Guided by the sci-fi touchstones of my youth, I set off in some unexpected directions. Read beyond the breaking news.

While some Star Wars characters have made the jump from the old Legends canon to the modern Disney one, there are some more ...

The speakers’ list for that event was a Who’s Who of American conservatism, but the absence of three prominent right-wingers—the late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, white-nationalist streamer Nick ...

This article contains spoilers for the Alien: Earth Season 1 finale. Who are the real monsters on Alien: Earth? That’s literally the title of the final episode of Season 1, “The Real Monsters,” but it ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Pluribus Episode 5 ended on a cliffhanger so intense that even Carol (Rhea Seehorn) couldn’t help but gasp. Pluribus Episode 5 spoilers ahead. Last week, Vince Gilligan’s ...

Volume 1 of the final season of "Stranger Things" is now out, and it's left viewers with a bunch of burning questions. In this article explaining the ending of Stranger Things Season 5, you’ll find ...

The final episode of Volume 1 is particularly dense with revelations, paying off several persistent fan theories while reintroducing surprising characters from the show’s past. The Duffer Brothers are ...

Jones, is a non-binary performer whom I remember fondly for their fantastic work as a fanatical slave-driver in the second season of The Wheel of Time. I haven’t caught Dane’s pronouns, but assuming ...

That is where the story of Ripley should have ended, but we got Alien: Resurrection anyway. And that might have been okay if the film stuck its ambitious landing…but it didn’t. Alien: Resurrection ...