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2026 is an important year for the beloved Star Trek franchise, yet no major plans have been announced to commemorate its upcoming anniversary. Is this really it?
Star Trek has been suspiciously quiet about its upcoming milestone
2026 is set to be a huge year for Star Trek, even if the franchise is currently playing it down a little too much. With just two canon Star Trek shows coming th
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January 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
2026 is an important year for the beloved Star Trek franchise, yet no major plans have been announced to commemorate its upcoming anniversary. Is this really it?
The Stranger Things finale is nearly here, and our theorizing is almost at an end. Here's a list of the three Stranger Things 5 endings that we actually want to see to tide us over until our final trip to the Upside Down.
3 Stranger Things 5 finale endings that would actually satisfy fans
Stranger Things officially comes to an end on Wednesday, Dec. 31. We've been waiting for this day for so long. Honestly, I can't believe it's finally here. Wit
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December 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Stranger Things finale is nearly here, and our theorizing is almost at an end. Here's a list of the three Stranger Things 5 endings that we actually want to see to tide us over until our final trip to the Upside Down.
Despite having an excellent set up from the end of season 4 and a strong start in the latest outing, Stranger Things 5 has failed to deliver on a key promise it made to viewers.
Stranger Things 5 squanders its most promising storyline
In the finale episode of Stranger Things 4 back in 2022, after nearly two-and-a-half hours of runtime, the Duffer Brothers and co. threw one final twist at audi
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December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Despite having an excellent set up from the end of season 4 and a strong start in the latest outing, Stranger Things 5 has failed to deliver on a key promise it made to viewers.
We spoke with composer Dave Porter about his work on #Pluribus, his long-running collaboration with Vince Gilligan, and what sets Apple's sci-fi show apart sonically from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Pluribus composer Dave Porter dives deep on scoring Vince Gilligan's mind-bending sci-fi series (Exclusive)
The first season of Pluribus may have come to an end last week on Apple TV, but we'll be sifting through all the implications of its finale for some time yet. C
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December 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We spoke with composer Dave Porter about his work on #Pluribus, his long-running collaboration with Vince Gilligan, and what sets Apple's sci-fi show apart sonically from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Netflix just shared the final trailer ever for Stranger Things, and it's a good one. Let's scour it for hidden secrets:
6 hidden clues you definitely missed in the Stranger Things 5 finale trailer
The Stranger Things 5 finale trailer is officially here. It's not a long one, but it's a good one. As always, there are some really important quick moments in t
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December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Netflix just shared the final trailer ever for Stranger Things, and it's a good one. Let's scour it for hidden secrets:
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Here's a list I wrote of upcoming spec-fic TV shows I'm sure will be goated.
I'm most excited for Blade Runner 🙏
I'm most excited for Blade Runner 🙏
Fantasy and sci-fi fans are eating good next year! Here are six shows guaranteed to make 2026 a great year for genre television:
6 fantasy and sci-fi shows that are guaranteed to make 2026 great
The new year is going to be packed with new TV originals, spinoffs, and season premieres of returning shows. While I'd love to give a shout out to all the upcom
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December 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's a list I wrote of upcoming spec-fic TV shows I'm sure will be goated.
I'm most excited for Blade Runner 🙏
I'm most excited for Blade Runner 🙏
The Last of Us has lost a major star ahead of its third season, with HBO set to recast the role ahead of filming.
The Last of Us to recast major character ahead of season 3
It seems more change is coming on The Last of Us, and this time Marvel might end up being to blame. Danny Ramirez will no longer be returning for the third sea
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December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Last of Us has lost a major star ahead of its third season, with HBO set to recast the role ahead of filming.
Fantasy and sci-fi fans are eating good next year! Here are six shows guaranteed to make 2026 a great year for genre television:
6 fantasy and sci-fi shows that are guaranteed to make 2026 great
The new year is going to be packed with new TV originals, spinoffs, and season premieres of returning shows. While I'd love to give a shout out to all the upcom
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December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fantasy and sci-fi fans are eating good next year! Here are six shows guaranteed to make 2026 a great year for genre television:
The holiday release schedule for the final season of Stranger Things was a bad idea from the start, and has only gotten worse.
Stranger Things 5's release schedule is to blame for its divisive reception
After running for nearly a decade, Netflix’s mega-hit Stranger Things was set to come to a close in 2025. In an effort to turn the release of what was destined
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December 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The holiday release schedule for the final season of Stranger Things was a bad idea from the start, and has only gotten worse.
We spoke with Cornelia actress Jaime Slater about joining Spartacus: House of Ashur, her relationship with the original show, and what fans can expect from the character after that surprise decision at the end of Episode 5.
Spartacus: House of Ashur's Jaime Slater teases more Cornelia trouble ahead in Episode 6 (Exclusive)
This article contains SPOILERS for Spartacus: House of Ashur Episode 5,
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December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We spoke with Cornelia actress Jaime Slater about joining Spartacus: House of Ashur, her relationship with the original show, and what fans can expect from the character after that surprise decision at the end of Episode 5.
These Game of Thrones pairs make for fantastic scene partners, but don't expect to see them together in the pages of George R.R. Martin's books.
5 iconic Game of Thrones duos that are only in the show
Game of Thrones was never afraid to make changes to its source material, George R.R. Martin's iconic series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire. Though th
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December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
These Game of Thrones pairs make for fantastic scene partners, but don't expect to see them together in the pages of George R.R. Martin's books.
Stranger Things might be ending, but the franchise will endure. However, expect spinoff content to go in an altogether different direction to the main series.
Stranger Things live-action spinoff will explore a 'different decade and different characters'
After years of waiting, and a great number of fan theories, the fifth and final season of Netflix's sci-fi series Stranger Things is here. The show will wrap up
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December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Stranger Things might be ending, but the franchise will endure. However, expect spinoff content to go in an altogether different direction to the main series.
Social media is in a frenzy trying to predict the five characters who might die in the Stranger Things series finale, but is there any truth to the Duffer Brothers actually saying five characters would die in the final episode of the show?
Wait, did the Duffer Brothers really say 5 characters would die in the Stranger Things series finale?
Stranger Things will officially come to an end in just a few days with the series finale dropping on Netflix and in select theaters on December 31. The series f
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December 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Social media is in a frenzy trying to predict the five characters who might die in the Stranger Things series finale, but is there any truth to the Duffer Brothers actually saying five characters would die in the final episode of the show?
Romantasy books like these are why the category is booming. Here are 10 of our favorite titles the genre has to offer from 2025:
#romantasy #sff #booksky
#romantasy #sff #booksky
10 best romantasy books of 2025
It was a great time to be a romantasy reader in 2025, as many new books straddled the line between the fantasy and romance genres — and the best of them were re
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December 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Romantasy books like these are why the category is booming. Here are 10 of our favorite titles the genre has to offer from 2025:
#romantasy #sff #booksky
#romantasy #sff #booksky
Next year we'll return to Westeros for House of the Dragon season 3, but work has already begun on the fourth season.
House of the Dragon showrunner gives exciting update on season 3 and 4
We're in the home stretch of 2025, which means that the biggest year in Game of Thrones franchise history is about to begin. 2026 holds not one, but two seasons
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December 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Next year we'll return to Westeros for House of the Dragon season 3, but work has already begun on the fourth season.
Whether tied to major franchises or launched as standalone projects, each of the following sci-fi shows now appears unlikely to return after 2025.
5 sci-fi shows we might never see again after 2025
By the end of 2025, several notable sci-fi TV series have either formally ended or quietly fallen off the renewal slate. Some concluded exactly where they were
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December 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whether tied to major franchises or launched as standalone projects, each of the following sci-fi shows now appears unlikely to return after 2025.
We're taking a look at some of the best fantasy novels that 2025 had to offer, including The Strength of the Few, Katabasis, and more.
8 best fantasy books of 2025
We've finally reached the end of 2025, and while certain events in reality might have left us feeling worn down, the fantasy worlds 2025 provided were just the
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December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We're taking a look at some of the best fantasy novels that 2025 had to offer, including The Strength of the Few, Katabasis, and more.
Lucy and The Ghoul put their relationship to the test, while Maximus steps back onto the scene as a seasoned knight of the Brotherhood of Steel in the second episode of Fallout season 2.
Fallout season 2 Episode 2 recap and review:
The journey through the Wasteland continues! After getting off to a promising start with its season 2 premiere, Fallout is back with another solid episode this
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December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Lucy and The Ghoul put their relationship to the test, while Maximus steps back onto the scene as a seasoned knight of the Brotherhood of Steel in the second episode of Fallout season 2.
Apple TV's slow burner Pluribus finally "explodes" near the end of season 1.
Pluribus episode 9 review: The finale is about as action-packed as the sci-fi show can get
Pluribus season 1, episode 9,
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December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Apple TV's slow burner Pluribus finally "explodes" near the end of season 1.
There may not be a new episode of IT: Welcome to Derry tonight, but that doesn't mean we need to stop thinking about it! We spoke with composer Benjamin Wallfisch about bringing the eerie town of Derry to life, how HBO's prequel expanded on Andy Muschietti's IT movies, and more.
IT: Welcome to Derry composer on creating the chilling music for HBO's horror prequel (Exclusive)
There may be no new episode of IT: Welcome to Derry tonight on HBO, but that doesn't mean we have to stop thinking about it. Over the course of eight episodes,
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December 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There may not be a new episode of IT: Welcome to Derry tonight, but that doesn't mean we need to stop thinking about it! We spoke with composer Benjamin Wallfisch about bringing the eerie town of Derry to life, how HBO's prequel expanded on Andy Muschietti's IT movies, and more.
John Gwynne's Malice, the first volume in his four book series The Faithful and the Fallen, is a masterpiece in character and plot development and in worldbuilding. A must-read for high fantasy fans.
Book review: John Gwynne's Malice is high fantasy storytelling at its absolute finest
If you love fantasy and haven't read Malice, John Gwynne's debut novel and the first in his four book series known as The Faithful and the Fallen, then you've b
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December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
John Gwynne's Malice, the first volume in his four book series The Faithful and the Fallen, is a masterpiece in character and plot development and in worldbuilding. A must-read for high fantasy fans.
From far-future science fiction to magical fantasy sagas, 2025 was filled with notable television shows. Here are our 10 favorite genre shows from the year, ranked:
The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy shows of 2025
Somehow, 2025 is already nearly at an end. Winter storms are piling up snow, the holidays are racing toward us, and soon enough we'll be ringing in the new year
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December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
From far-future science fiction to magical fantasy sagas, 2025 was filled with notable television shows. Here are our 10 favorite genre shows from the year, ranked:
If you want the Heated Rivalry-esque emotional violence but set in worlds of fantasy, this list is your next obsession.
9 queer fantasy books to fix your Heated Rivalry hangover
If Heated Rivalry has you in a chokehold with its intensity and the rivalry that borders on obsession, the longing that feels dangerous, the chemistry powered b
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December 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you want the Heated Rivalry-esque emotional violence but set in worlds of fantasy, this list is your next obsession.
There are a lot of characters in danger heading into Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2 on Dec. 25. Here are our predictions for who could wind up lunch for a Demogorgon:
10 characters most likely to die in Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2—and 3 who are totally safe
Stranger Things 5 is coming to an end soon, and everyone is speculating about the same thing: Which characters will die in the final episodes of Stranger Things
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December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There are a lot of characters in danger heading into Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2 on Dec. 25. Here are our predictions for who could wind up lunch for a Demogorgon:
We spoke with Claudia Black and India Shaw-Smith about the complex mother-daughter relationship between Cossutia and Viridia, and filming Episode 4's pulse-pounding marketplace scene.
Spartacus: House of Ashur stars talk mother-daughter dynamics and the 'crucible' of filming Episode 4 (Exclusive)
This article contains SPOILERS for Spartacus: House of Ashur Episode 4,
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We spoke with Claudia Black and India Shaw-Smith about the complex mother-daughter relationship between Cossutia and Viridia, and filming Episode 4's pulse-pounding marketplace scene.