A movie that makes it onto The A.V. Club‘s best films of the year list probably also includes at least one of the best scenes of the year. But a film also doesn’t need to be an indisputable success as ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Clockwise from top left: Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo); Despelote (Panic); Baby Steps (Devolver Digital); Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Kepler Interactive); Skate Story (Devolver Digital) Like so much ...

Of everything I saw on TV in 2025, the one show I thought was the very best, and has haunted me ever since, was the four-part Netflix drama Adolescence. It's the story of a young teen accused of ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The actor and cast member of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ discusses the latest season, the presidential ...

Pee-wee Herman, demigods, and British royals lead the best of television in 2025, according to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which has revealed the year’s top-rated shows based on critical ...

The past year brought no shortage of stellar fragrance launches, and after 12 months of testing, wearing, and tracking the best colognes of 2025, a few clear themes emerged. In case you didn't know, ...

At the midpoint of this year, Netflix‘s slate of original films was largely disappointing and wildly uneven. Thankfully, Netflix apparently saved its top-notch flicks for the second half of 2025. Now, ...

From a sticky meditation on relationships to a Valentine's Day slasher, there was a lot to love this year. By most metrics, 2025 was a brutal year to be alive — but a comparatively gentle one for ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

This year, for the first time since 2015, I’m not doing a “best graphic novels of the year” list. There are too many great works out there to read, too many ways to evaluate how they are “best,” and ...