If Stanley Kubrick Directed Rogue One, the Posters Might Look Like This
Director Stanley Kubrick left us way too soon back in 1999. Still, his 13 feature films continue to factor heavily into popular culture, from visual effects and dialogue, all the way down to the powerful marketing—like the iconic poster for 1987's Full Metal Jacket, adopted by artist Orlando Arocena with a scifi spin…
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The Best Suicide Squad Story in Comics Isn’t Being Published by DC
As publishers often do for comics series that get turned into multimillion-dollar films, DC Comics is offering up a new Suicide Squad series. The first issue is not very good. But there’s been a much better version of the motley crew black-ops squad concept running around in the wild that the House of Superman has…
Get Our Best Look Yet at Westworld With a Ton of New Stills
It’s still hard to imagine that Westworld is so close, especially given both the rumors of its delay and the tumultuous production. But now it’s just months away, we can start getting a much better picture of just what the series will look like.
You've Never Seen Birds Fly Like This Before
Flight is one of those evolutionary wonders that’s hard to fully appreciate with two squishy eyeballs and a linear sense of time. But we’re no longer limited to what nature gave us, thanks to the wonders of photo editing. As Barcelona-based photographer Xavi Bou shows, a few simple tricks can reveal the dizzying…
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Why Are Star Wars Droids At Their Best When They're Homicidal Maniacs?
Star Wars’ droids are usually meant to be a little bit too cute for their own good—just look at BB-8! But we also love when that cuteness is subverted with a violent streak, like with Knights of the Old Republic’s HK-47, Rebels’ Chopper, or the Darth Vader comic’s Triple Zero and BT. Or, case in point, this astromech…
Metroid Prime: Federation Force: The Kotaku Review
Despite abundant expectations that it would be bad, Nintendo’s new Metroid spin-off turns out to be very good.
Marvel's New Variant Comic Covers Want to Get Kids Into STEM (and the Arts, Too)
Lunella Lafayette. Reed Richards. Peter Parker. Tony Stark. Amadeus Cho. Hank Pym. Some of Marvel Comics’ biggest names are scientists and engineers as well as superpowered heroes. To celebrate, Marvel is having a month of STEM-themed covers to promote science education... and a little bit of the arts too, course.
Turns Out Beastie Boys Goes Much Better With Rogue One Than With Star Trek
Remember when the Internet was aghast at the first Star Trek Beyond trailer, soundtracked with the Beastie Boys hit “Sabotage”? It might not have fit well with many people’s idea of boldly going (and thankfully the film was much more traditionally Trekky than that trailer), but it turns out it really works for Star…


