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8 Single-Season Mystery TV Series That Are 10/10 Masterpieces
This Collider feature rounds up single-season mystery TV series that the outlet considers masterpieces, arguing that some of the best mystery storytelling comes in contained miniseries rather than shows stretched across multiple seasons. The list highlights how these series deliver complete, twist-filled narratives without loose ends, praising strong writing, direction and performances across the selections.…
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Agatha Christie’s Unknown Murder Mystery Deserves an Adaptation 82 Years Later
An article for Collider argues that Agatha Christie’s 1944 novel “Death Comes as the End” deserves a screen adaptation, noting it remains one of only four Christie works never filmed. It stands out within her body of work as literature’s first historical mystery, set around 2000 BC in ancient Thebes with an entirely Egyptian cast,…
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Netflix’s New 10-Part Mystery Thriller Is a Perfect Weekend Binge From Start to Finish
Syfy’s 2025 series “Revival” is now streaming on Netflix, offering a fresh take on the zombie genre by blending it with a family drama. Based on the comic series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton and created by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, the show is set in the small Wisconsin town of Wausau,…
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I’ve been to Gamescom six times – here’s what excited me this year
The BBC’s Laura Cress reports from Gamescom in Cologne, the world’s largest in-person gaming event, on her sixth visit to the show. She highlights several major titles previewed this year, including a surprise new expansion for The Witcher 3, the long-awaited sequel Alien: Isolation 2, and a 2027 reboot of Playground Games’ Fable, noting the…
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Usual June mixes Hades-esque action, crystal crabs and ghosts to make for a game that’ll do well in your Halloween rotation
Rock Paper Shotgun previews Usual June, an action-adventure game combining Hades-style combat with a supernatural mystery plot, ahead of its release later this year. The genre has become relatively rare amid a wave of live-service, roguelike and deckbuilder titles, making this classic-style offering feel like a refreshing return to form, particularly for players seeking something…
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Dem House hopeful’s delayed disclosure reveals mystery payments from Soros-linked groups
Rebecca Cooke, a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, disclosed after the primary that she had been paid by Third Way and the Pipeline Fund, two progressive organisations that have received funding connected to George Soros’s Open Society network. The disclosure has drawn attention because Cooke has campaigned as a working-class outsider, and because…
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Ridley Scott Says Alien: Romulus ‘Was OK,’ So He’s Returning to the Franchise Because It ‘Needs Some Help’
Ridley Scott says he has become directly involved again in the Alien franchise and is rewriting its next film, arguing that 2024’s Alien: Romulus was merely “OK” and that the series “needs some help”. His intervention matters because it signals a more hands-on role from the director who launched the original film, despite Romulus receiving…
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Frequent James Cameron Star Officially Names Director’s Greatest Sci-Fi Masterpiece [Exclusive]
Michael Biehn has named Aliens as James Cameron’s greatest science-fiction film, praising the director’s writing and the strength of the material given to actors. The actor, who worked with Cameron on The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss, said the 1986 sequel stands above the director’s other work despite his acknowledged personal bias. Biehn argued that…
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The Mystery Behind The Beach Boys Song With No Known Writer
The Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B” is often closely associated with Brian Wilson, but it is actually an arrangement of an older Bahamian folk song with no known original writer. The article argues that the band’s version, included on Pet Sounds, made the song feel distinctly theirs while preserving its underlying story of a chaotic,…
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The Jimmy Page mystery that still surrounds a 1964 teen rock rebellion song
The article revisits the unresolved question of Jimmy Page’s involvement in The Kinks’ early recordings, following the 1964 success of ‘You Really Got Me’. It matters because Page was then an emerging session musician, and the dispute touches on the authorship and musicianship behind a defining record of British teenage rock rebellion. Producer Shel Talmy…