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The 10 best sci-fi movies of 1986, ranked
Aliens, The Fly, and more prove 1986 may have been science fiction's greatest year
Strange New Worlds just quietly set up one of Star Trek's biggest movie storylines
A brief conversation between James Kirk and La'an Noonien-Singh points directly toward the events of an iconic film
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast reveal why Kirk and Spock still aren't best friends in season 4
As the series gets closer to catching up to The Original Series, the cast explains why every episode still feels unmistakably like Star Trek.
Motor City's director explains how he made the most unique revenge thriller of the year
"Everyone was up for that challenge," Potsy Ponciroli tells Polygon
Alan Ritchson's new revenge thriller refuses to narrate itself — and it's better for it
Ritchson is helping to revive a style of visual storytelling that modern action movies have quietly left behind.
Hollywood stopped making action heroes like Alan Ritchson
From Schwarzenegger to Chalamet, Hollywood's definition of the action hero has changed. Alan Ritchson is bringing the old model back.
40 years ago, James Cameron redefined the Hollywood sequel
Cameron's 1986 follow-up remains the clearest blueprint for expanding a franchise without repeating it
This killer shark movie still has one of cinema's greatest fake-outs
A late-'90s sci-fi horror classic still delivers killer sharks, memorable performances, and one of the genre's greatest surprises.
Spider-Man is at his best when Peter Parker can't catch a break
Spider-Man has remained Marvel's most relatable hero because Peter Parker is almost always a little bit pathetic
Hollywood has spent 25 years chasing the wrong lessons from The Lord of the Rings
Peter Jackson's trilogy inspired a generation of fantasy films, but Hollywood often copied its scale instead of its humanity
30 years ago, the biggest sci-fi blockbuster of the '90s quietly changed Hollywood forever
The 1996 hit helped launch one of Hollywood's biggest stars just as intellectual property was becoming the industry's biggest draw
Before Rick and Morty, this forgotten '90s sci-fi show pushed the genre past its limits
The cult sci-fi series wasn’t just early to alternate realities. It anticipated the kind of speculative storytelling television now treats as prestige
Star Trek's best new show is radically changing Captain Kirk for the better
By turning the Enterprise into a family and making its future feel uncertain, Strange New Worlds changes how we see the crew we thought we knew.
Disney is preparing its biggest streaming shakeup yet
A transformation has quietly occurred over 2026 and could mean big changes for customers
Disclosure Day and Star Trek: First Contact have one brilliant thing in common
One sees first contact as disruption. The other sees it as the beginning of something bigger.