It's the Annual Smash Games and Wii Fit Trainer and Mega Man have been chosen as tributes. » 12/25/14 12:00pm 12/25/14 12:00pm

This was a tough year for movies and television — we had the weakest box office summer in years, and TV ratings were anemic. Tons of huge, vaunted projects stumbled, and some underdogs thrived. Here are the top 10 lessons we hope the entertainment industry has learned this year. » 12/23/14 1:43pm 12/23/14 1:43pm

The third movie in the Hunger Games series is supposed to be the one where the frame pulls back and reveals a bigger world than the teen arena of the first two. Instead, Mockingjay Part 1 does something more daring: it shows how all of the dystopian land of Panem is just the Arena writ large. Minor spoilers ahead... » 11/21/14 12:27pm 11/21/14 12:27pm

Lately, every movie seems to be a sequel or reboot — but it doesn't stop there. Because the movie industry is increasingly dependent on creating franchises, we're seeing some bastardized forms, that are just designed to keep franchises alive. Here are six newfangled types of movies that we're already tired of. » 10/20/14 1:28pm 10/20/14 1:28pm

It's Banned Books Week! But people are trying to keep great books out of libraries and schools every hour of every day, year round. And often, people's reasons for challenging these titles are really, really... outlandish. Here are 12 SF and fantasy books that people have given incomprehensible reasons for banning. » 9/25/14 1:34pm 9/25/14 1:34pm

Today's genre books are full of future dystopias, which only have one weakness: teenagers. And everybody knows that most dystopias are kind of contrived. But here are 10 lessons from real-life rebellions against repressive regimes, that we wish the creators of fictional dystopias would pay attention to. » 9/15/14 1:39pm 9/15/14 1:39pm

This is a great time to be a fan of science fiction and fantasy movies, and this fall is jam-packed with wonder and fascination. There are huge sequels, like Hunger Games and The Hobbit. But also some huge wild cards, like Christopher Nolan's Interstellar and Ridley Scott's Exodus. Here are 29 movies to look out for… » 8/13/14 3:51pm 8/13/14 3:51pm

Some environmental activists in Oklahoma used a Hunger Games banner as part of a protest against Devon, an energy company. For their trouble, reports say they were locked up and are now facing terrorism charges. » 12/20/13 12:00am 12/20/13 12:00am

The next Hunger Games movie comes out tomorrow, so while we're all eagerly lining up for midnight showings, we can play Reliance Games' latest movie tie-in, The Hunger Games: Chased By Bees. » 11/21/13 7:15pm 11/21/13 7:15pm

This fall is just packed with movie goodness. A lot of the year's most ambitious films are coming out in the next four months. Including huge space epics, massive franchise pictures... and Marvel's first post-Avengers movie without Iron Man in it. Here's our prognosis for 20 upcoming science fiction and fantasy movies. » 8/14/13 7:19pm 8/14/13 7:19pm

Hunger Games: Girl On Fire » 3/22/12 12:00pm 3/22/12 12:00pm is like , but more interactive and based on Lions Gate Films' action drama that comes out tomorrow.