Two years after SXSW updated the name of its film festival to the “SXSW Film & TV Festival,” the winds of change are on full display in Austin. Ever a forward-looking fest—with SXSW long being the omnibus intersection of where film, music, tech, gaming, and more meet—this fest seems to perpetually keep one eye on […]

Netflix Has Never Been More Successful (Or More Expensive)
It’s fair to say that Netflix had pretty high expectations for itself in the fourth and final financial quarter of 2024. Bolstered by the December 26 premiere of Squid Game season 2, the livestream double whammy of two NFL Christmas Day games and the Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight, and the impending arrival of WWE Raw […]

Yellowjackets Season 3 Trailer Teases A Major Character Return
Yellowjackets is almost back for another season that might be its most feral and deadly yet. In the first full season 3 trailer we see the plane crash survivors in the past and the present fighting for their lives and turning against one another to ensure their own survival. But amidst all of the running […]

The Most Exciting LEGO Sets Coming in 2025
2024 was another electric year for The LEGO Group. The Danish toymaker saw continued success and growth, with expansion to new themes, such as The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, Wicked, and more. LEGO is also showing no signs of slowing down, with more and more products releasing each month. Popular themes like Harry Potter […]

Star Trek: Section 31 Review: Badly Goes Where Everyone Has Gone Before
Anyone worried that Star Trek: Section 31 would completely undermine the central ethos of Star Trek as a franchise has those fears confirmed within the first 10 minutes of the movie. Section 31 opens in the Mirror Universe, where we see a teenaged Phillipa Georgiou (portrayed here by Miku Martineau) give an arch, sub-Game of […]