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“He’s so effortlessly gross”- Jason Bateman’s Unapologetic Charm Had His Former Co-Star Melissa McCarthy Bewitched

It is no secret that Jason Bateman is a master at comedic reactions. The guy has this uncanny ability to pause just long enough or give the perfect side-eye to make a joke land. But there are moments when his on-screen eccentricities go from quirky to downright out-of-this-world, leaving fans to wonder how he even…

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‘Anora’s Shameless Sex Scenes Chart Ani’s True, Tragic Loss of Innocence

Sean Baker's glittering film boldly tracks Ani's heartache.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Front Room’ on Max, A Horror-Satire Featuring a Historically Deranged Kathryn Hunter Performance

This is directed by Max and Sam Eggers, twin brothers of that other Eggers guy. You know, the one who directed The Witch and Nosferatu.

New Movies on Streaming: ‘Wicked,’ ‘A Real Pain’ + More

These films and many more are new on demand this week.

Games News

Black Myth: Wukong continued its GOTY streak at the Steam Awards

Valve has announced the winners of the 2024 Steam Awards, voted for by fans during Steam’s Winter Sale event. Black Myth: Wukong triumphed in the Game of the Year category, as it has in virtually every fan-voted GOTY award in the calendar. Black Myth beat fellow finalists Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, STALKER 2, Balatro,…

Your favorite game of 2025 might be out already

Polygon covered a lot of end-of-year, best-of-the-year games stuff in 2024. We celebrated one of the most successful breakout indies in years (Balatro) and watched a horde of dedicated fans muster up a bunch of fan-voted wins for a critically divisive game (Black Myth: Wukong). But we also couldn’t ignore the hundreds, if not thousands,…

Why was 1000xResist’s best sales day 7 months post-launch? ‘Not being in The Game Awards,’ dev says

Narrative RPG 1000xResist became a critical darling when it released in May 2024 — but like so many other great indie games, it didn’t get its flowers at The Game Awards in December. But a buzz has been amassing around the game since the nominees for TGAs were announced, according to sunset visitor 斜陽過客 founder…

Massive mod is the best new Command & Conquer game in over a decade

The classic real-time strategy franchise Command & Conquer has been largely neglected by its caretaker EA in recent years, but modders have used open-source tools like OpenRA to carry the torch for almost a decade, regularly patching and improving the original Command & Conquer and its sequel Red Alert with new quality-of-life features. In some…

Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games We’re Settling Into 2025 With

If you’re reading this right now, you did it: you made it through 2024. Time will tell if 2025 ends up being even messier and more chaotic for games and everything surrounding them but in the meantime, a short respite! Here are some great games (and game-spectating experiences with the return of Awesome Games Done…Read…