Power on… Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 — and what the comic book giant could show after the Avengers: Doomsday trailer’s earlier than expected release
Power on… Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 — and what the comic book giant could show after the Avengers: Doomsday trailer’s earlier than expected release

Ahead of Marvel’s next San Diego Comic-Con presentation, Tom Power looks at the movies and shows we could soon learn more about.

Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that’s loosely based on Peter Watts’ 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp’s new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But […]

Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live
Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcasting entirely. Parental controls are now available that allow guardians to link Twitch accounts with their 13- to 17-year-old children, providing account management features and a weekly email summarizing their teen’s activity, including […]

Universal has dropped a terrifying trailer for new movie Other Mommy — and I can’t wait for Jessica Chastain’s return to horror

The director of the Zoom horror sensation Host is back, and he’s brought Jessica Chastain along with him. Check out Other Mommy’s terrifying trailer.

Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable
Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable

Nintendo does a lot of weird things, but Splatoon might just be one of the strangest – or at least the boldest. The series started as an attempt to muscle into the ultra-competitive online shooter space, but in a way that feels a world away from the violence and bombast of Call of Duty or […]

New YouTube guidelines are looking to end AI slop and clickbait traps

In a decisive move to protect viewer feeds and advertiser dollars, YouTube has updated its monetization guidelines to strip cash flow from low-quality, AI-generated material. The streaming giant is refining the rules governing its lucrative YouTube Par…

Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog to Beyoncé’s Say My Name, and Harry Styles’ As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this […]

The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer
The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer

After seeing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film’s more fantastical set pieces. While those scenes were beautifully crafted and tremendously acted, there was something a little bit off about the way they hit my eye. I spent days […]