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How 'The Phantom Menace' Backlash Almost Broke Star Wars

For Star Wars fans, 1999 was the best of times and the worst of times.

ByRyan Britt
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Unlimited Power: Celebrating the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

25 years after The Phantom Menace, it’s time to admit the obvious: the Star Wars prequels aren’t just good, they’re great.

Review

'The Strangers: Chapter 1' is the Worst Kind of Horror Spinoff

Josh Brolin in 'Outer Range' Season 2.
Review

'Outer Range' Season 2 Deepens Its Time-Travel Mysteries — But at a Cost

News

Why 'Doctor Who' Episode 3 Is Putting The Show To A Test

We’ll Get to See The Full-Tilt Weirdness of Netflix’s '3 Body Problem'

'John Wick: Chapter 4's Best Character is Getting a Spin-Off Movie

The Inverse Interview

Retrospective
Reflecting on Road House’s 8 Wildest Scenes With Rowdy Herrington

The director of the 1989 action movie breaks down the movie’s most absurd movies — including, of course, the throat rip.

ByJake Kring-Schreifels
The Inverse Interview
Ahmed Best Gets the Last Laugh

Once the most hated man in Star Wars, the actor behind Jar Jar Binks reflects on his reputation in that galaxy far, far away.

ByLyvie Scott
Bigger on the Inside
Doctor Who Seems To Confirm Star Trek Exists In The Whoniverse

Will the TARDIS ever materialize on the Enterprise? Has it already?

ByRyan Britt and Hoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview
For Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Is Forever

The returning showrunner and cast reflect on the newest adventures in the TARDIS.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Retrospective
How The Stand Became TV’s First Genre Epic

“I do think it woke people up to the fact that you can take genre material seriously and reach a really wide audience,” director Mick Garris says.

ByDon Kaye
The Inverse Interview
The Kingdom That Freya Built

The rising star who plays the heartfelt princess of The Witcher is now the lone human taking on The Planet of the Apes. All hail Freya Allan.

ByDerek Lawrence
The Inverse Interview
For Ethan Hawke, Making Wildcat Was an “Act of Faith”

Directing daughter Maya Hawke in his portrait of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor, Hawke interrogates why he makes art.

ByIsaac Feldberg
The Inverse Interview
Flesh and Blood

Humane director Caitlin Cronenberg reflects on following her famous father into genre filmmaking, confronting fears of mortality, and finding just the right amount of blood.

ByIsaac Feldberg
The Inverse Interview
“The Hardy Boys on Acid”: Inside Netflix’s New YA Mystery Show

Dead Boy Detectives is Supernatural meets X-Files wrapped in the Sandman universe.

ByDais Johnston
Exclusive
I Saw Spider-Man 2 in Theaters Again — And I Told Sam Raimi About It

“I really appreciate the crowd liking the movies.”

ByHoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview
Zack Snyder Aims for the Stars

“People have never accused me of exploiting the male form, though I probably do that quite a bit.”

ByBrandon Streussnig
Exclusive
X-Men ‘97 Directors Want to Make an Animated Movie — And It Sounds Amazing

An X-Men ‘97 feature film could be “Spider-Verse” meets “Akira.”

ByJake Kleinman
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4 Years Later, a Propulsive Tech Thriller Just Got a Surprising Second Life

Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force in Veena Sud’s The Stranger.

ByLyvie Scott
Gone Squatchin'
Life Among the Sasquatches

The brother directors behind Sasquatch Sunset reveal how their bizarre indie hit came to be.

ByJake Kring-Schreifels
The Inverse Interview
Alex Garland Takes the Fight to Us

“People keep saying the film is not political. I think they're just missing the point.”

ByHoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview
Amazon’s Fallout Comes Out of the Vault

Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s video game adaptation is just the beginning.

ByHoai-Tran Bui

Reviews

Review
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the Worst Kind of Horror Spinoff

Everything that made The Strangers a standout horror flick is missing from Chapter 1.

ByMatt Donato
Review
Evil is Ending Exactly When It Needs To

In a pleasurable — but not immaculate — fourth and final season, the march towards Armageddon is rendered routine.

ByEric Francisco
Cannes 2024 Review
Furiosa Takes the Mad Max Saga to Deranged New Heights

George Miller delivers a wild sci-fi odyssey like no other.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Outer Range Season 2 Deepens Its Time-Travel Mysteries — But at a Cost

This is still one of the best sci-fi shows on TV. But is the novelty of the genre mash-up fading?

ByRyan Britt
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Netflix’s Bodkin Takes the True-Crime Satire to Surreal New Heights

Murder comes to the Emerald Isle.

ByDais Johnston
Review
La Chimera is an Unearthly Ghost Story

The red string of fate leads us on a strange trip through the underworld.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Is An Old-School Epic Begging For A Sequel

The latest in the venerable Apes franchise delivers the goods — even if it feels like a very long set-up.

ByRyan Britt
Review
Doctor Who Reboots Itself With Flair, But Not With Much Success

Doctor Who’s new era is for everyone and no one at all.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Tales of the Empire Never Gives Itself Room to be Great

Star Wars supports women’s wrongs and women’s rights.

ByDais Johnston
Review
Dark Matter Injects Bold New Life Into the Multiverse Story

The most daring series of the moment is also the most grounded.

ByRyan Britt
Review
Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Wastes Its Killer Potential

The best vampire show of the decade is back — but its second season lacks real bite.

ByLyvie Scott
Movies
In Challengers, Love is a Game But Sex is Not

Zendaya’s sexy tennis movie is about more than just sex.

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Boy Kills World is a Gnarly Dose of Bone-Crunching Mayhem

The most juvenile revenge thriller of the year has arrived.

ByAlex Welch
Review
Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spooky, Sweet Addition To The Sandman Universe

The new spinoff is anything but dead on arrival.

ByValerie Ettenhofer
Review
Knuckles Is Exactly What a Direct-to-Streaming Spinoff Should Be

The Paramount+ miniseries channels Sonic’s delirious fun into episodic format.

BySarah Milner
Review
Abigail is a Bloody Good Time

She’s a ballerina vampire!

ByHoai-Tran Bui
Timey Wimey

Why 'Doctor Who' Episode 3 Is Putting The Show To A Test

ByAlex Welch

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor faces his greatest test in “Boom.”

MCU

'X-Men ‘97's Finale Sets Up a Wildly Ambitious Season 2

ByLyvie Scott

Our heroes are dangling off so many cliffs right now.

Review

'The Strangers: Chapter 1' is the Worst Kind of Horror Spinoff

ByMatt Donato

Everything that made The Strangers a standout horror flick is missing from Chapter 1.

Star Wars

How Star Wars Is Going Full Hitchcock

ByDais Johnston

Will this be our first live-action Star Wars noir?

Review

'Evil' is Ending Exactly When It Needs To

ByEric Francisco

In a pleasurable — but not immaculate — fourth and final season, the march towards Armageddon is rendered routine.

Unlimited Power

Unpacking the Most Infamous Meme of the Star Wars Prequels

ByAndy Crump

The higher the ground, the better the meme.

MCU

X-Men ‘97’s Post Credits Scene Could Redeem The Worst X-Men Movie

ByLyvie Scott

The Age of Apocalypse is upon us once again.

Retrospective

10 Years Later, One Monster Reboot Is Finally Getting The Praise It Deserves

ByAlex Welch

"Let them fight."

The End of Time

We’ll Get to See The Full-Tilt Weirdness of Netflix’s '3 Body Problem'

ByRyan Britt

Phew! The epic timeline of 3 Body Problem will be fully explored.

News

'John Wick: Chapter 4's Best Character is Getting a Spin-Off Movie

ByLyvie Scott

Donnie Yen was a perfect addition to Wick’s world, and now he’ll get his own adventure.