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Feb 21, 2020

How Korean Sensation BTS Became the Most Popular Boy Band in the World

It's 2020, and K-pop sensation BTS is suddenly everywhere.

Feb 3, 2020

The 25 Anime Series and Movies We Can't Wait to See in 2020

Sometime in the 2010s, anime went from a niche interest to an integral part of the pop culture zeitgeist.

Dec 21, 2019

Every Cat in 'Cats,' Ranked

Cats (2019) is perhaps the most unhinged film to hit screens this year.

Dec 16, 2019

Let's Discuss That Wild 'Watchmen' Ending

The final episode of HBO's Watchmen pulled off a rare, shocking TV victory: It managed to resolve nearly every question it had raised over the course of the series.

Dec 9, 2019

Every 'Watchmen' Easter Egg You May Have Missed

HBO's highly enjoyable continuation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comic book is packed with references to the source material.

food wars, shokugeki no soma

Dec 6, 2019

How the Anime 'Food Wars' Gets Its Dishes to Look More Appetizing Than the Real Thing

The anime Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma is arguably best known for two things: its rampant fanservice, and its equally sexual food porn.

Dec 3, 2019

15 Holiday Movies to Check out in NYC the Rest of December

With temperatures dropping in New York City, December is the perfect month to post up on the couch and binge TV shows and holiday specials.

sonic the hedgehog

Nov 12, 2019

Sonic the Hedgehog Doesn't Look Like Freakish Nightmare Fuel in New Design

With the potential exception of Cats (2019), arguably no other trailer has sent Twitter into more of a tizzy this year than the first trailer for Paramount Pictures and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog.

Tinder, Swipe Night

Oct 29, 2019

Tinder's Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Experiment Makes Dating Even More Complicated

Swiping through Tinder, a dating and hookup app intended to foster relationships, has always felt a bit lonely and isolating.

primal, genndy tartakovsky

Oct 8, 2019

How Genndy Tartakovsky's Entire Career Led to the Innovative Series 'Primal'

No one but animation veteran Genndy Tartakovsky could have made Primal, a new series that debuted October 7 on Adult Swim.

steven universe future

Oct 4, 2019

Cartoon Network Favorite 'Steven Universe' Is Coming Back for a New Limited Series

Cartoon Network's Steven Universe felt like it had finally reached its climactic, heartwarming finale in Season 5, followed by an even more seemingly certain end in Steven Universe: The Movie.

promare, galo thymos, studio trigger

Sep 24, 2019

Studio Trigger's First Film 'Promare' Is a Bright and Bold Must-See Anime

The new anime film Promare, which recently premiered stateside, is perhaps the stupidest, most endearing, and most visually stunning piece of work in the genre you'll ever watch.