As Halloween approaches, The A.V. Club is celebrating all that goes bump in the night, be it on screen, stage, or the page with our 2026 Horrors Week. tinyurl.com/5294243j

VisionQuest falls back into old habits in two episodes that struggle to combine its desires for emotional stories and fun action. tinyurl.com/497fj25m

Danny Masterson's rape conviction has been upheld, with a California appeals court also rejecting allegations that Scientology was unfairly maligned in his 2023 trial. tinyurl.com/3ymdhnc6

The Birds will be expanded into a modern reimagining that features a decades-old mystery and a killer on the loose over several episodes.  tinyurl.com/yw2exvrk

Two Pittsburg residents told KDKA Investigates that they clicked on an Instagram ad seeking background actors for season three of The Pitt, and the company ended up asking for credit card information during a Zoom call. tinyurl.com/bdhpdhej

Aaron Sorkin continues to sell his new movie on its shortcomings. tinyurl.com/58bp4w93

Grok told Wired that Elon Musk's promised "historically accurate" rendition of The Odyssey "does not meet a strict historical standard." tinyurl.com/4czh4uuv

Netflix's The New Stanford Prison Experiment tries to pass itself off as serious science. But the presence of cameras renders the experiment almost scientifically meaningless. tinyurl.com/4ep3nbc8

In Dig, the former Leslie Knope says "yup" to an archeological compsiracy, so long as she doesn't bury herself or her team of college students first. tinyurl.com/yuthuh9x

Fewer subscribers are using their Netflix accounts, according to a new report. tinyurl.com/5ejcnxf8

The final trailer for Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three shows Robert Pattinson's creepy Scytale promising a way to "neutralize" Paul Atreides, with Chani's help, and end his rule over the universe. tinyurl.com/yc35udrc

Say what you will about the mother-and-son-crafted animated movie Niu Lai, but at least it brought a family together. It's more than you can say about Sanxingdui: Future Past, the first fully AI-generated movie to open in China. tinyurl.com/4vhwtth8

The sheer number of new and returning series arriving on our screens next month is both exciting and kind of daunting. tinyurl.com/587x6xed

In this exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of Cupertino, it looks like the show's resident lawyer doesn't oppose, but rather defends, a betting app. tinyurl.com/5n7xv9ch

Susan Saint James, the 80-year-old star of Kate & Allie and McMillan & Wife died on Monday. tinyurl.com/4v54zk2u

Filmmaker Milad Avaz told IndieWire that his new movie Elastic Hearts, which deals with a Texas teenager considering abortion and features Cole Sprouse, was denied a tax credit for political reasons. tinyurl.com/46h724xc

Judge Joel Bennathan, the presiding judge at London's Southwark Crown Court, ordered jurors to find Russell Brand not guilty of an "indecent assault" charge, citing "insufficient evidence." tinyurl.com/55ameeyr

Young had previously sued to stop the Trump campaign for using "Rockin' In The Free World" at rallies in 2020. tinyurl.com/582fu83r

Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris has recently said he's considering releasing an unreleased interview he conducted with disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes as a film. tinyurl.com/3svas2e4

Documentaries could be indie hits in the early aughts, but by the 2010s, everything changed. Now You Can See Everything is setting records. tinyurl.com/4bp7b57r

The macho male bonding flick is based on the book by former Navy SEAL turned author Jocko Willinick. tinyurl.com/35esrsvm