Incredible piece by the Columbia Journalism Review about the continuing evils of everyone’s favorite web owner: Valnet.

I don't write about video games too often so, when I do, you know it's something special. Hades II is something special. Here's my piece on why.

Watched Jay Kelly tonight and it blew me away. I love movies about movies, which this is, but it takes that and makes it universal and human and hilarious and heartbreaking. Clooney and Sandler are incredible. Rest of the cast is insane. One of my favorites of the year for sure.

I really enjoyed the first Wicked, but Wicked For Good missed the mark for me. Repetitive, confusing, and less than in almost every way. It looks great, the performances are wonderful, but it did not capture the wonder and magic of the first one. Here's my review.

So, uh, we're going to the World Cup. Got two tickets to two games here in LA. Teams TBD, but to see Team USA, one ticket costs as much as all four of these combined. I'm still shaking, though. No one gets chosen for these lotteries but, Jayne got lucky. I'm so stoked.

Just watched Timothee Chalamet and Adam Sandler discuss their careers together for an hour and a half and it was so much damn fun. Timothee is rocking that hair because he finished filming Dune Part 3 “three or four days ago.”

As I said, Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery is fantastic, and last night in the Q&A after, Rian Johnson said one of the things that helped him with it was doing an "asshole studio" cut where he pretended to be - you guessed it - an asshole studio executive.

A few months ago, I was at the Ahmanson Theater in LA and noticed a banner for a Paranormal Activity show. I was confused. Paranormal Activity was coming...to the stage? What the hell was that? An adaptation of the movie? A new thing? So, I decided to find out. Here's the story.

Wake Up Dead Man is the best Knives Out yet. Beautiful, fascinating, mysterious, and so, so funny. Just really loved how much it gets into the weeds on faith and modern society all while being insanely entertaining and everything above. Rian is firing on all cylinders.

OMFG Vince Gilligan you’re a mad man and I love you.

Did a bit of service journalism today to let Comic-Con fans know that the Comic-Con hotel process has changed for next year, and it's not great.

Months ago, I heard that Regal Robot was releasing a prop replica of Toht's hanger from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was pumped. Later, the founder of the company contacted me about maybe doing an article, and I had just the idea. Now, here's my piece on the creation of this insane prop replica.

#PredatorBadlands is a totally blast. My full non-spoiler review is now live. gizmodo.com/predator-bad...

What an incredible game, series, season. Feel terrible for the Blue Jays who were incredible but to be the best you gotta beat the best. And they almost got there. Two games to win and home and couldn’t do it. Congrats to my city. That was awesome.

I love this so, so much. Game 7, tight game, heroics on offense and defense. Forced extra inning. Neither one is my team so I can breathe. This is seriously what it’s all about.

Last night, I saw Back to the Future in 4DX. And it was AWESOME.

#PredatorBadlands is so much fun. A grand adventure with inventive, exciting action, cool world building, lots of heart & all Predator goodies you could want. It takes the franchise in a whole new way that some may be mad at, but worked perfectly for me. Can’t wait to see again.

I wish all Marvel fans were as locked into Nate Moore (producer of Black Panther 1-2, Captain America 2-4, Eternals, etc.) progressing on Survivor this season as I am.

Earlier today, the Star Wars YouTube channel posted the Ben Solo and Rey vs. Palpatine clip from The Rise of Skywalker. WTF ARE THEY DOING?!?!?!

Here I am asking the tough questions.

Here's hoping Adam Driver almost certainly violating a massive NDA to talk about the Ben Solo/Steven Soderburgh movie is the Star Wars equivalent to the Ryan Reynolds/Deadpool footage leak.

I knew I was going to like Springsteen: Deliver Us From Nowhere when he puts on the radio and hears an ad for Action Park. Jayne and I both cheered. A perfect cinematic moment.

Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh were going to team up to make a Kylo Ren/Ben Solo movie written by Scott Z Burns. Lucasfilm loved it. Disney executives killed it.

Saw three great movies on Saturday. Maaaay go see another today. The fall season is here.

Yorgos Lanthimos films are sometimes a little too weird (in the best possible way) but #Bugonia is weird in all the right ways. It’s intense, mysterious, relevant, & fantastic. Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are incredible in a movie that keeps you guessing till the very end. Love love loved it!

I guess I can now finally share this awesome #TronAres collectible I own. This is the ID badge they gave us on set, meant to be for the in-world convention you briefly see in the movie. I’d hoped it would be more crucial to the plot but alas, I still think it’s a great memento.

I feel so lucky we get to see a master bring his ultimate vision to life. @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein is such a beautiful, complex, rich film. It flipped me back and forth with its themes, performances, and heartbreaking violence. So glad I saw it at The Egyptian too.

A bunch of wild inside baseball stuff aside, I am finally seeing my most anticipated film of 2025, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein! And no, I wasn’t waiting for Netflix. 35mm at the Egyptian FTW!

As recently as last week, I was writing about the brilliance and impact of the art of Drew Struzan. Today, we learn he's passed. I'm gutted. His artistic genius and inspirational images will truly be appreciated forever. May we continue to treasure his work & the man who made it. Thank you, Drew.

Spoke to Jesse Wigutow, the credited writer of #TronAres, about the 15 YEARS it took to get made. He also worked on Legacy and the shelved Ascension, so he had lots to say about all of it. We also dive into some Ares spoiler stuff if you've seen the movie yet, but if not, it's clearly marked.

Here's my full review of #TronAres, which I was mixed on but, more than not, enjoyed. It has a very familiar, non-challenging Disney movie feel that also happens to be Tron.

Five years ago I wrote an article about the then 10 year wait between Tron Legacy and its sequel. It was partly meant to be a joke: gizmodo.com/a-brief-hist... Five years after that, #TronAres is finally happening. Only been 15 years since the last one (and 43 years since the original.)

Spoke to Brian Henson today about next week's Dark Crystal Fathom event and casually teased that while Age of Resistance is probably over, there is more Dark Crystal in the works. Maybe even on the big screen.

I’ve seen every PTA movie in the theatre since Boogie Nights, but never seen one in 70mm, full screen, blow your mind IMAX. Let’s go.

What an unforgettable September. Several amazing LA movie events? ✅ Boston for posters at Mass MiniCon? ✅ Austin for movies at Fantastic Fest? ✅ London for a Star Wars set visit? ✅ I’m very lucky. And very tired.

I never thought I’d be able to visit a Star Wars set. Today I did. I can’t say much but I can say I flew to London to visit the set of Ahsoka season 2. Besides this pic, everything I saw and learned is embargoed until a later date. But today was truly a dream come true. An incredible experience.

Are you ready for some Wednesday night football?

After seeing fun, vague teasers at D23 and Celebration, I hoped the first full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu would justify why this specific story has to be told on the big screen. It did not. Give me a big villain. Give me the repopulation of Mandalore. Give me a ride on a Mythosaur.

Obsessed with Obsession. A man wishes for his crush to love him more than anything in the world, and it works. The result is one of funniest, scariest, most insane movies I’ve seen in a long, long time. It’s so simple and yet you never know what’s coming next. #FantasticFest

The first one is good but #BlackPhone2 is GREAT. It takes everything that worked about the first movie and really leans into it. More of the sister. More gore. Part Nightmare on Elm Street, part Stranger Things, with heart and humor too. A true level up. #FantasticFest

See you soon, Austin.

See you soon, Austin. #fantasticfest

Mass MiniCon is forcing me into a mini tour of cool Boston movie theaters and I’m not mad at it.

The Smashing Machine is an acting showcase for The Rock and Emily Blunt, who are both fantastic. The movie itself is emotional and moving but feels a little too familiar in a lot of ways. A story we’ve seen before just through a new lens. But it’s very good all around.

Here's my full write-up on the excellent JAWS exhibition at the Academy Museum here in LA. It opens Monday and will be there for a year so, no rush. But definitely check it out because it's incredible. I've got proof right here...

The Jaws exhibit at the Academy Museum is AWESOME. Full report tomorrow on @io9dotcom.bsky.social but here’s a small sampling of some of the screen used props on display.

Today’s adventure.

One Battle After Another is like every intense, hilarious, edge of your seat, iconic Paul Thomas Anderson scene strung together into utter beauty. It’s a wild, non-stop, roller coaster that’s hilarious, dark & not at all what you’re expecting. It’s weird, it’s great. I loved it.

Extremely excited to be seeing my favorite filmmaker’s new film tonight.

"I want to ride a lightcycle." Last year, Disney flew me to the set of #Tron: Ares in Vancouver to learn all about this long-in-the-making sequel. I had questions, I wanted answers, and I got them. I also got to sit on an actual lightcycle. Here's my full, extensive report from the set.