Tasha Robinson
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Polygon Entertainment Editor. Former editor at Verge, The Dissolve, The A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her.
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I got PLURIBUS screeners for one of our writers just yesterday. I don't think he was planning to spend the whole work day mainlining it, but I kept getting DMs from him for the next six hours — "Is she really going to [redacted]?" "Oh no, they can't [redacted]," "This is DELIGHTFUL."
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I got PLURIBUS screeners for one of our writers just yesterday. I don't think he was planning to spend the whole work day mainlining it, but I kept getting DMs from him for the next six hours — "Is she really going to [redacted]?" "Oh no, they can't [redacted]," "This is DELIGHTFUL."
Vince Gilligan's PLURIBUS premieres today on Apple TV, and it's hard to overstate how fascinated the Polygon crew has been with this show. It's addictive, it's startling, and it's easily the biggest discussion-starter series I've seen in 2025. I'm hoping it takes off like SEVERANCE. It deserves to.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vince Gilligan's PLURIBUS premieres today on Apple TV, and it's hard to overstate how fascinated the Polygon crew has been with this show. It's addictive, it's startling, and it's easily the biggest discussion-starter series I've seen in 2025. I'm hoping it takes off like SEVERANCE. It deserves to.
What if entertainment journalism was still like this? What if there were modern profiles of Christopher Nolan or Edgar Wright or Rian Johnson that start with a thousand words about their rudeness and then become a deeply insightful yet deranged conversation/failed seduction attempt? I mean, I'm in.
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What if entertainment journalism was still like this? What if there were modern profiles of Christopher Nolan or Edgar Wright or Rian Johnson that start with a thousand words about their rudeness and then become a deeply insightful yet deranged conversation/failed seduction attempt? I mean, I'm in.
Worst Cat in a rare morning moment of not being The Worst. Most mornings, Violet presents herself for washing and he gives her two vague licks, then bites her ear, like he's trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Worst Cat in a rare morning moment of not being The Worst. Most mornings, Violet presents herself for washing and he gives her two vague licks, then bites her ear, like he's trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
Pictures really can't do justice to what's going on in the sky over Chicago right now, but here's the closest I've got.
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Pictures really can't do justice to what's going on in the sky over Chicago right now, but here's the closest I've got.
Have a buffalo.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Have a buffalo.
I'm feeling weirdly down about the end of PEACEMAKER. Yeah, I get it, Chris Smith is not a good guy, he's done terrible things for terrible reasons, and he earns a lot of his pain through bad choices. But James Gunn so consistently offers him a tiny spark of hope just to twist the knife on him.
October 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm feeling weirdly down about the end of PEACEMAKER. Yeah, I get it, Chris Smith is not a good guy, he's done terrible things for terrible reasons, and he earns a lot of his pain through bad choices. But James Gunn so consistently offers him a tiny spark of hope just to twist the knife on him.
I also wasn't expecting HAZBIN HOTEL dialogue karaoke — the audience knew a LOT of the script by heart and chanted it with the characters. Angel and Alastor were both obvious favorites for dialogue-alongs ("Ha-ha! Never going to happen!"), but the second "I got the LEGS!" was probably biggest.
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I also wasn't expecting HAZBIN HOTEL dialogue karaoke — the audience knew a LOT of the script by heart and chanted it with the characters. Angel and Alastor were both obvious favorites for dialogue-alongs ("Ha-ha! Never going to happen!"), but the second "I got the LEGS!" was probably biggest.
Two biggest takeaways from the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along:
1) Really surprised at the level of Velvette fandom. Her entrance got a huge vocal response, only beat by Lucifer when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all.
2) I'd never noticed the telling detail in this line before!
1) Really surprised at the level of Velvette fandom. Her entrance got a huge vocal response, only beat by Lucifer when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all.
2) I'd never noticed the telling detail in this line before!
October 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Two biggest takeaways from the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along:
1) Really surprised at the level of Velvette fandom. Her entrance got a huge vocal response, only beat by Lucifer when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all.
2) I'd never noticed the telling detail in this line before!
1) Really surprised at the level of Velvette fandom. Her entrance got a huge vocal response, only beat by Lucifer when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all.
2) I'd never noticed the telling detail in this line before!
Cosplay at the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along was lit.
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Cosplay at the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along was lit.
Radu Jude's DRACULA was the absolute perfect cap for my #FantasticFest. Deeply weird, openly transgressive, sometimes extremely silly, a sly satire of modern AI tech and the people behind it. No description will touch what this movie actually is, or how it feels to experience it.
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Radu Jude's DRACULA was the absolute perfect cap for my #FantasticFest. Deeply weird, openly transgressive, sometimes extremely silly, a sly satire of modern AI tech and the people behind it. No description will touch what this movie actually is, or how it feels to experience it.
My last day at #FantasticFest was a certified butt-numb-athon, ending with back-to-back screenings of PTA's tremendous ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Radu Jude's DRACULA, both in the three-hour range. But both are effortless, absorbing viewing, and I only felt the run time when I hit midnight.
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My last day at #FantasticFest was a certified butt-numb-athon, ending with back-to-back screenings of PTA's tremendous ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Radu Jude's DRACULA, both in the three-hour range. But both are effortless, absorbing viewing, and I only felt the run time when I hit midnight.
Technically, this doesn't seem very different from the coffee vending machines we've had for decades, plus a shiny futuristic interface and app integration. So I guess the only real selling point is "No horrible barista chat?"
September 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Technically, this doesn't seem very different from the coffee vending machines we've had for decades, plus a shiny futuristic interface and app integration. So I guess the only real selling point is "No horrible barista chat?"
Is the open goal here to have Austin entirely staffed by robots by 2030? Why is "You might have to say hi to another human being" an unbearable burden?
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is the open goal here to have Austin entirely staffed by robots by 2030? Why is "You might have to say hi to another human being" an unbearable burden?
Technical observations, more anxieties, plus I finally figured out I could turn on my phone's video light and get much better imagery of the car interior. (I don't normally shoot night video.)
September 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Technical observations, more anxieties, plus I finally figured out I could turn on my phone's video light and get much better imagery of the car interior. (I don't normally shoot night video.)
Recorded a bunch of the trip on my phone, which meant fumbling early on as I tried to get my seatbelt fastened one-handed while also shooting, with the car lecturing me about it. Had some thoughts both on the intellectual experience of being in a driverless car, and some of the algorithm's choices.
September 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Recorded a bunch of the trip on my phone, which meant fumbling early on as I tried to get my seatbelt fastened one-handed while also shooting, with the car lecturing me about it. Had some thoughts both on the intellectual experience of being in a driverless car, and some of the algorithm's choices.
Welp, I did it. I booked an autonomous car ride back to the hotel after my last #FantasticFest screening. And it was creepy.🧵
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Welp, I did it. I booked an autonomous car ride back to the hotel after my last #FantasticFest screening. And it was creepy.🧵
I don't even want to talk about how tempted I am right now. Very fortunate that my last screening of the night is already seating.
September 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I don't even want to talk about how tempted I am right now. Very fortunate that my last screening of the night is already seating.
...wherein Jesse Plemons shaves off Emma Stone's hair because he believes she's an alien who can use her hair to contact her mothership. So #FantasticFest brought in some barbers to shave the heads of anyone who wants it. People are going for it.
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
...wherein Jesse Plemons shaves off Emma Stone's hair because he believes she's an alien who can use her hair to contact her mothership. So #FantasticFest brought in some barbers to shave the heads of anyone who wants it. People are going for it.
It's Fantastic Fest's 20th anniversary, so all week, we've been getting preshow screenings of wild events from past fests, and it had me wondering where this year's over-the-top stunts were. Well, tonight's secret screening was Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA...
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's Fantastic Fest's 20th anniversary, so all week, we've been getting preshow screenings of wild events from past fests, and it had me wondering where this year's over-the-top stunts were. Well, tonight's secret screening was Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA...
Well here's a creepy-ass thing just hanging out behind the scenes at #FantasticFest.
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well here's a creepy-ass thing just hanging out behind the scenes at #FantasticFest.
RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR is some good demented fun. A little BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, a little WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, a little WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, and more camp than every FRIDAY THE 13TH movie combined. Alice Krige vs. Chris Colfer! #FantasticFest
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR is some good demented fun. A little BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, a little WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, a little WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, and more camp than every FRIDAY THE 13TH movie combined. Alice Krige vs. Chris Colfer! #FantasticFest
Chris Colfer is at #FantasticFest for RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR, and he has SO much pompadour going on.
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Chris Colfer is at #FantasticFest for RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR, and he has SO much pompadour going on.
What movie do you consider perfect?
September 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
Way behind on talking about actual movies at #FantasticFest. So far, NIGHT PATROL is the hit of the festival for me. Great film to go into blind if you loved SINNERS. Starts with STRANGE DAYS' inciting incident and then unfolds with a series of increasingly demented but Pertinent To Now surprises.
September 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Way behind on talking about actual movies at #FantasticFest. So far, NIGHT PATROL is the hit of the festival for me. Great film to go into blind if you loved SINNERS. Starts with STRANGE DAYS' inciting incident and then unfolds with a series of increasingly demented but Pertinent To Now surprises.