From breakout moments to standout ideas, here are the five best things our editor saw at SXSW 2026 and why they mattered.

There’s a place in Michigan where locomotives breathe fire and steam like friendly dragons. The Steam Railroading Institute ...

Alan Ritchson's War Machine delivers a great military sci-fi movie and opens the door to many other similar movies.

Prime Video’s 3-part conspiracy thriller with Alan Ritchson continues to prove itself as a perfect weekend binge on streaming ...

While Nikola Jokic continues his triple-double mastery with the Nuggets, the league is shifting and adapting to it. Victor ...

This movie had me yelling "SNAAAAAAAKE!" ...

Reacher star Alan Ritchson continues to dominate streaming as his epic Netflix sci-fi movie passes a major streaming ...

Netflix's War Machine is proving to be a solid hit for the streamer, but fans will definitely want to check out another ...

Action movies love to promise practical stunts, but War Machine actually delivered on that promise in a big way. According to ...

Director Patrick Hughes wanted energy from War Machine’s action. He got plenty of it from composer Dmitri Golovko. While rangers – led by 81 (Alan Ritchson) – are on the run from alien weaponry, ...

In the latter, though, I never got to be surprised by the presence of the alien, and not just because the film opens with a ...

Alan Ritchson's War Machine is heavily indebted to John McTiernan's Predator, but it also feels like a prequel to a forgotten ...