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Keith Phipps

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  1. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Season Finale Recap: Not All Good ThingsA peculiar final act ties up loose ends at warp speed before sending the La Sirena off to parts unknown.
  2. chat room
    Horror Legend Robert Englund on What Triggers ‘Our Most Primal Fears’From Freddy Krueger to the new docuseries True Terror, the actor has made a long career of exploring the underside of the American psyche.
  3. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: We Are the RobotsWelcome to Synthville.
  4. vulture lists
    10 Great Movies With Fewer Than 10 People in ThemEnjoy some films that adhere to the new CDC guidelines.
  5. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: Homeward BoundThe season’s many disparate strands start to come together in an episode that once again toys with notions of fate and free will.
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    Star Trek: Picard Recap: The One With the Space PizzaPicard reunites with some more old Enterprise crew members who have carved out an idyllic new life for themselves, if not an entirely happy one.
  7. chat room
    Dispatches From Elsewhere Is ‘Uncharted Territory’ for Jason SegelThe actor-writer-director’s return to TV is also a departure, one filled with strange turns, philosophical digressions, and bittersweet whimsy.
  8. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: You Were Never Really HerePicard’s arrival at the Artifact forces him to confront his own Borg past — and that’s the least of his problems this episode.
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    Star Trek: Picard Recap: What Happens on Freecloud Stays on FreecloudWe’ve never seen a planet quite like Freecloud on Trek, but we have most definitely seen the ex-Borg Picard runs into while he’s there.
  10. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: A Sort of HomecomingPicard and the rest of the La Sirena crew make a stop on a planet that’s home to some old friends and bad memories.
  13. vulture lists
    The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the OscarsA second look at 92 years of the Academy Awards, including this year’s ceremony.
  14. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: EngageThe aptly titled “The End Is the Beginning” wraps up some old business and takes a trip to the past to introduce the last of Picard’s regular cast.
  15. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: Death on MarsThe series fills in some big blanks regarding Picard’s recent past with Starfleet, and raises some big questions about what comes next.
  16. viewing guide
    The 14 Best Star Trek Entries to Accompany PicardYou don’t need to have seen these Next Generation episodes and film to understand the new series, but they definitely enrich the experience.
  17. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Premiere Recap: ReengageOne episode in, this is already a very different show from The Next Generation, but also one deeply informed by its predecessor.
  18. vulture lists
    The 50 Greatest War Movies Ever MadeA look back at a genre that has inspired a century of cinema.
  19. overnights
    The Mandalorian Season Finale Recap: Tragedy of the Manufacturer’s ProtocolWe learn more than we ever have before about The Mandalorian’s origin, but this episode really belongs to IG-11.
  20. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: Bait and Switch (and Switch)The season’s penultimate episode reveals The Mandalorian’s self-contained chapters haven’t been that self-contained after all.
  21. vulture lists
    The 40 Best Christmas Movies of All TimeEstablished classics, new favorites, and even some horror.
  22. lingering questions
    12 Lingering Questions From the Watchmen FinaleThis just wouldn’t be Watchmen if “See How They Fly” wrapped everything up in a neat bow at the end.
  25. lingering questions
    Where Is Lube Man, Watchmen?Plus eight other very important questions we need answered in this week’s finale.
  26. vulture lists
    Every Clint Eastwood–Directed Movie, RankedExamining the 89-year-old director’s prolific and unpredictable career behind the camera.
  27. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: Battle Droids and Double CrossesAnyone who’s felt like The Mandalorian hasn’t featured enough dirtbags so far should have no complaints after this episode.
  28. lingering questions
    10 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“A God Walks Into Abar” asks us to consider the world from Doctor Manhattan’s perspective, and boy is it a confusing perspective!
  29. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: Bounty FlawThis week’s adventure brings Mandalorian and Child to a familiar planet called Tatooine and raises some concerns about Mando’s parenting skills.
  30. lingering questions
    10 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“An Almost Religious Awe” gives us some critical Angela backstory and confirmation of the Kavalry’s plans, but where do we go from here?
  31. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: Two and a Half SamuraiWith bounty hunters still in pursuit, the Mandalorian and the Child dip into a “backwater skug hole” to make new friends and join in a local skirmish.
  32. lingering questions
    9 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“This Extraordinary Being” gives us a big revelation about Hooded Justice and puts the series’ inciting mystery to bed. Sort of.
  33. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: This Is the WayAmid a tense stealth mission and a thrilling battle, we start to get a clearer picture of what sort of man the Mandalorian really is.
  34. lingering questions
    14 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“Little Fear of Lightning” cracks the mystery of Looking Glass, and raises a host of new questions in the process.
  37. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: Baby OnboardA satisfying second chapter reveals some intriguing new details about the Mandalorian’s bounty amid a string of rousing action scenes.
  38. overnights
    The Mandalorian Premiere Recap: A Bounty Hunter Walks Into a Bar …The first live-action Star Wars series begins digging into the seedy underbelly of a universe still figuring itself out after the Empire’s fall.
  39. lingering questions
    10 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“If You Don’t Like My Story Write Your Own” introduces a mysterious new character who raises some new possibilities for where this story is headed.
  40. lingering questions
    12 Big Questions From Watchmen’s Third Episode“She Was Killed By Space Junk” presents us with some major new characters, a mysterious clock, and a very complicated joke. Let’s break it all down.
  41. vulture lists
    All 15 Original Godzilla Movies, RankedThough the whole series is fun to watch, some Godzilla movies are better than others.
  42. lingering questions
    Our 18 Biggest Questions About This Week’s WatchmenHow did Angela survive the White Night? What happened to her parents? And why does Will keep speaking in riddles?
  43. lingering questions
    14 Big Questions From Watchmen’s First EpisodeThe series premiere drops viewers into a strange but strangely familiar alternate reality. So let’s parse “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice.”
  44. viewing guide
    From Masked Avengers to Space Squids: A Short History of the Watchmen UniverseA guide to the key players from the landmark graphic novel, and the impact they could have on HBO’s new “remix” series.
  45. behind the scenes
    How Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Brought Its Puppet-Filled World to LifeThe prequel’s sprawling vision of Thra is the result of old-fashioned puppetry, modern technological modifications, and, yes, a little bit of CG.
  46. vulture lists
    The 12 Best Shark Movies Since JawsThe subgenre has largely remained in Spielberg’s shadow, but it hasn’t lost its capacity to surprise.
  49. vulture lists
    The 20 Best Performances in Quentin Tarantino FilmsFeaturing Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more.
  50. overnights
    Stranger Things Season Finale Recap: You Are Now Leaving Hawkins, IndianaThe Hawkins gang has saved the world — with some help from Satan’s Baby — but they’ve also paid the price.
  51. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: F-L-A-Y in the U.S.A.For the Mind Flayer’s plan to work, it needs El off the board. She’s just too powerful.
  52. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: On Some Faraway BeachBoth the Russians’ and the Mind Flayer’s time spent hiding underground is coming to an end.
  53. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: Underneath the BunkerLooks like we now have a fully operational — and fantastically gross — Mind Flayer.
  54. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: Code Red!As several simultaneous investigations edge into dangerous territory, it becomes clear the Upside Down isn’t done with Hawkins.
  55. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: Boys vs. Girls vs. DemogorgonsUnderstanding between the sexes has had a serious breakdown, but that’s the least of the gang’s problems right now.
  56. easter eggs
    Every Pop-Culture Reference We Spotted in Stranger Things 3The 1980s cultural shoutouts go way beyond John Carpenter homages (though there are plenty of those, too).
  57. overnights
    Stranger Things Recap: Magnets, How Do They Work?Hawkins: a tough place for rodents, and an even tougher one for lifeguards.
  58. overnights
    Stranger Things Season Premiere Recap: Mall MadnessIn Hawkins, a blackout is never just a blackout — especially one that hits just before the scary part of a classic zombie film.
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