Television

Humanity’s Fate Is Left in the Hands of Morons on The Strain

Good news, everyone! Something happened on last night’s The Strain. Actually, a few things happened, even though they uniformly proved our heroes are mind-bogglingly incompetent, it’s still a significant improvement over the previous waste of an episode. “The Assassin” is mainly about Eph finally trying to kill Eldritch Palmer, after deciding to kill him a…

What Have You Been Binge-Watching Lately?

The start of the new TV season is upon us. But we no longer have to abide by the whims of network scheduling; these days we’re the masters of our own television programming. What’re you watching? With thousands of shows and movies at our disposal, we are not known for our moderation. Binge-watching, or “watch[ing]…

Why I’m Still Obsessed With Survivor After Watching All 450 Episodes

For the 30th season of Survivor, my friends and I started a fantasy league. A Survivor fantasy league, where points are awarded based on characters’ actions on the hit TV show. And as stupid as that sounds, I’ll gladly look like an idiot to pay tribute to one of my favorite TV shows. In case…

This Week’s TV: All of Doctor Who‘s Arch-Enemies Are Showing Up At Once!

Doctor Who is back! But also, The Bastard Executioner makes his head-popping debut! And also, the 80s Duran Duran-tastic spoof Moonbeam City premieres! Plus the Triceratons rear their three-pronged heads on Ninja Turtles, and…and there’s just so much. Read about it here, on This Week’s TV! Tonight Jug Face (3PM, CHILLER) This low budget indie…

A Hunter Finds Himself In a Supernatural Swamp Where Nothing Is What It Seems

De l’autre côté is a short movie made for the French (who would have guessed based on the title?) channel Canal +. In it, a hunter meets a black wall while stalking a doe. Cutting through exposes the hunter to a strange world. [via Supinfocom] Contact the author at [email protected].

Skye Debuts Her Secret Warriors Uniform on Agents of SHIELD

SHIELD agent, Inhuman, daughter of a supervillain, hacker, superhero—Skye has worn a lot of hats on AoS, so it makes sense she would get a new outfit as well. LA Times has just released the first look at Skye’s new Secret Warriors uniform from Agents of SHIELD season 3. As you may recall, Agent Coulson…

This Was The Episode of Fear the Walking Dead We’d Been Waiting For

It took a few weeks, but the third episode of Fear the Walking Dead finally had the scares, destruction, confusion, and naiveté we all expected from a prequel to The Walking Dead. There was even movement with the plot, a big change from the first two weeks. Things started right where we left episode two.…

Could Suicide Squad‘s Main Villain Be A Member Of Their Own Team?

Plus Wonder Woman may have lined up its villains too. Check out the first Twin Peaks set photos! Elizabeth Olsen teases why Scarlet Witch didn’t show up in the recent Civil War team reveals. Where will Agents of SHIELD season 3 pick up? Plus Legends of Tomorrow photos! So Many Spoilers! Suicide Squad A rumor…

Drool Over This Exclusive Look At The Official Game of Thrones Astrolabe

Game of Thrones has the coolest opening sequence on television, thanks to that insane orrery showing the relief map of Westeros along with the heavens. And io9 is proud to bring you an exclusive video showing the official Game of Thrones Astrolabe as it spins. Plus you can enter to win one for yourself, right…

Behold the Bronzed Brilliance of Legends of Tomorrow‘s Hawkman and Hawkgirl

We’ve known for a while that Hawkgirl would be joining the cast of the CW’s superhero teamup series Legends of Tomorrow—and then we learned that Hawkman would be joining her. But aside from a minor tease in the trailer, we’ve not seen either hero in all their glory… until now, that is. The CW and…

Things Are Ridiculously Mysterious in Doctor Who‘s Prologue to Season 9

The ninth season of nu-Who doesn’t debut until September 19th, but you might as well get started with this moody but maddening vague two-minute “prologue” to the upcoming episodes. As you can see, the Doctor is on Karn, last featured in the memorable minisode “The Night of the Doctor,” where Paul McGann returned as the…

Marvel May Have Found The Absolute Perfect Person To Play Captain Marvel!

There’s even more rumors surrounding the return of a supposedly-dead Game of Thrones character. Kid Flash may appear on The Flash sooner than you’d think. Plus, a happier Arrow, Michael Shannon on Zod’s role in Batman v Superman, and Mark Gatiss on his unorthodox Doctor Who episode. To Me, My Spoilers! Captain Marvel As ever…

On Key and Peele, Ray Parker, Jr. Has a Theme Song for Every Movie, Ever

Beloved comedy series Key and Peele bid farewell last night with a show that was heavy on laughs (including the genius “Negrotown”), and at least one shout-out to the series’ love of geek culture, with a sketch skewering Ghostbusters theme singer Ray Parker, Jr. The bit—a commercial pitching Parker, Jr.’s extended-play album of unreleased (i.e.,…

The Wonder Woman Movie Could Send Diana Back to World War I

Zack Snyder shoots down another Batman v Superman rumor. The new season of The X-Files will reveal the true nature of Dana Scully’s abductors. Star Wars: Episode VIII begins filming this month at a Force Awakens location. Plus, Candice Patton on Iris’ role in The Flash, and crazy Transformers 5 rumors. Spoilers! Wonder Woman Producer…

Leopards Steal the Show (And a Lot of Lives) In This Week’s Double Episode of Zoo

This week, we got a double-wide episode ahead of next week’s season finale, and between all the gunshots and torture and maulings, it was easily the goriest Zoo entry yet. “Eats, Shoots, and Leaves/Wild Things” begins as Agent Harrington is zooming down the highway, telling the captured Chloe that he’s looking forward to crushing the…

This Latest Game of Thrones VFX Breakdown Could Be The Most Impressive Yet

Every year we’re amazed at how much of Game of Thrones isn’t actually there. Each episode is basically a full Hollywood film in terms of visual effects, especially the ones we aren’t supposed to see. Entire worlds are built in a computer, not on set. To show this, once again, the team at Rodeo FX…

Watch Me Defend Hunting On Dr. Drew

It’s counterintuitive, but sport hunting as it’s practiced in the US is the most significant conservator of animals in the country. And some of that applies even if you’re murdering lions in Africa. Yesterday, I made that point on Dr. Drew, amid much shouting. Yesterday around lunchtime, my buddy Scott called up and asked if…

The 12 Best Nerdy Moments From All Five Seasons of Key and Peele

Brilliant Comedy Central show Key and Peele debuted in 2012, and it ends tonight (sniffle). Over the past five seasons, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have hinted at their not-so-secret geeky leanings on several occasions. Here, we compile our favorite nerdy moments from the show. 1) “Dungeons & Dragons & Bitches” A Dungeon Master lets…

AMC’s adaptation of the amazing comic book Preacher will air in May 2016. Or, at least we think it might. Producer Seth Rogen tweeted the premiere date, along with the first official poster, but then deleted the initial tweet, updating it with this more general one. While we knew it was being filmed, it’s still…

The Flash Meets the Flash on The Flash‘s New Promo

The multiverse is in full-swing in this brief but excellent new preview of The Flash season 2. We get the first real introduction to Jay Garrick, best known as the Flash of DC’s Golden Age of comics, who arrives to warn Barry of impending doom! Then the Atom Smasher plans his debut! Also, the Flash…