This Week's TV: Get Ready To Visit the Magical Realm of Shannara!
This week, things start to get back to normal! Supergirl, Limitless, Teen Wolf, American Horror Story, Heroes Reborn, Reign, and Nova all return! The Shannara Chronicles, based on Terry Brooks’ fantasy...
View ArticleThe Smooth Warrior Rocks the Apocalypse in the Greatest Mad Max: Fury Road...
We’ve featured Brandon Bird’s fantastic pop art on io9 before, mainly because it is uniformly awesome. But his newest piece, in which a certain post-apocalyptic rocker has been ousted by the maddest...
View ArticleAvatar Is a Much Better Movie Than You Remember
Avatar is about to be dethroned. At some point, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will probably unseat James Cameron’s extraterrestrial epic as the movie with the highest (unadjusted) box office of all...
View ArticleThese Clips From Natalie Dormer's New Horror Film Are Crawling With Maggots
January is generally a pretty quiet time for movie releases, but one that’s definitely got our attention is The Forest, the supernatural thriller starring Natalie Dormer and produced by David Goyer....
View ArticleOur First Look at Doctor Strange's Swanky Magical Abode, the Sanctum Sanctorum
In Marvel’s comics, when he’s not flinging spells, Stephen Strange hangs out at 177A Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, New York—his magical “Sanctum Sanctorum,” the nexus of Strange’s supernatural...
View ArticleRey Is Missing From New Star Wars Monopoly, And This Is Becoming a Real Problem
The problems of female characters being under-represented in geek merchandise is real. But when it’s a secondary character like Gamora or Black Widow, at least toy companies have an excuse. When the...
View Article29 Most Random Ways That Major Characters Got Written out of Movie Sequels
It sucks that Will Smith won’t be in the Independence Day sequel—but wait ‘til you hear the random explanation for his character being gone. Alas, this is standard practice. When stars decide not to...
View ArticleA New Wearable Lets You Control Sphero's BB-8 Using the Force
So how do you make the coolest Star Wars toy ever even cooler? Having finally given everyone an interactive droid they can call their own, later this year Sphero will also be giving Star Wars fans the...
View ArticleThe Cat-Kara Relationship Is the Best Love Story on Supergirl
When we caught our first glimpse of Supergirl last spring, Calista Flockhart’s Devil Wears Prada-influenced take on Kara’s boss, Cat Grant, seemed like the biggest potential liability. But nine...
View ArticleThat Voltron Movie Reboot Is a Netflix TV Series Reboot Now
The instant DreamWorks Animation acquired Classic Media’s stable of animated properties in 2013, it started talking about a Voltron reboot. Given the decade(!) of talk about a live-action Voltron...
View ArticleFisher-Price Now Has a Toy That Teaches Preschoolers How to Code
When is the ideal time to start your child on the path to a comfortable and mostly satisfying career as a developer? High school? Grade School? Fisher-Price thinks preschoolers should be introduced to...
View Article7 Reasons It Sucks to Be a Superhero Girlfriend
Wives and girlfriends of superheroes aren’t as hard-done-by as parents of superheros, but they’re a close second. Not only do they inevitably have a rough time, but everybody (including fans) hate...
View ArticleHere's the Fastest Way to Defrost Your Car Windshield According to Science
It’s winter. If you drive a car that’s parked outside, you know what that means. It’s frigid as hell inside your car and the windshield is totally opaque from all the foggy ass frost. Not cool. How do...
View ArticleSteven Universe Returns With a Fairytale Ode to Its Most Secretive Character
Steven Universe made its highly anticipated return last night with an episode dedicated to one of the shows most intriguing characters: Garnet. It was an episode that teased big reveals about the...
View ArticleA Geeky Video Store Finds Unexpected New Life in This Hopeful Short Doc
Cinephile hotspot Videoport was located in Portland, Maine. But the tale shared in P3’s Videoport: A Short Doc will ring familiar to anyone who has fond memories of prowling the aisles of his or her...
View ArticleNewly Discovered Worm's Mouth Morphs Into Five Radically Different Shapes
A German research team recently discovered what they thought were five distinct species of nematode worms on account of significant facial differences. But it turns out they’re a single species of...
View ArticleJedi Knight Samuel L. Jackson Has Some Harsh Words for Star Wars: The Force...
Mace Windu, a.k.a. Samuel L. Jackson, appeared on ABC to talk about his new movie The Hateful Eight and drop some serious shade on the The Force Awakens.He’s being crazy diplomatic there, but it really...
View ArticleLumosity Has to Pay $2 Million for Lying About Its Bullshit Brain Games
Lumosity, which created a brain game powerhouse by telling people it could make them smarter, is paying for its lies. Lumos Labs will pay the Federal Trade Commission $2 million for deceptive trade...
View Article75 Science Fiction and Fantasy Films To Look Out For In 2016
Is there anyway the movies of 2016 could live up to 2015? 2015 had Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Terminator and The Avengers. 2016 has Batman, Superman, Deadpool and even more Star Wars. But that’s just...
View ArticleVideo: Evolution Explained As Hilariously As Possible
Evolution is a pretty simple to grasp! Traits in a species that are more advantageous for like, survival get passed down to future generations because those traits helped the species survive. Evolution...
View Article