The elevator description for Fede Alvarez’s 2009 sci-fi short, Panic Attack!, is as follows: “Giant robots invade Montevideo!” Frankly, the future director of Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe, and Alien: Romulus would have had us at “giant robots,” but it’s even cooler now that the short has been jazzed up and re-shared to…Read more...

The creature work in Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s The Acolyte has expanded the Star Wars universe with new species and droids. Following fellas like Pip, Grogu, Babu Frik (my personal fave), and more is no easy task, but the creatives sure pull it off. On tonight’s episode, fans of otherworldly little guys will be…Read more...

The Boys season four has gotten some disparaging ratings on Rotten Tomatoes thanks to some of the most hilarious self-owns coming from a certain small demographic of fans who didn’t realize the show was a satire. Somehow it escaped them until now that yes—it’s always been about them. Read more...

Last week, Josh Gad teased sci-fi fans with an excited but cryptic social media post referencing a script “based on characters created by Mel Brooks” that opens on a “star field.” Now, a new report confirms what everyone suspected: it’s a Spaceballs sequel, coming from Amazon MGM. Read more...

Just months away from being banned in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears to be putting some salt in TikTok’s wound. The agency has issued a bizarre message about referring a complaint about the social media app to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Read more...

At this point, modern Doctor Who has been around for almost as long as classic Doctor Who was—which means the opportunity for returning legendary baddies that the series hasn’t already taken is running rather thin. But this week, Doctor Who finally played one more familiar ace up its sleeve (no, not that Ace), and…Read more...