The Mother of All Nerds

Moonlit Crystal Lake summer camp with a woman standing at the shore

Crystal Lake Gives Friday the 13th Its Most Unsettling Twist Yet: Jason’s Mother Is the Story

Crystal Lake’s official trailer moves the Friday the 13th legend backward, putting Pam Voorhees’ grief—and the town’s fear—at the center of the nightmare.

Two original futuristic android figures face each other across a glowing energy reactor in a red and blue laboratory.

VisionQuest Brings Vision and Ultron Back Together—and That Is a Much Stranger Reunion Than It Sounds

Marvel’s VisionQuest will reunite Paul Bettany’s Vision and James Spader’s Ultron in the final chapter of the WandaVision-era trilogy. The surprising hook is not a cameo: it is a reckoning between two versions of synthetic life.

A cracked clay-faced performer reaches toward the viewer on a red-lit film set.

Clayface Is Turning DC’s Horror Experiment Into a Movie About Losing Your Face

DC’s Clayface movie is using a classic Batman villain to ask a very human horror question: what happens when the face everyone recognizes stops belonging to you?

A foggy old movie theater glows beneath its marquee while a shadow waits behind the screen.

The Horror Movie Theater Is Back in the Spotlight—and Its Empty Seats Are the Scariest Part

Horror works differently in a theater because the room becomes part of the scare. The next wave of genre movies is testing whether audiences still want to be frightened together.

Lanterns lead through an ancient moonlit forest toward a moss-covered stone burial mound.

The Oldest Fantasy Detours Still Know How to Surprise Us

The fantasy scenes readers remember most are not always the battles. Sometimes they are the eerie detours where a road, forest or burial mound seems to have its own agenda.

A vintage comic-style cosmic portal divides a starfield and bold superhero imagery.

Star Wars and Marvel Are Finally Crossing Over—and Kevin Smith Is Writing the Collision

Luke, Leia and Han are about to meet Avengers and Spider-Man in the first official Star Wars/Marvel crossover. Kevin Smith is writing the five-issue comic, turning a once-impossible fan question into an actual story.

An anonymous caped hero stands above a dramatic Art Deco city beneath a huge moon.

Superman Is Going Back to 1938—and DC Is Making His Newest Origin Story Adults-Only

Wes Craig’s new Superman comic returns to 1938 Metropolis, draws from the Golden Age and carries an Ages 17+ label. The surprise is how directly DC is putting innocence and menace in the same frame.

Two anonymous movie-star silhouettes stand beside a film camera and branching family tree.

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson May Be Half Brothers—and Now Hollywood Is Turning That Mystery Into TV

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson may be half brothers, and a new Apple TV comedy is using that uncanny real-life possibility as its starting point. The stranger story happened before the script.

A handheld gaming device opens onto a gothic cathedral, flanked by jungle ruins and stormy island cliffs.

Diablo IV Reaches Switch 2 With Two Expansions—and a Different Starting Line

Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection arrives on Switch 2 with the base game and both expansions. That changes the starting point, but leaves important port questions to test.

A yellow taxi bursts from an arcade cabinet onto a curling strip of film above a sunny, hilly city.

Netflix’s Crazy Taxi Movie Has One Big Challenge: Making the Next Fare Matter

Netflix and SEGA are developing a Crazy Taxi comedy. Its most interesting challenge is turning a brilliantly simple arcade loop into a story worth riding through.

◀ ▶

Latest

This 18th Century Gold Rush Changed How the World Pans for Gold | National Geographic

During his World Cup tour of Russia, reporter Sergey Gordeev pans for gold at the Berezovsky gold deposit and learns how the search for this natural resource has evolved over time. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is…

Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp | #1 Movie/Buzz TV Spot

The buzz has never been bigger. Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp is the #1 movie in the world. Have you seen it yet? Get tickets: https://www.fandango.com/AntManAndTheWasp ► Subscribe to Marvel: http://bit.ly/WeO3YJ Follow Marvel on Twitter: ‪https://twitter.com/marvel Like Marvel on…

Pym Particles | Marvel 101

The amazing scientific discovery that introduced Ant-Man to the world – Pym Particles! This week on Marvel 101, dive into the science of how our heroes become miniature-sized or larger than life!

GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN – International Teaser

It only comes one night a year… watch the international teaser for Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween now! Halloween comes to life in a brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books.

Self-healing DNA may protect astronauts from killer radiation | Michelle Thaller

Read more at BigThink.com: Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink Michelle Thaller: So Peter, you ask a really good question about radiation perhaps being a limiting factor in human exploration. And honestly this is something that…

Testing Robotic Satellite Servicing Capabilities

This six-legged, 10 by 16-foot robot mimics how satellites move in space. NASA uses the hexapod robot to conduct precise tests of robotic satellite servicing operations. Sitting on top of the six-legged hexapod is a partial model of a satellite.…

Message in a Bottle | Countdown to Shark Week: The Daily Bite

Comedian and Instagram extraordinaire ‘The Captain’ gives advice to some sharks having trouble finding love. Also, we bring a new and an old segment back to you with “Save Our Sharks” and “What the Shark?” Shark Week 2018 starts Sunday…

GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN – Official Trailer (HD)

Halloween comes to life in a brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books. Watch the new #Goosebumps2Movie trailer now! Subscribe to Sony Pictures for exclusive content: http://bit.ly/SonyPicsSubscribe Follow Us On Social: https://www.facebook.com/GoosebumpsMovie/ https://www.instagram.com/GoosebumpsMovie/ https://twitter.com/GoosebumpsMovie Directed by:…

This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World | Short Film Showcase

At more than 430 miles long, the Mauritania Railway has been transporting iron ore across the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert since 1963. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short…

21-card trick – Numberphile

A simple trick with some neat math behind it. More on Numberphile cards at: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/numberphile-playing-cards More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More cards video: http://bit.ly/Cards_Shuffling This video features Anatstasia Chavez: http://anastasiachavez.academia.edu/cv We did a similar video to…