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Polygon June 21, 2026

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The main selling point being used to promote Toy Story 5 is that it’s all about “toys vs. tech.” And while Pixar’s latest outing is already expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year, there definitely is a contingency out there claiming the movie is pushing outdated message or “for boomers” or that it's wrong-headed altogether for drawing artificial lines between different types of play. Even as a fairly anti-screentime parent of an 11-year-old myself, I feared Toy…

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Polygon June 21, 2026

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Obsessionis one of the year's biggest hits. Written and directed by Curry Barker, of YouTube fame, the film is the kind of runaway horror hit that's poised to shake up the industry, with studios taking note to replicate its success in future projects. With a budget of roughly $750,000 and a global box office gross of more than $294 million, the film is likely to launch many careers and remain in discussion in the years to come. Barker has numerous films…

15 Years Later, Green Lantern's most controversial creative choice became the norm for superhero movies
Polygon June 21, 2026

15 Years Later, Green Lantern's most controversial creative choice became the norm for superhero movies

In the 2010s, while Marvel was riding high and cruising toward Avengers: Endgame, DC made a lot of bad superhero movies. After Christopher Nolan crafted The Dark Knight, which many people still consider to be the pinnacle of comic book movies, he followed that up with the mess that is The Dark Knight Rises. Zack Snyder also betrayed the character of Superman with his brooding take featured in Man of Steeland Batman v. Superman. Suicide Squad and Justice League were also…

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