There’s a scene in Bring Her Back, the latest A24 horror movie from Talk To Me writer-directors (and twin brothers) Danny and Michael Philippou, that’s so violently grotesque, I actually closed my eyes to shut it out. Trying to deny what was going on on the screen just made what was going on in the theater more vivid: The moans and gags of squeamish disgust coming from the audience were...

Without interactivity, the Ellie Williams that players know from the Last of Us games was never going to be the same person as the character who appeared on a television screen on Sunday nights. But by the time season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us reached its finale, it became evident that the TV version of the games’ immune teen protagonist isn’t just an alternate interpretation. Ellie’s character from...

Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Captain America: Brave New World, the Marvel superhero movie starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford, smashes its way onto Disney Plus after hitting video on demand in April. It’s a big week for animation, with the Oscar-nominated The Wild...

Have you seen Pig? You gotta see Pig. At least before the Death Stranding movie. It’s on Netflix right now! Between the recently announced Elden Ring movie from the director of Annihilation and Civil War, and the reinterpretation of the Barney the Dinosaur canon from The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, boutique film studio A24 is ready to shepherd in a new age of “cash-grab IP” movies over the next few years....

If you watch all the Mission: Impossible movies in order, a clear connecting narrative emerges. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, idealistic undercover agent, is betrayed both by his government and the mole within it. The team he trusts and relies on is killed, and he’s nearly taken into custody as a scapegoat. Disillusioned, he goes rogue, continuing to carry out crucial missions to save his country and the world,...

I have listened to Myst creator Rand Miller tell the tale of how he and his brother Robyn squeezed their 3D puzzling masterpiece onto a tiny CD-Rom back in 1993 many, many times and it always leaves my jaw on the floor. If you’ve experienced the thrill of venturing to the Mechanical Age and retrieving a few pages for Achenar, Miller’s anecdotes of developing the game on Mac’s rudimentary HyperCard...

DC and Marvel Comics are joining forces for the first time in 22 years, and the companies are hanging the long-awaited collab on two icons: Batman and Deadpool. According to Entertainment Weekly, the two comic book juggernauts will square off in a pair of one-shot specials starring the Bats and everyone’s favorite Merc With a Mouth. DC Comics will publish Batman/Deadpool #1, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by artist...

HBO’s Harry Potter series has cast its three main characters: Dominic McLaughlin will star as titular hero Harry Potter, alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.  Executive producers Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod spoke of finally finding actors for Harry, Hermione, and Ron for the anticipated show in a news release on Tuesday. “After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we...

If Disney wasn’t already rethinking its Disney Plus streaming business before the gargantuan four-day holiday-weekend opening of Lilo & Stitch, it certainly will be now. The live-action remake — originally intended to bow on Disney Plus — crushed at the U.S. box office, grossing $183 million over the Memorial Day weekend (with a haul of over $304 million worldwide). It’s a staggering number for a Disney character who has, through...

Fifteen years after Emmy-winning Samurai Jack, Primal, and Star Wars: Clone Wars creator Genndy Tartakovsky sold his raunchy animated comedy Fixed to Sony, the movie will finally be released on Netflix on Aug. 13. The long journey to make the film, which Tartakovsky describes as an R-rated version of Lady and the Tramp, involved changing production studios — and fighting for the prominence of his canine characters’ genitals. Fixed was produced...