Underwire

Robert Jordan’s series The Wheel of Time launched in 1990 and quickly became one of the most popular series in fantasy. But as the story continued year after year many fans wondered if the tale would ever be finished, especially …

A new recut trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim — debuted as part of Qualcomm’s CES presentation — brings far more battle-bot action.

Guillermo del Toro is going big with Pacific Rim — very big.

Netflix subscribers will soon be able to inhale an entire season of Revolution in one sitting thanks to a new deal that yokes Warner Bros. Television shows to Netflix, allowing the service to stream eight 2012-2013 series a few months after their …

What is Brad Pitt trying to say on China’s microblogging service Sina Weibo?

Today, a Facebook spokesman told Wired that imagery previously deemed acceptable “should have been taken down when it was reported to us and we apologize for the mistake.”

In the new recurring feature Defend Your Show, we challenge the Wired staff to explain why the critical or conventional wisdom about the shows they love is wrong — or why they can’t stop watching even when it’s right.

The New York Times reports that energy drinks, in spite of their macho names like “Red Bull,” “Monster” and “Full Throttle,” have approximately the same effect as less aggressively named beverages like “skinny caramel macchiatos” and “Mello Yello.” Which is …

Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities offers numerous guidelines regarding appropriate speech and user safety. But that hasn’t stopped countless users on the social media site from making comments, posting images and starting pages that promote the rape and abuse …

The latest red-band trailer for the Evil Dead reboot is sure to have tongues wagging.

Futuristic Ice Age thriller Snowpiercer could turn out to be the District 9 of 2013. Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s first English-language flick, like Neil Blombkamp’s thoughtful alien invasion from 2009, operates far outside the Marvel/DC/vampire/zombie nexus that inspires most big …

Want to know how the VFX team on Dredd 3D made all those trippy slow-mo shots? Chill out and watch.

The past year was an excellent one for movies and 2013 is shaping up to be just as good, if not better. Here’s why.

When electronic-modding fan Eddie Zarick decided it was time to pop the question to his girlfriend Sarah Carter, he knew he wanted to do it in style. And since she had already taken to calling him Tony Stark, he figured …

A look back at the history of the animated GIF — and some of the best and most hilarious examples the internet has to offer.

How many times did we see or read something that made us want to tell you about it on The Monitor? Somewhere in the neighborhood of eleventy million, we think. So, as you can image, narrowing it down to 10 …

The Academy has extended the deadline for Oscar nomination voting amid reports of issues with its new e-voting platform.

A concise look at the many, many problems with the Ridley Scott sci-fi epic.33

The Top 10 things that didn’t end up mattering at all in 2012, from the Playstation Vita to

On this episode of Bloodline we’re digging deep into torture porn with The Collection.