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There are things about life on the planet Earth that you're better off not spending too much time thinking about.…

There have been few if any comic-book movie performances as startling and singular as Heath Ledger's performance…

I had mixed feelings when I heard that they were making a film adaptation of Yann Martel lovely little book Life…

"That dog is crazy."

I'm just saying, I wouldn't have thought that the trials and tribulations of a Shakespearian acting troupe could…

Ask anyone: Twitter can be a vile, negative place that turns your friends into jerks. Saying the wrong thing on…

You may have heard that Aaron Sorkin, somewhat beleaguered creator of The Newsroom, has fired his entire writing…

Tell me you guys watch Breaking Bad. You do, right? If you don't… well, you should. It's a very good show. It…

I still remember when I first watched Firefly, when I saw the final episode of its truncated FOX TV run. That…

Seriously. I guess there aren't all that many types of torture I could withstand, but bloodbending from the Avatar…

I grew up with Encyclopedia Brown. He was my kind of hero, a kid who beat the bad guys not with brawn or physical…

I'm all out of faith. This is how I feel. I'm cold and I'm alone, bound and broken on the floor. Oh, AMC's The…

Well, then. I should say they aren't "making" the movie yet—they're Kickstarting it. But after a couple days on…

Hi Kotaku, and welcome to the evening Off Topic post.

YouTube user Weave613 has an interesting skill of Game of Thrones impersonations.

I don't know why this woman looks so disturbed. Who wouldn't want cats following them everywhere?

Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises won't be out until later this month, but if you're fiending for an early hit before…

Well, I mean, okay, other than the billion people who have told me His Dark Materials is amazing.

Hi, gang. Last night, we ran the first off-topic forum (as opposed to post). I went through it this morning— I saw a…

Hi there. I've been in charge of the "Off Topic Thread" for a little while now, and it's gradually morphed into…