The Maze That Ate Your Afternoon Metroid launched on the NES in 1986, and Nintendo sold it as an action-adventure. That description barely captures how disorienting it actually was. You play as Samus Aran, a bounty hunter navigating a military vessel overrun by alien creatures loyal to a central intelligence called Mother Brain. The game…
The TikTok That Broke Comic Fans’ Hearts Stephanie Phillips didn’t send a press release. She went on TikTok. Straight to camera, no PR filter, she told Planet She-Hulk readers exactly what they didn’t want to hear: the series is done. Issue #6, due April 29, will be the last one. The gut punch came from…
Ted Danson’s Sneaky Best Work A Man on the Inside doesn’t announce itself as something special. Michael Schur — the architect of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place — keeps the early episodes low-key, almost modest. Ted Danson plays a recently retired professor who takes a gig working undercover for a private investigator, starved of…
A Sundance Sensation Heads to Theaters Vertical has locked in September 18 for the North American theatrical release of The Weight, the Depression-era survival thriller that turned heads at Sundance earlier this year. The distributor confirmed the date after acquiring North American rights to the film, which also screened at Berlinale to equally enthusiastic crowds….