as recently as the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, which poses a brain-breaking question.Read more
Ex-Telltale Devs Are Making A Star Trek Game
10.12.2021
The best Star Trek games are adventure games, and one of the best makers of adventure games was the original Telltale Games. Tonight at The Game Awards, Dramatic Labs, a studio made up of over 20 ex-Telltale folks, announced Star Trek: Resurgence, an interactive narrative adventure set just after...
Player 67
18.10.2021
Vimal Kerketta is an artist at DNEG, a visual effects studio that has recently worked on stuff like No Time To Die and Star Trek: Discovery.Read more
Star Trek Legends Is A Fun Time, Not An Annoying Grind
4.4.2021
Star Trek Legends, recently released on Apple Arcade, plays a lot like Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Disney’s Sorcerer’s Arena, DC Legends and countless other turn-based mobile RPGs. But without any energy meters or annoying microtransactions. As a result, it feels like a game and not a treadmill...
Dune: Imperium: The Kotaku Review
4.2.2021
Because the movie business is in a state of absolute chaos right now, the Dune reboot, which was supposed to be the big holiday movie of 2020, is now going to be the big holiday movie of 2021 instead. Just don’t tell this accompanying board game, which went ahead and released in December 2020...