But as with any long-running series, Pokémon has had its ups and downs. Some titles are all-time classics, while others are the equivalent of Magikarp. Your personal favorite may come down to nostalgia, but time and experience make it easier to see which games in this franchise really set themselves apart. Whether you’re new to Pokémon or have been playing since Red and Blue on the Game Boy, this is the definitive ranking of the mainline Pokémon games....

We’ve yet to really see what effect an Xbox-owned Bethesda will mean for the PlayStation 5. For the moment, Xbox is still honoring existing timed exclusivity deals between Bethesda and Sony. Deathloop from Arkane Studios released as a console exclusive for the PS5 last fall, and Ghostwire: Tokyo will get a similar roll out on March 25. In essence, PS5 owners will be able to experience these new Bethesda games before Xbox players....

Fargo Season 4 Episode 5 A war has officially broken out on Fargo, and Loy Cannon cannot get any respect. Whether from his enemies, those that are in his debt, the police, or his own wife, Loy is catching grief, lip, guff — pick your favorite from Swanee’s dictionary — from all angles. Last week’s episode found the Faddas attempting to get their house in order, but “The Birthplace of Civilization” finds the Cannon house falling apart....

The timeline of the DC Extended Universe began in a fairly clear manner, with most of the events of Man of Steel set in 2013. As more films were released, containing flashbacks, or lacking a clear chronological setting, things became increasingly complicated. And by the time we got to Birds of Prey film, its precise placement in the DCEU is downright murky. But there are contextual in-universe clues in the form of media, gravestones, mugshot photos, or throwaway lines of dialogue that provide some clarity....

I was one of many this year who came away disappointed with Nintendo’s poorly put together Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection. Despite making three of the mustachioed plumber’s best platforming adventures in Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy playable on Switch for the first time, the remastered compilation felt incredibly slapdash due to the absence of special features, unwieldy controls, and all around lack of detail....

More than three years after the series finale, the ending of Game of Thrones is still dividing fans and actors alike. While some of the series’ actors, like Kit Harrington and Isaac Hempstead Wright have spoken out in defense of Game of Thrones’ final season, others like Lena Headey have vocalized their disappointment in how things ended for their characters. Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark in the series, has shared her mixed feelings on her characters’ arc in the final season before, telling Entertainment Weekly in 2019 that she originally saw things ending very differently for Arya, saying “And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means [Arya] dies too....

As the third major Stephen King adaptation in only a few months, Mike Flanagan’s Gerald’s Game is an intensely intimate nightmare—and perhaps the most effectively haunting of the three films. To be sure, there is (arguably) nothing supernatural about Gerald’s Game, nor anything particularly “high-concept,” at least within the industry definition of that term. No major special effects explode here, nor are there alternate dimensions; there isn’t even a creepy dancing clown....

Ghosts season 1 ended on a cliffhanger that has already generated numerous lines of fan speculation. Although season 2 is currently in production and release date details are still being worked out, Den of Geek managed to get a few nuggets of inside information from Executive Producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. According to Port, season 2 will naturally continue the comforting supernatural comedy vibes established by season 1. “The one word that always comes up on Twitter about the show, people are always calling it wholesome,” he says....

Tales From the Hinterland, the latest from The Hazel Wood author Melissa Albert, isn’t just a stunning collection of dark fairy tale stories; the book itself is art. The 12 stories inside are accompanied by full-page illustrations from Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and printed endpapers. In a time when it is so damn easy to buy or borrow the ebook, Tales From the Hinterland is a book you want on your bookshelf or coffee table, adding a little bit more beauty to your everyday routine....

As Godzilla vs. Kong enters its third act, multiple plotlines are coming to a head: an exploration team led by Dr. Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgard) and Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) has followed Kong through a tunnel from Antarctica to the center of a Hollow Earth, the kingdom deep under the Earth’s surface from which Kong’s race and other Titans first originated. A team of Apex Cybernetics personnel are also with them, and their goal is to discover a new power source in the Hollow Earth that’s strong enough to charge up Apex’s giant robot, dubbed Mechagodzilla....

Here is everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. When and Where Will Cabinet of Curiosities be Available to Watch? Rather than being released all at once, as Netflix typically does, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is part of a special Netflix & Chills Halloween Event. The first two episodes of the series will be available to watch at 12 a.m. PT on Tuesday Oct. 25, with subsequent episodes premiering two at a time over the next three days....

Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the world of horror. Deliver 90 minutes plus of scares to large swathes of the cinema-going public and the chances are an order for seconds will be up before the original movie has even left multiplexes. Blame it on market forces and the fact movie-making is fundamentally a money-making enterprise, but the results have proven gruesome for fans, in every sense of the word....

Indeed, Captain America: The Musical is now officially canon, albeit they refer to it as Rogers in the MCU. Apparently the hottest ticket on Broadway, the new show is at the center of the Hawkeye trailer, which begins with Clint Barton (Renner) finally spending quality time with his family after the “blip.” So he takes them to see Rogers just in time for Christmas. It’s currently unclear how much of the musical we’ll actually see in the finished series, but there is at least one number that’ll be staged: It stars a presumably baritone Steve belting a power ballad on a set intended to evoke the Battle of New York from the first Avengers movie....

That’s why some Last of Us fans were surprised by a recent report that suggested Ellie actress Bella Ramsey has never played either of The Last of Us games. In fact, that report suggested that the actress was told to not play the games. While that information caused some slightly more reactionary fans to panic about Ramsey’s upcoming performance, it turns out that the actress has a pretty good explanation for why she didn’t dive too deeply into the show’s beloved source material....

Unfortunately, since Horizon Forbidden West isn’t a loot shooter, players can’t just attack any random robot and hope they drop the strongest weapons in the game. Sure, enemies house plenty of resources to craft ammunition and other tools, but in order to acquire legendary weapons, players have to overcome numerous challenges that will test their skills. If you’re on a hunt for all of Horizon Forbidden West‘s legendary weapons in the game, here’s how to get them:...

So far as that goes, you’ll (probably) be happy to know that Forbidden West’s skill system is balanced in a way that makes it possible to thrive and survive regardless of how, exactly, you level your character. Unlike some games we may be talking about later this week, you don’t have to worry about making things harder on yourself because you built your character the “wrong way” or because you missed out on some incredible ability....

Director Tim Burton’s choice of Young for Batman’s leading lady role as photojournalist Vale seemed auspicious since it brought the genre experiment a rising star with pertinent gravitas from roles in then-recent offerings like Blade Runner and Dune, along with dramas such as No Way Out and Wall Street. It was a positive outlier against the buildup from the film’s 1988 production, during which it was preemptively savaged by fans and critics over Burton’s selection of comedic character actor Michael Keaton—fresh from starring in Burton’s 1988 hit, Beetlejuice —as opposed to a conventionally imposing action movie star....

However, Soul of the Dragon is an original tale, not based on a precedent comic. Like the eye popping anime-style film Batman Ninja, this is a completely stand-alone story. Batman: Soul of the Dragon is yet another chapter in the many creation tales for Batman. It tells of his martial indoctrination and joining him on this adventure are three of the best martial artists within the DC multiverse: Lady Shiva (Kelly Hu), Ben Turner a....

While American Psycho and The Cell offered up visually striking nihilistic thrills to genre fans, the majority of horror movies released at the dawn of the new millennium were at best forgettable and, at worst, lamentable – yes, we’re looking at you, Leprechaun in the Hood. This was the year of duff sequels like Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Urban Legends: Final Cut and, though it is painful to admit, Scream 3....

This is a long-winded way of saying, the points of departure between The Irregulars and the canon of Doyle’s Holmes are numerous. Unlike Enola Holmes — in which you could squint and imagine those adventures lining up with the Doyle canon — The Irregulars is straight-up fanfic. That said, the inspirations for Bea, Jessie, Billy, Spike, and Leopold are found in a handful of legit old-school Sherlock Holmes stories. Here’s how the Netflix series comes from the canon of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and how it plays with that canon, too....