Spy x Family’s Mother and Daughter on Hitting the Big Time with Code: White
The delightfully zany Spy x Family has captured hearts in anime form since it blew up in 2022. While the Forgers won’t be back on your TV for a while,…
Everyone Say Goodbye to the Life-Size Gundam Again
Screenshot: Bandai, Image: Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Lego, A24, Warner Bros., Paramount, Photo: Amy Sussman (Getty Images) A new month means a whole new news cycle—and things to watch, read, and…
The Marvels’ Teyonah Parris Is Still Ready to Shine in the MCU
Last year was an odd one for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a lot of ways that couldn’t help but hover over its 2023 output. The biggest example of this…
From Our Point of View This Week, the Jedi Are Evil
Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney (Getty Images), Image: Marvel, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Twitter/Warner Bros, Warner Bros., Disney, Disney Evil! This week there’s a lot of it, whether it’s seeming…
Star Wars Drama, Doctor Who Complaints, and 2024 Previews in the Culture News of the Week
The first week of 2024 is over, and we celebrated by looking ahead—with what to read, what to watch, and what Lego to buy, of course, as well as a…
The Year Ahead in Animation
Image: Netflix Justin Carter is a weekend editor that covers entertainment for the io9 section on Gizmodo. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and you can follow his coverage here.…
Doctor Who’s Holiday Time, the DCEU’s Sendoff, and More Top Pop Culture News of the Week
Image: Paramount, Warner Bros., Warner Bros., Netflix, BBC, Lucasfilm, Mario Tama/Getty Images, Marvel Universe, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., 343 Industries, Lucasfilm/Paramount, Screenshot: BBC, Photo: Emilio Madrid/Getty Images for Netflix (Getty Images)…
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Writers on Giving Cal a Scene-Stealing Counterpart
Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi games are firmly embedded in the years before the original trilogy, and keep the focus on a core cast of wholly new heroes and villains. It’s…
io9’s Favorite Rewatches (and Replays and Re-Reads) of 2023
Practical Magic – Original Theatrical Trailer Among my rotation of horror films during Halloween I’ve recently added more spooky fall fare like Practical Magic. Starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard…
Year in Review: io9 Staff Picks
By Sabina Graves Rachel Smythe is now on hiatus, but she had one important stop to make before her break: San Diego Comic-Con, where she was a special guest and…