The A.V. Club

As Halloween approaches, The A.V. Club is celebrating all that goes bump in the night, be it on screen, stage, or the page with our 2026 Horrors Week. tinyurl.com/5294243j

According to a new report, Keanu Reeves has entered talks to lead Netflix's upcoming Maelstrom after Alan Ritchson dropped out for undisclosed reasons. tinyurl.com/yth933s7

The Philosopher's Stone entry into HBO's Harry Potter series has found its James and Lily Potter, along with a Charlie Weasley.

Stephen Graham steals the show as a Hannibal Lecter-esque character in this unsettling noir. tinyurl.com/44kkyuac

Musk is leaving theaters and heading to VOD sooner than expected. tinyurl.com/3s89szm4

Cage's commitment to unbridled performances makes him the perfect match for the over-the-top genre fare. tinyurl.com/3xh25yvx

Jay-Z—whose company Roc Nation has produced the Super Bowl Halftime Show since 2019—has been chosen to headline this year's show. tinyurl.com/47vym95p

The Caped Crusader has nothing but positive things to say about the "incredibly generous" Stephen Soderbergh, who is currently helping finish The Batman: Part II. tinyurl.com/4ryvjw5h

Adults star Owen Thiele told Variety that he doesn't know what could happen to Anton and Paul Baker in a potential third season because the writers purposely haven't told him anything. tinyurl.com/tcd5wjdv

Along with 30 Rock alums Jane Krakowski and Scott Adsit, Edi Patterson, Andre De Shields, and Jason Mantzoukas will guest star on Reggie Dinkins season two. tinyurl.com/zc49h3s4

Instagram announced on Monday that select users will have the ability to upload horizontal videos up to 90 minutes long as part of a new feature that just started rolling out. tinyurl.com/4fwzr2nz

The new mega studio Skydance has $80 billion in debt and a few hundred redundant employees to lose. tinyurl.com/22yj8rhn

Plus, this month sees a Hunger Games prequel and the start of John Malkovich's Oscar campaign. tinyurl.com/2b5xphx8

Ava DuVernay's 14th, about the 14th Amendment, uses AI to animate old photos that are in the public domain, and the filmmaker wants people to see the documentary for themselves before deciding how they feel about it. tinyurl.com/c6nj6vf7

Best known for his supporting turn aboard the Starship Enterprise, Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on Star Trek, was 90. tinyurl.com/y6pafm6r

In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar, Natalie Portman recalled people saying that Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace "ruined the franchise." Read more at the link in our bio.

Wildwood, Laika's first PG-13 rated movie, trusts kids to grapple with heavier themes. tinyurl.com/5n6am6a9

In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar, Natalie Portman recalled people saying that Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace "ruined the franchise." tinyurl.com/zzb7kjf5

The Black Tapes sees a pair of scientists very unsuccessfully attempting to debunk the supernatural. tinyurl.com/53jzuvbs

In a 1300-word rant on Truth Social, Donald Trump trashed his recent dinner guest as "complete and total loser." tinyurl.com/36ffa39b

For years, Netflix has pushed a philosophy of data being the supreme arbiter of taste. Now it's suffering for worshipping at that altar. tinyurl.com/6k8y428f

Amanda Seyfried says she was in the running for Guardians Of The Galaxy, but thought that the role could "ruin" her career. tinyurl.com/tyacmazu

Eric Bauza, the performer of beloved cartoon characters from Bugs Bunny to Woody Woodpecker was 46. tinyurl.com/4trfbmaj

We're kicking off our annual Horrors Week with this tribute to the direct-to-video horror sequels that experimented with the formula, taking their creeps, monsters, and slashers to new frontiers. buff.ly/O1HvpTx

The Last Week Tonight host devoted his entire Sunday show to detailing just how chummy the Republican Party has become with open white nationalists. tinyurl.com/y94j279n

Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes doc had an even bigger second weekend, adding another $19 million to its box office total. tinyurl.com/8ew3kf69

30 years ago, Shane Black wrote Geena Davis one of her greatest roles with The Long Kiss Goodnight's Samantha Caine. tinyurl.com/2hhfsydh

In Youth's penultimate episode (for the season), Alex finds a way to burst her own bubble. tinyurl.com/2pnr34wu

In a new interview, Holland Taylor said that she wasn't paid "very well" during her time on Two And A Half Men, despite earning four Emmy nominations for her work on the show. tinyurl.com/mwdt4emv

Elon Musk's Grok Imagine released the first episode of his AI-generated adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey, which is supposed to be "historically accurate." tinyurl.com/4vzkjf78

Jessica Biel said that the upcoming 7th Heaven reboot will be modernized, have "less limitations," and still maintain the family-friendy nature of the original series. tinyurl.com/4nhad6r5

The Trial Of Alec Baldwin director Rory Kennedy says, "if this was Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, I don’t think this would have gone to trial." tinyurl.com/mvcxk5pr

Our reading list never stops growing, but this week we're digging into buzzy literary thriller Fruit Fly and a sweet paranormal romance. tinyurl.com/4yr3t669

The Smashing Pumpkins founder "didn’t feel" Marilyn Manson was guilty of the multiple sexual assault allegations against him. tinyurl.com/52m7km38

Season three of Nobody Wants This released on Netflix a few days ago, but creator Erin Foster is already itching to do another season, saying "there's more story to tell." tinyurl.com/fxxkx3zf

The Wright Brothers made the first manned flight. What this Wiki Wormhole presupposes is…maybe they didn't. tinyurl.com/3z8fnfe4

Fielder's co-director Lance Oppenheim says the Nathan For You creator was worried there wasn't anything in Elizabeth Holmes' story left to tell. tinyurl.com/bdh9e55c

The Elvis Presley estate alleges that Anthropic's Claude software is training AI with unauthorized use of the late singer's works. tinyurl.com/bdf9vupe

For this week's staff picks, we're into Samantha Josephs' Carrying and R. Eric Reuss' Spirit Island. tinyurl.com/y9jbx2mj

The Wicked star spoofed the movie's shipper community and the so-bad-it's-good excesses of low-budget Nigerian cinema during her hosting gig. tinyurl.com/r3vt8pee

Here is what's happening on TV from Sunday, October 25 through Saturday, October 31. tinyurl.com/nauavn6f

Two weeks after opening, Alex Gibney's scathing Musk documentary has almost vanished from American theaters. tinyurl.com/y7bwucw6

Paul Greengrass says he turned down directing a Bond movie out of loyalty to Jason Bourne. tinyurl.com/ysvprmn7

J. Todd Anderson, the storyboard artist who visualized every Coen brothers movie since Raising Arizona, has died. tinyurl.com/mvcrzwnv

Stick-in-the-muds at Capcom wouldn't let Street Fighter maim Chun-Li. tinyurl.com/3595x4j6

Laika CEO Travis Knight takes us behind the scenes of Wildwood, the studio's greatest artistic feat yet. tinyurl.com/4bywybmh

Surprising audiences at AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Friday with the first seventeen minutes of The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth, Quentin Tarantino expressed his fondness for the character played by actor Brad Pitt and where he would like to take him next. tinyurl.com/84eka6uv

Karoline Leavitt appeared on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday evening to discuss topics such as Maher's enjoyment of White House cuisine, the abrupt fall of Leavitt's successor, and the mercurial nature of her former boss. tinyurl.com/3vde8dwz

Our inaugural edition of The Backlist digs into some haunted house horror novels that deserve your time. tinyurl.com/9j6e4dp

DC Studios' Clayface is performing well at the box office this weekend, and with so many eyes on it, many have noticed a surprise (and very brief) appearance by Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul. tinyurl.com/yc884ykt