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No matter what Christopher Nolan does, he'll never eclipse my favorite adaptation of The Odyssey

For one thing, he doesn’t have John Goodman playing his cyclops

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the tick
This cult classic superhero show is so good you'll binge it in one sitting — and it's streaming for free
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'Gravity is a harsh mistress'

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Spider-Noir pulls off something no Marvel show ever has

Nicolas Cage's new series pulls off a level of immersion that other superhero projects rarely even attempt

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Alfred Molina as Sam Cooper in The Boroughs. He holds up a radio-like device, with red wires.
Netflix's The Boroughs proves Stranger Things creators can catch lightning in a bottle twice

The Duffer Brothers shepherd a new show for grown-ups

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The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Mandalorian and Grogu isn't a Star Wars movie but it's still a damn good time

This movie probably shouldn't exist, but I'm glad it does

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Obsession
Obsession pulls off the impossible: an original take on the possession horror movie

Curry Barker's debut feature is a more secular menace for a less religious era

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Scene from Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe featuring the Hathaway Noa in his Gundam
The biggest anime movie event of the year is so much more than a sci-fi spectacle

There are no heroes left in Gundam Hathaway’s sequel

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The most underrated version of The Addams Family deserves another shot

Check it out before it leaves Netflix

Daredevil
Marvel's two-part superhero thriller is the perfect binge watch after Daredevil

Time to catch up

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Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 2 desperately seeks the approval of angry fans who hated the last movie

Ed Boon would like to apologize for that whole Cole Young thing

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starship troopers
Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood sci-fi masterpiece is still as sharp as ever

The anti-war movie is now on Netflix

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In its final moments of season 2, Daredevil: Born Again decides its pro-January 6th

Despite anti-Trump messages all season long, the finale ends with a pro-MAGA message

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Barb Wire with a criminal on the back of her motorcycle
Pamela Anderson's 30-year-old comic-book movie ages terribly in every way, except one

Barb Wire has one weirdly prescient element

Survivors of a plane crash, led by a pilot played by Aaron Eckhart, stand in the remnants of their downed plane, looking out at the unseen ocean, in a scene from the shark thriller Deep Water
Deep Water isn't a sequel or equal to the director's standout shark movie, Deep Blue Sea

Renny Harlin is back in shark-filled waters, but Deep Water doesn't run particularly deep

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Vin Diesel still doesn't understand what makes Fast Five a perfect Fast & Furious movie

Nothing beats that vault heist

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Charlize Theron clings to Taron Egerton's back as they're both swept through rapids in 2026's Apex
Netflix's Apex really is a Predator movie with an all-human cast

Taron Egerton hunts Charlize Theron through an Australian forest in a grueling survival thriller that eventually goes full horror-movie

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Stranger Things: Tales from '85 recaptures the original's early season charm

The series is a pleasant surprise for an IP way past its prime

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Superheroes Superman, Thor, and Wonder Woman standing together on a cover of the Spider-Man/Superman #1 crossover
Marvel and DC saved their best crossover for last

Dozens of comics creators are at the top of their games in Spider-Man/Superman #1

Brennan Lee Mulligan as Owen in D(e)ad. It shows a man in a white shirt and black tie in a cubicle, on a landline phone.
You don’t need to be a Dropout fan to enjoy Izzy Roland's dark comedy about grief

It's even better if you don't!

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A young girl faces the camera in close-up, grinning unwholesomely in a way that shows off her grayish teeth and blood dripping from her mouth, in a scene from Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026).
Lee Cronin unwraps a wilder, gnarlier version of The Mummy than any previous movie

This is a much gorier take on mummy movies than Brendan Fraser's action-adventure franchise

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