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Rachel Smythe is now on hiatus, but she had one important stop to make before her break: San Diego Comic-Con, where she was a special guest and was also awarded her second Eisner for her hit Webtoon series Lore Olympus.Samsung Galaxy Fold 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung's Big-Screen Flagship FoldableFor avid readers of the series, the midseason finale for season three—which dropped July 8—was quite the cliffhanger. io9 sat down with Smythe to discuss the wedding between the King and Queen of the Underworld that …

Good Omens is back, thank heaven and hell, and with it Michael Sheen and David Tennant as the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley. Ahead of Prime Video’s second season following the cosmic characters created by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett, io9 caught up with the fan-favorite stars.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter Killer(These interviews were conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike.)Season one of Good Omens showed us Aziraphale and Crowley hanging out in the Garden of…

Foundation—Apple TV+’s Isaac Asimov-inspired sci-fi series—is back for a second season that will introduce new characters and some mind-bending new plot threads. But first, we’ve got to check in with the familiar faces we left on a cliffhanger a year and a half ago. (Need a season one catch-up? We’ve got you covered.)Read more... Foundation—Apple TV+’s Isaac Asimov-inspired sci-fi series—is back for a second season that will introduce new characters and some mind-bending new plot threads. But first, we’ve got to check…

You can always count on tentpole blockbusters to give bombastic spectacle and massive action. During the 2010s, audiences watched plenty of CG armies fall, crossovers happen, and superheroes rise to the challenge. But one niche that wasn’t exactly being filled at the time (at least in the West) was the giant robot niche. The closest thing to scratch that itch was Paramount’s Transformers movies, but those didn’t quite hit the same. Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdBecause of how underserved we were in that department, it…

What happens after the horror movie ends? Once the heroes have killed the monster and lived to fight another day, what is life like? What does that kind of fear and trauma do to a person or a family? Those are the questions at the center of Insidious: The Red Door, the fifth film in the Insidious franchise and first since 2013's Chapter 2 to feature the stars of the original played by Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Ty Simpkins. It’s a film that has a good heart and the best intentions, but lacks the tension and scares…

When a film’s biggest stunt is not even its most exciting, you know you’re in for a good time and that’s exactly what happens with Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. It’s a film that not only sends the Mission franchise in an exciting new direction, it grounds things with a story that feels timely and important, while also being hugely exciting.What Drew John Boyega Back Into Sci-Fi? | io9 InterviewCo-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh…

After your July 4 re-watch of Independence Day, your next move should be to stream 1996's other patriotically themed release: Uncle Sam, a movie so up-front about its intentions as a satirical horror comedy that its poster, a ghoulish parody of a military-recruiting ad, has the tag line “I Want You... Dead.”Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdUncle Sam might be low-budget, but it comes with some horror bona fides. It’s directed by William Lustig (Maniac and the Maniac Cop films) and written by the late, great Larry Cohen (It’s…

In every measurable way, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a proper “Indiana Jones” movie. It’s got a great premise, exciting action, wonderful banter, and some fantastic twists and turns. The biggest issue with it is you’re seeing it now, in 2023, so it can’t measure up to memories of the original Indiana Jones films—which might make it feel slightly less than. Butwhen you really break it down, not only does Dial of Destiny hit all the beats it needs to, it advances them just enough to stand on its own and…

Image: ShudderInfluencer is a horror movie. You know this because it’s the latest from Kurtis David Harder, whose credits include being a producer on V/H/S/94, and because you’ll find it streaming on Shudder. Also, its opening shot reveals an isolated tropical island with a face-down body on the beach. So you have a sense of what you’re getting into. But Influencer is also one of those movies that rewards going in as unaware as possible.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdSo fear not: no plot spoilers here. After that eerie…

It only ran for two and a half seasons from 1981 to 1983, but The Greatest American Hero—starring William Katt as an unassuming teacher who receives a super-powered suit from aliens, then promptly loses the instructions—has left an indelible mark on pop culture. You probably already have the theme song stuck in your head (“Believe it or not, I’m walking on air...”) after just reading the headline on this post.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesWhy has The Greatest American…