
Animals Puts Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington in a Political Nightmare
Animals is streaming on Netflix. Meet Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington’s political thriller, with a spoiler-free look at its premise, cast and production.

Haunted Hotel Season 2 Is Back, and the Ghosts Still Have Room Service
Haunted Hotel Season 2 is streaming on Netflix. Here is the premise, voice cast, Rick and Morty connection and where newcomers should start.

Valor Mortis Launches With a First-Person Soulslike Gamble
Valor Mortis launches October 13 with first-person Soulslike combat, a supernatural Napoleonic setting and day-one Game Pass access.
Calling Avatar: Seven Havens “Woke” Is a Weak Argument. Toph Already Proved Why.
The Seven Havens backlash deserves a better argument. Toph, Katara and Korra show why representation has long belonged in Avatar, while criticism still matters.
Avatar: Seven Havens Is Here, and Pavi’s Story Is Already Getting Bigger
Meet Pavi, the Avatar after Korra, and catch up on Seven Havens’ story, voice cast, October episode schedule and Books 3 and 4 renewal.

COD Mobile Season 9: Vampires vs Werewolves Brings the Grav, Haunted Maps and Fang Wars
COD Mobile Season 9 launches October 14 with Fang Wars, the free Grav assault rifle, haunted maps and a community-voted Battle Pass. Here is what to expect.
How Sinestro Became a Yellow Lantern and Why He Chose Fear
Sinestro received his yellow power ring after being expelled from the Green Lantern Corps. But his turn toward fear began much earlier, when he decided that peace required obedience.
X-Men vs Avengers: Who Would Actually Win?
The Avengers have gods, geniuses, and some of Marvel’s heaviest hitters. The X-Men have telepaths, reality-benders, and Omega-level mutants. So if the two teams actually fought, who walks away standing?
VisionQuest: What Happened to White Vision After WandaVision?
White Vision survived WandaVision, while the version Wanda created disappeared with the Hex. Ahead of VisionQuest, here is what happened, what he remembers, and why his return leaves a difficult question about identity.
The Best Horror Movies on Netflix: 8 Films That Earn Their Scares
The best horror movies on Netflix understand what makes fear linger. These eight picks range from haunted houses and deadly forests to stolen identities and unsettling strangers.
The Seventh Note Wants You to Feel Its Music in Your Hands
The Seventh Note arrives on PS5 October 30. Its most intriguing design choice is a 480-millisecond interval between main beats, chosen to make music and player movement work together.
LEGO ONE PIECE Gives Usopp the One Job He Was Born to Do
LEGO ONE PIECE revisits the first two seasons of Netflix’s live-action series, with Usopp telling Chopper how the crew got here. The fun lies in how much Usopp can be trusted to tell it straight.
God of War Laufey Finally Shows What Faye Can Do Without Kratos
Faye’s Serpent Bow can switch between careful long-range shots and mobile close-range attacks. That combat reveal raises a bigger question: what happens when God of War lets her define the adventure?
Crossed Is Getting a Movie. Can It Be More Than a Test of What Audiences Can Stomach?
A *Crossed* movie can reproduce the comic’s brutality. Its harder task is making the survivors’ choices matter when the horror begins to overwhelm everything else.
Can Ace Combat 8 Make a Silent Pilot Feel Like a Person?
In Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, a silent pilot inherits a famous ace’s identity. Can the game make the person behind that manufactured legend matter as much as the battles in the sky?
Wild Horse Nine Puts Two CIA Agents Where Their Secrets Can Follow Them
Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine sends John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell to Easter Island before the 1973 Chilean coup. Its most interesting question may be what happens when two longtime partners can no longer trust each other.
The Hardest Part of Adapting Verity Is Knowing What to Believe
Verity arrives in cinemas on October 2. Its biggest challenge is preserving the doubt that makes the novel so unsettling: when a confession appears on screen, will viewers still question whether it is true?
The Spider-Verse Explained: The Web, the Weavers, and the Spider-Society
From the comics’ cosmic web and Inheritors to Miguel O’Hara’s Spider-Society, here’s how the major parts of the Spider-Verse fit together.
Who Is the Great Weaver in Spider-Man’s Story?
The Great Weaver brought a supernatural question into Spider-Man’s origin. Here’s what the spider-god means, and why fans often confuse it with the Master Weaver.
GTA VI’s Biggest Gamble Might Be Jason and Lucia
Rockstar is putting Jason and Lucia’s relationship at the center of GTA VI. That could give its criminal chaos real stakes, if both characters get room to grow.
Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed Is Going to Ancient Rome. Can It Make History Feel Dangerous?
Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series will tell an original story in Rome in 64 AD. The setting is compelling, but history alone cannot carry the show.
Kojima’s PHYSINT Has a Star and a Mood. Now Show Us the Game
Bill Skarsgård will lead Kojima Productions’ PHYSINT. The reveal has atmosphere to spare, but its most interesting secrets are still mechanical.
The Kingdom Hearts Anime Has One Question to Answer Before Anything Else
Disney has announced an original Kingdom Hearts anime with a new story. Its biggest test may be making newcomers feel welcome without flattening the games’ strange appeal.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Has a Harder Job Than Bringing Us Back to Night City
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 arrives October 20 with a standalone story and new characters. Its real challenge is making their lives matter before Night City tears them apart.
Street Fighter Movie 2026: Cast, Release Date & What We Kno
Street Fighter Is Finally Getting Another Movie, and This Cast Is Completely Insane
Dandelion
Anike has spent her life studying humanity’s journey across the Solar System, building a career, mastering three fields, and living exactly as expected. But in the great city of Dandelion, something has begun to feel missing. When she decides to travel back to the 2000s, she is not going there to study history. She is going there to experience a life she cannot predict.
Zack Snyder Wants to Make The Dark Knight Returns, But Is Batman Actually Ready for Another Dark Knight?
Zack Snyder wants to bring Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns to live action. But after decades of Batman adaptations borrowing from its ideas, imagery, and themes, would a new version still have something meaningful to say?
Supernatural and Why It Still Feels Like the Greatest Series Ever Made
Supernatural was never just about monsters, demons and apocalypses. At its heart, it was the story of Sam and Dean Winchester and the family they built along the way. Here’s why its characters, emotional weight and unmatched longevity still make it one of television’s most memorable series.
Bleach TYBW Delayed Its Final Two Episodes, Here’s What We Should Expect
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has delayed Episodes 49 and 50 until October. Here’s what the delay means, what fans should expect from the final battle, and why the extra time could matter for the anime’s ending.
