All the Catchiest, Most Earworm-y Theme Songs From Genre Movies

Image: Sony, Lionsgate The eternal question—“Who you gonna call?”—has come back around thanks to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Ray Parker Jr.’s 1984 anthem has us thinking about the pop songs so prominently featured in some of our favorite sci-fi, animated, and superhero movies, they’ve become just as well-known as the movies they’re featured in. Sometimes, soundtrack … Read more

Everything You Need to Know

Nintendo Switch sequel speculation has hit a fever pitch despite just how little information there is about the long-expected update to Nintendo’s most popular console ever created. However, in recent months, the ocean of disconnected rumors has started to coagulate into something that could be considered more than a rumor. While there’s been a bevy … Read more

io9’s Top 100 Posts of 2023

Image: Hasbro Ten years ago, Hasbro announced something akin to a disturbance in the Force—and Star Wars toy fans’ wallets: The Black Series, a brand new line that would bump the iconic heroes and villains of the galaxy far, far away up to 6″ scale for the first time (and away from the 3.75″ scale … Read more

Start Your Holiday Shopping Early With Festive Fandom Finds

Image: CAMP, Home Depot, Retrospekt, Casetify, JBL, Kitsch, Panasonic, Loungefly, Jakks, Nincrane Christmas is starting now—well, maybe that actually happened a couple weeks ago, as it wiped out most Halloween sections well before October 31. We know, we know, it’s wild to see aisles already filled with holiday cheer and online stores rolling out their … Read more

How the Mario Film Made the Mushroom Kingdom

Picture: Illumination/Nintendo Say what you’ll in regards to the Mario film, if there’s one factor it unequivocally nailed was an adoring means to take the worlds of Nintendo’s most iconic character and craft them right into a moviescape value gawking at. Of all of the Mario film’s aesthetic accomplishments, it’s maybe the Mushroom Kingdom that … Read more