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

John Hawkes is a long, long way from Deadwood in this week's episode of The Lowdown. tinyurl.com/2pe8pcps

Producers behind the live-action Magic: The Gathering movie were reportedly keen to cast Maya Hawke as the first star in a planned ensemble cast, though her role is unclear. tinyurl.com/53xvs8wp

If Nocturne sent you on the hunt for more bleak murder-mysteries, we've got you covered. tinyurl.com/3btpvvrh

Craig Brewer's Snoop Dogg biopic, starring Jonathan Daviss and Camron Jones, will also feature Cynthia Erivo as Afeni Shakur, Tupac Shakur's mom and a member of the Black Panther Party.

Beef creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jin will continue creating scripted shows and feature films for Netflix with his new production company, Lila Pictures. tinyurl.com/3n9dxcr7

Newcomer Anthony Ippolito breaks through with his dedicated performance as a dogged Sylvester Stallone in the enjoyable biopic I Play Rocky. tinyurl.com/3389z5a4

The marketing blitz for Avengers: Doomsday has begun, and it has brought about one of Marvel's strangest team-ups yet: Channing Tatum's Gambit and H.E.R.B.I.E., the Fantastic Four's robot spud/team mascot. tinyurl.com/yz4kevcr

Toni Collette stars as a divorced social worker and single mom in the Australian adaptation of Norwegian dramedy Pernille. tinyurl.com/37mp3f3c

In a new interview with GQ, Andrew Garfield said that he's "not concerned" about being associated with Open AI CEO Sam Altman and has accepted that his portrayal in Artificial will simply be "a part of my work." tinyurl.com/mtb6bv93

Vertical has released a lively 43-second teaser for Lords Of War, the sequel to the 2005 geopolitical satire Lord Of War, which reunites Nicolas Cage with director Andrew Niccol. tinyurl.com/ycka884k

Martin McDonagh and his Wild Horse Nine cast talk to The A.V. Club: "When John Malkovich gets angry and passionate, there's nothing better." tinyurl.com/ynmensw5

The Last Days Of Disco director Whit Stillman is filming his first movie in 10 years, A Night at Claridge’s, in Ireland. tinyurl.com/bdem9tcb

While Lea Thompson freely admits Howard The Duck's shortcomings, she still feels affection for it—and recently called "fowl" on people telling her it was a box-office bomb. tinyurl.com/3jv2etc5

Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington's On Cinema is always changing—but that's what makes it so easy to jump into. tinyurl.com/47bzzy3d

Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw star in Trinity, which arrives in December. tinyurl.com/2ftdkzdn

Tinto Brass, master of Eurosleaze and Caligula director has died at 93. tinyurl.com/vnfvw5t6

After promising on Tuesday morning that she would debut her "perfect" Haley Stevens impression if the Democrats won, Hannah Einbinder delivered at around 2:06 a.m. Eastern time, flexing her Emmy Award-winning chops in a mock impersonation of the party tinyurl.com/yc4mf5dt

Author J.K. Rowling's bigotry against the trans community inspired the protest on Wednesday at the opening of a Harry Potter store in London. tinyurl.com/vaevua4f

Kogonada's retreat back to his indie, ethereal roots with Zi might've made for a good vacation, but it also makes for an insubstantial movie. tinyurl.com/48yadvww

For The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth, Quentin Tarantino wanted the full Fincher "intense marionette artist" that demands 28 takes. tinyurl.com/49u859pj