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Avatar 4 without James Cameron? Only person could take over.

If Fire and Ash is the end for Cameron — and sure it feels like a finale — Hamnet proves Chloé Zhao could take on the franchise
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 7:00 pm

2025’s best video game remakes and remasters

2025 continued gaming's trend of publishing remakes, remasters, and re-releases — but many were legit terrific this year.
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 6:00 pm

Shadow of the Vampire at 25: How 2000 comedy-horror revamped the Nosferatu myth

E. Elias Merhige’s 2000 comedy-horror sports a unique take on F. W. Murnau’s classic
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 5:00 pm

What free games are on Epic Games Store today (Dec. 26)?

Pick up Cassette Beasts for free, but be quick, as it's only available for free at the Epic Games Store for 24 hours.
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 4:07 pm

2025's biggest movies share one big message: Don't trust billionaires

Eat the rich messaging was all over American movies in 2025, from Superman to Zootopia 2 to Jurassic World Rebirth to Bugonia, and far beyond.
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 4:06 pm

Pluribus season 2 needs to answer these 9 major questions

The hivemind has some explaining to do after the Pluribus season 1 finale.
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 3:00 pm

Nintendo couldn't screw up 2025's Switch 2 launch, no matter how hard it tried

The company made mistakes and Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza weren't all they could have been, but the launch was a record-breaking success
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 2:00 pm

Overwatch 2 had its best year yet in 2025

With Overwatch 2's perks and new mode, Blizzard is leaning heavily into player choice and creativity for the future. And it's working
Posted on 28 December 2025 | 1:00 pm

Umamusume: Pretty Derby made everyone a horse girl in 2025

A game about racing anime horse girls took the world by storm this past year, converting a slew of people into horse appreciators.
Posted on 27 December 2025 | 7:00 pm

Scream 7 star Matthew Lillard is worried he's ruining the movie

While his character dies in the original Scream, Matthew Lillard is returning to the franchise 20 years later. The actor is feeling "trepidatious."
Posted on 27 December 2025 | 6:00 pm