But for all the effort those literary types put into their fictional maps, there’s probably never been anyone quite like . As ...

Welcome to Crosstalk, wherein A.V. Club writers discuss their varied (or unvaried, as the case may be) perspectives on a pop-culture topic. This time, with the first half of 2026 firmly in the ...

The latest film of the wildly successful spinoff franchise ushers the Minions into a new era of cultural ubiquity, while bringing some new creative juice. By Brandon Yu Millie Bobby Brown shines as ...

Not all the action happens on the soccer pitch at World Cup 2026. Online dating in host cities across the United States have seen a huge increase, with Tinder exploding in matches and user activity.

France’s OVHcloud bets on frontier AI as Europe seeks alternatives to US models The company says the cost of training frontier AI models has fallen sharply, but analysts say the bigger challenge may ...

Along the way, franchise regulars Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby show up; but this is, of course, “first and foremost a Tom Cruise film, and the great man is on good form” – a little “older, ...