Books
December Horror Book Releases That Will Truly Give You Chills
Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 17, edited by Ellen Datlow
2025 is almost over, which means it’s time for another installation of Ellen Datlow’s horror anthology Best Horror of the Year. Datlow, dubbed the queen of horror anthologies, has...
Books
5 literary gift books in December 2025
Every Day I ReadEvery Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books, Hwang Bo-reum’s delightful collection of bite-sized essays translated by Shanna Tan, brims with observations on the reading life. Bo-reum—author of the blockbuster novel Welcome to...
TV Shows
How to watch Heated Rivalry episode 1 for FREE
Heated Rivalry - the explicit Canadian hockey drama based on Rachel Reid's 2019 book – is streaming the first episode for free in Canada.We just spotted where to watch the opener free – and we don't know how long...
Comics
Horror Beat: The final season of STRANGER THINGS is remarkable for all the wrong reasons
Season four of Stranger Things was legitimately good. While the basic ingredients that made the show successful were there, it was Vecna’s storyline that gave the series the much-needed chance to...
Comics
Interview: Kevin J. Anderson on DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
The three book series Dune: The Graphic Novel has been collected by Abrams ComicArts in a box set just in time for the holidays as the perfect gift for that geeky...
TV Shows
Brilliant Minds’ Sophomore Slump Makes Me Miss This Canceled NBC Show More
May of each year always brings some heartbreaking news, as we learn some of our favorite shows are being cancelled, and May 2025 was no exception, with the cancellations of The Irrational, Found, and Grosse Pointe Garden Society, along...
Books
Seriously, Everyone. Last Call on Best Books of the Year Lists.
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.This is it. The book industry’s version of buying your gifts on Christmas Eve. These are the last year-end lists...
Movies
RescueFest Opens with Restoration of Steve Buscemi’s Wonderful “Trees Lounge” | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
“Trees Lounge,” a movie that Roger Ebert called “the most accurate portrait of the daily saloon drinker I have ever seen” is going to open the 2025 RescueFest, a benefit for IndieCollect that starts tomorrow, December 5 at the...
Latest News
Trump says he’s ordering blockade on oil tankers in and out of Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil...