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This feature was previously published ahead of Thelma ’s theatrical release. It has been updated for the film’s streaming release. Action movies used to be the domain of younger stars: All those gunfights, car chases, death-defying stunts, and nefarious-crime-thwartings take a lot of energy and flexibility, not to mention the ability to heal up afterward. But American action stars are simultaneously aging up and staying in the picture: Harrison Ford, now 82, made an Indiana Jones movie about his age . Tom Cruise is 62 and has a new Mission: Impossible movie on the way . Keanu Reeves keeps putting out John Wick movies. Even Bob Odenkirk got in on the action for his 60th birthday. But 2024’s hilarious action-comedy Thelma , now on Hulu, pushes the trend to what must be its limit. Here, 94-year-old Oscar-nominated actress June Squibb picks up the action mantle.  Thelma is the first feature film from director Josh Margolin. It’s about a 92-year-old woman named Thelma who loses $10,0

The original 5th edition Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014) came to market during a delicate period for its publisher, Wizards of the Coast . Dungeons & Dragons ’ 4th edition had been struggling to grow its audience for years, leading many to wonder if the seminal tabletop role-playing game could retain its dwindling relevance in the marketplace. As it turns out, 5th edition was indeed a hit , and D&D is now bigger than ever before in its more than 50-year history. That’s thanks in part to a solid mechanical foundation, but also to a bustling actual play community that continually raises the bar for performance and storytelling. Now Wizards is making yet another attempt at revitalizing the D&D brand with a revised, updated, and expanded 5th edition Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024) . I’m happy to say that it feels like exactly what the game and its fandom needs in this moment. It would have been easy for developers merely to chase the community, codifying the way that the mode

“Black Panther will return,” Marvel promised at the end of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . When the superhero does eventually return to the big screen, they’ll be joined onscreen by Denzel Washington, according to the actor himself. While Marvel Studios hasn’t officially announced a Black Panther 3 for its upcoming slate , Washington says that one is in the works, and that writer-director Ryan Coogler is writing a role for him. Speaking on Australia’s Today show during press rounds for Gladiator II , Washington outlined his upcoming list of projects, saying that he’s slated to appear in a third Black Panther movie. “At this point in my career, I’m only interested in working with the best,” Washington said. “I don’t know how many more films I’m gonna make, probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done. “I played Othello at 22. I’m about to play Othello at 70. After that, I’m playing Hannibal. After that, I’ve been talking with Steve McQueen about a film. After that,

Superman & Lois , the very final show of the Arrowverse , is coming to an end — but before that, the superhero drama is delivering its best season yet by adapting a hugely famous Superman story: The Death of Superman . What’s more, the CW show is not just delivering the best adaptation of that comic arc, but improving on the source material. The Death of Superman is a monumental ’90s comic book event that dared kill one of the most iconic superheroes of all time. As successful and influential as that comic was , it is a rather simple story without much nuance. A big monster shows up out of nowhere, dies while killing Superman, and eventually, Superman is brought back to life. Doomsday is not a great villain; he’s just big and strong, which is a problem that has plagued subsequent adaptations. Either they are stand-alone movies that don’t have a good sense of how many strong opponents Superman has faced before (the two animated adaptations from 2018 and 2007), or they treat Doom

Smoliv, the olive Pokémon from Paldea, can be found in the wild in Pokémon Go . Yes, Smoliv can be shiny in Pokémon Go ! Shiny Smoliv made its debut during the 2024 “ Harvest Festival ” event. None of the Smoliv family sees uses in any meta, but it does have a pretty good shiny. The black olives are distinct and compliment it well! What is the shiny rate for Smoliv in Pokémon Go? As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine ), the shiny rate for Pokémon on a regular day is approximately one in 500. Smoliv is not a confirmed Pokémon that gets a “permaboost” (meaning that it’s a rare spawn and thus gets a boosted shiny rate). What can I do to attract more shiny Pokémon? Not much, unfortunately. It appears to be random chance. Shiny Pokémon catch rates are set by developer Niantic, and they are typically only boosted during special events like Community Days or Safari Zones, or in Legendary Raids. There are no consumable items that boost shin

Over at QVC, first-time shoppers can save $20 on purchases of over $40 through Nov. 30, including video games. Not only that, it’s offering free shipping on nearly everything for the duration of Nov. 11 in recognition of Veterans Day. QVC’s games library includes a mix of new releases and other titles that haven’t received many discounts. The most notable title that’s eligible for this discount is GOTY challenger Dragon Age: The Veilguard for Xbox or PlayStation on disc, which you can get for $57 after using the code HOLIDAY20 at checkout. Personally, I wouldn’t expect to see many deals on this game ahead of Black Friday — or during the shopping holiday, for that matter — so this may be the best price you’ll get in 2024. We’ve included a few other titles that we think put QVC’s $20 off HOLIDAY20 discount to good use. source https://www.polygon.com/sales-guide/476932/qvc-dragon-age-veilguard-discount-code

Five years after announcing a reboot of Blade set within the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel… still hasn’t made a reboot of Blade set within the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fans got a tease — remember that post-credits scene in Eternals ? — but theoretical star Mahershala Ali has yet to appear on screen as the vampire-slaying daywalker. The turbulent development was extraordinary to make headlines; after cycling through a number of writers and directors, Ali’s lawyer went out and called the project “the craziest thing in my professional experience.” Disney eventually removed Blade from its 2025 release calendar. If that leads you to believe Blade is dead, think again: Kevin Feige, speaking out of Brazil D23 on Saturday, took the main stage to parade around completed projects and give updates on the development slate. But in a follow-up interview with the Brazilian fan site Omelete , Feige assured judgy onlookers that Ali’s version of the chara

Judero , released for PC on Sept. 16, swings for the fences with a do-it-yourself spirit that sets the game apart from both its AAA and indie contemporaries. As the first game developed by Talha and Jack Co — Talha Kaya ( Soul Searching , Pill Baby ) and Jack King-Spooner ( Beeswing , Dujanah ) — it’s the perfect example of the duo’s arthouse sensibilities and the trail of captivating projects that led them to working together. Everything in Judero is handcrafted, and I mean everything: The eponymous hero, the various beasties with which he battles, and even the logo on the pause screen had real-world analogues before they were implemented as digital assets in the Kickstarter- and UK Games Fund-financed action-adventure game. Many were molded from clay, King-Spooner’s latent fingerprints visible on their grainy surfaces in stop-motion cutscenes, while others feature the conspicuous ball-joints of action figures, broken apart and reassembled as puppets to fit the needs of the sentime

At the risk of being entirely unrelatable: You know that music they play at the spa? That synthy, spaced-out soundscape type of stuff that isn’t exactly music, but isn’t exactly not music? The sort of playlist you can find if you take a wrong turn from your favorite lo-fi playlist? Chord after relaxing chord, interspersed with birdsong, rain sounds, or crackling fire? Well, Europa is that, but in video game form — at least when it comes to its gameplay. Europa , developed by Helder Pinto and Novadust Entertertainment, is a game mostly about gently floating through cel-shaded environments to soothing piano and electronic music. You play as Zee, a humanoid boy who uses a “Zephyr” backpack to fly through serene landscapes riddled with overgrown ruins and cutesy robots. In its opening hours, Europa feels like it ought to have been titled Beautiful Vista Simulator , as it shuttles you from overlook to stunning overlook, panning the camera out to show off the game’s painterly aesthetic

Final Fantasy 14 ’s first post-Dawntrail patch is on the horizon, with maintenance going down for the game for about seven hours before patch 7.1 properly launches. Below, we explain when FFXIV Dawntrail maintenance ends and some of the things you can look forward to when the patch launches. What time does FFXIV maintenance end and servers come back online? Final Fantasy 14 ’s maintenance ends on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the following times: 2 a.m. PST  for the west coast of North America 5 a.m. EST  for the east coast of North America 10 a.m. GMT for the U.K. 11 a.m. CET  for western Europe/Paris 7 p.m. JST  for Japan/Tokyo 9 p.m. AEDT for Australia/Sydney Note that maintenance does end before daily reset time , so you can likely squeeze in a set of the new Pelupelu allied society quests if you’re quick (and awake that early). What’s new in FFXIV 7.1? Of course, there’s also more main scenario quests, where we seem to continue to pick up the pieces after the events o

Pokémon Go is having a Mankey Community Day event on Sunday, Nov. 10, from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. As expected with a Community Day event, Mankey will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny. There are also several other bonuses and perks, which we’ve list out below. How do I catch a shiny Mankey in Pokémon Go? As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine ), Shiny rates on Community Days are about 1 in 24, which means that if you keep playing throughout the three-hour window, you should find quite a few shiny Pokémon. If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Mankey to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Mankey you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked. What Community Day move does Mankey’s evolution learn? If you evolve Mankey or Primape into

Just like the early phases of Marvel Cinematic Universe turned B- and C-list heroes into the biggest stars on the planet, the next chapter of the mega-franchise intends to pluck side characters from passable movies and iffy TV shows for a team-up movie with high potential. Marvel and Disney released a new extended trailer for Thunderbolts* on Saturday, after a debut at the emerging Brazil D23 convention, and it feels a bit like old times: chemistry, verve, and even a bit of color-graded polish we haven’t seen in an MCU movie since… maybe ever? If Deadpool & Wolverine made every self-referential punchline imaginable to get Marvel through a down year, next May’s tentpole could actually revitalize the ongoing saga. Every character gets the spotlight in the new trailer, including Yelena Belova/White Widow (Florence Pugh), Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, U.S. Agent/John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost/Ava Starr (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster/Antonia Dreykov (Olga Kurylenko), and W

Halloween may be over, but the hunt for great thrillers is always on. Netflix has quite a few excellent options this month, including an original movie from the end of October and a surprising movie you might not know about. Every month, we handpick a few of the best thrillers on Netflix that fit the current season. Sometimes they pair well with an upcoming release. Other titles might be new additions to the platform. This month we’ve got a Netflix new arrival, a horrifying dystopian movie from just a few years ago, and a very underappreciated gem that deserves a whole lot more attention. Editor’s pick: Woman of the Hour Director: Anna Kendrick Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut chronicles the story of one of the most infamous serial killers in American history, his victims, and the women who — against all odds — managed to survive him. Kendrick stars as Sheryl Bradshaw, a struggling actress in late-’70s Los Angeles who is coaxed

Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Look Back , the critically acclaimed anime film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same name , is finally available to stream on Prime Video. That’s not all, though; the time-travel comedy My Old Ass starring Aubrey Plaza also arrives on Prime Video this weekend alongside Poolman on Hulu, Black Cab on Shudder, and the Christmas rom-com Meet Me Next Christmas on Netflix. There are also several new releases available to rent or purchase on VOD, including A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson. Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend! New on Netflix Meet Me Next Christmas Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Genre: Holiday rom-com Run time: 1h 45m Director: Rusty Cundieff Cast: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Mitch Grassi This holiday rom-com foll

When news broke yesterday that Amazon MGM Studios was moving ahead with its long-dormant Mass Effect TV series , I had one wistful thought: Wow. I wonder what Mass Effect even is without Commander Shepard.   (If you’re running to the comments to say “BioWare did that, it was called Mass Effect: Andromeda !” Come on. Amazon is not going to make a show based on the most ill-received game in the franchise. Be real .)  But then, just as suddenly, I realized the fundamental flaw in my assumption. Oh god , I thought, Please don’t let them just make a show about Shepard .  See, the main character of the Mass Effect trilogy, though customizable, is still miles more specifically realized than, say, the leads of the games that inspired Amazon’s latest video game hit, Fallout . Forget the Broshep-vs.-Femshep argument; how do you condense the multiple romance options and the Paragon/Renegade alignments down to a single depiction? While it would be very funny to have Shepard show up in a Mass

The Pokémon Company and Nintendo are suing Palworld developer Pocketpair for 10 million yen, which is roughly the equivalent of $65,600, and late payment damages, according to a statement released by Pocketpair on Friday . The lawsuit targets three patents that cover gameplay where players ride Pokémon and throw Poké Balls. The Pokémon Company and Nintendo formally filed a suit against Pocketpair last September. At the time, the press release from the two companies said they were seeking an injunction and compensation “on the grounds that  Palworld … infringes multiple patent rights,” but the companies did not clarify how much they were seeking in damages. On Friday, Pocketpair provided the public with a current status of the case. According to this new update from Pocketpair, the Pokémon co-owners claim Palworld infringes on three patents held by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo, and that the two companies are seeking an “injunction against the game and compensation for a porti