In 2013, Kanye West invited Michael Kiwanuka to the Yeezus sessions in Hawaii. He left after a few days. Here’s what that moment, and his long fight with impostor syndrome, tell us about his music.
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Tom Holland’s new Spider-Man suit borrows from Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and the original 1962 comics. Here’s every callback, and why the cheaper-looking suit is the most emotional one yet.
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Other Mommy is based on Josh Malerman’s novel Incidents Around the House, and the book’s ending is much bleaker. Here’s what changed, with full spoilers, and whether the film was right to soften it.
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Verity’s costume designer dressed Anne Hathaway in beige, blood red and butter yellow, and Dakota Johnson in thrift-store denim. Here’s what those choices tell you about the characters, without spoiling the twist.
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The Street Fighter movie was scored by Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson, the duo behind Cobra Kai, with two original tracks from HEALTH. Here’s who made the music and why it sounds the way it does.
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Clayface’s director pointed to Sam Raimi, Brian De Palma and the old Frankenstein films, and its writer to a 1992 Batman cartoon. Here’s a five-film watchlist built from those influences.
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Ocarina of Time was shaped by what the Nintendo 64 couldn’t do: one stick, no voices, no free camera. Here are six limits the Switch 2 remake removes, and whether losing them is a good thing.
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The biggest song of 2026 started with a question about Miranda Lambert’s pet kangaroo. Here’s how Choosin’ Texas was written, who played that guitar lick, and the Pylcrow Hit Recipe behind it.
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Richard McCoy pulled an almost identical hijacking five months after D.B. Cooper, and his children now have a parachute they say proves it. Here’s the Pylcrow Evidence Scorecard on what holds up and what doesn’t.
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Scarecrow should be DC’s next horror movie. Joker and Clayface show Batman villains can carry their own films. Here’s the Pylcrow Villain-First Test, the numbers, and the best case against it.
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