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Image: Paramount After eight Mission: Impossible installments and a relentless barrage of high-octane spectacle, the claustrophobic wire heist from the original 1996 film remains the franchise’s definitive moment. The scene features IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) suspended mid-air in a pristine, white-walled vault, navigating a lethal security system where the slightest sound or temperature...
The highly anticipated launch of 007 First Light is finally upon us, signaling the end of a 14-year hiatus for James Bond in the gaming world. While we saw the mobile-only 007 Cypher in the interim, it has been over a decade since 007 Legends brought the legendary MI6 operative to home consoles. With IO...
Image: Disney/Lucasfilm The domestic box office results for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu are officially in, and for the franchise’s first theatrical return since 2019, the numbers are undeniably tepid. According to data from Variety, the film brought in $82 million over its initial three-day run. When accounting for the full Memorial Day holiday,...
Image: Lucasfilm/Disney Tony Gilroy’s Andor serves as a masterclass in prestige television, proving that Disney’s massive $645 million investment yielded one of the most visually sophisticated entries in the entire Star Wars canon. The series offers a gritty, ground-level perspective on Cassian Andor’s evolution into the hardened revolutionary we meet in Rogue One. With Phillip...
Image: David Production/Netflix Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a masterclass in narrative eccentricity, constantly pushing the boundaries of the action-adventure genre. Its seventh chapter, Steel Ball Run, introduces a bold new continuity that reinvents franchise staples like Stands and Hamon. Set against the backdrop of an industrializing 1890s America, the story follows a high-stakes,...
Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter curated by Polygon, delivered to your inbox every Friday and featured on our site each Sunday. You can subscribe here. Earlier this week, Take-Two Interactive performed the standard corporate ritual of an investor earnings call. However, given that the publisher oversees Rockstar Games—the studio behind the highly anticipated Grand...
Forza Horizon 6 has firmly established itself as the most critically acclaimed title of 2026. Dominating the leaderboards on both Metacritic and OpenCritic, it has become the first release this year to comfortably clear the 90-point threshold on both platforms. As a high-budget, impeccably polished experience with massive mainstream appeal, it is undeniably a top-tier...
Image: Prime Video When the screen adaptation of The Boys was first announced, my anticipation was palpable. Garth Ennis remains my definitive favorite comic book writer, and The Boys holds a permanent place on my Mount Rushmore of essential graphic literature, sitting comfortably beside Preacher, Planetary, and The Invisibles. However, having witnessed AMC’s underwhelming take...
Dick Parry and David Gilmour at The Royal Albert Hall, 2007. (Photo: Brian Rasic/Getty Images) Dick Parry, the legendary saxophonist whose soulful performances defined some of Pink Floyd’s most enduring masterpieces, has passed away at the age of 83. The news of his passing was shared on Friday (May 22) by David Gilmour, who penned...
Polygon 2026 Summer Preview Your essential guide to the next three months in gaming, cinema, television, and beyond. Explore the issue→ It is not every day that Sherlock Holmes, P.G. Wodehouse, and the claymation charm of Wallace and Gromit collide in a single creative vision. Yet, that is exactly the landscape Pascal Cammisotto, writer and...
