This week, Scott Thorne looks at the controversy over charging for table space in game stores.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include the lightly likable cartoon Hotel Transylvania 3 , the action-packed Skyscraper , a highly realistic look at the difficulties of Eighth Grade , the innovative spy thriller Killing Eve , and Gus Van Sant’s powerful biography of cartoonist John Callahan, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot.

Sony’s Venom set a new October box office record with an $80 million debut, and, with help from A Star Is Born’s impressive $42.6 million opening, helped Hollywood set a new total weekend box office record for the month of October with totals for the top 12 films soaring 70% over the same frame last year when Bladerunner 2049 bowed with $32.8 million.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at the new Rainbow Brite comic, the return of Doctor Who , and MST3K.

This week, Scott Thorne takes a look at Wizards of the Coast's decision to sell to large online retailers.

This week's home entertainment offerings include the politically-charged horror film The First Purge, the excellent indie drama Leave No Trace, the brilliant documentary Three Identical Strangers, the Emmy-winning HBO series Barry, and the final season of The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals.

The Tiffany Haddish/Kevin Hart comedy Night School took the weekend box office crown with an estimated $28 million, while the Warner Bros. Animation feature Smallfoot took second with a $23 million debut.

This week, Steve Bennett tells us what he learned from repeated viewings of the last several Marvel movies.

Catching up with everything going on leading into NYCC next week...

This week, Scott Thorne looks at today's GAMA Membership Meeting and the Executive Director decision on the agenda.

This week's home entertainment releases include Ron Howard's underrated Solo: A Star Wars Story, the basketball comedy Uncle Drew, plus the first season of the intriguing X-Men -based TV series The Gifted, and perhaps the worst gangster film ever made.

Eli Roth’s adaptation of the gothic children’s book The House With a Clock In its Walls topped the weekend box office with an estimated $26.8 million, but Tinseltown’s September swoon continued as three other new films tanked, and the total of the top 12 box office movies was down 25.3% from the same frame last year.