Every What If… episode, ranked
Disney+’s animated exploration of what could’ve been continues to intrigue in Season 2, but not all episodes are created equal.
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Scattered charm can’t make Inspector Sun shine
A kid-friendly detective movie in the spirit of the classics would be great. Inspector Sun tries but sadly never manages to spin the right web. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch I love detective stories. Tales of how, as Sara Gran would say, “truth lives in the ether.” Explorations of people and places and how they … Scattered charm can’t make Inspector Sun shine
Star Trek’s Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks are blended to perfection in the franchise’s most ambitious crossover yet
Ensign Boimler meets Captain Pike in a time-traveling adventure with something profound on its mind. This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being covered here wouldn’t exist. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch “Those Old Scientists” may be the … Star Trek’s Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks are blended to perfection in the franchise’s most ambitious crossover yet
Ted Lasso starts with its protagonist struggling to find a reason to compete
“Smell Like Mean Spirit” sets up Season 3’s challenges, internal and external.
National Treasure: Edge of History is a banal treasure hunt
Bringing this franchise to the small screen fails to unearth excitement or fresh storytelling.
Luck keeps tripping over its uninspired feet
The debut title from Skydance Animation is too in love with exposition and cutesy character designs for its own good.
True Story with Ed and Randall buries compelling tales in a so-so comedy show
Ed Helms and Randall Park’s unscripted storytelling series forgets to bring the laughs.
Ted Lasso “Inverting the Pyramid of Success” Recap: Season 2 Finale (mostly) nails it
Ted Lasso’s Season 2 Finale choices for Roy and Keeley still baffle, but everything else comes together in this strong closer.
“Peggy Sue Got Married” finds the humanistic in time travel
Coppola goes small in scale and big in heart.
In “The Eddy,” beautiful melodies tell terrible things
Netflix’s new music drama has enough style and strong performances to overcome its padding in this eight-episode season.
Unfriended: Dark Web Elevates Its Premise to Scarier Screen-Based Dimensions
The web-footage sequel to the first Unfriended sees the series move in more believably conventional directions, eschewing supernatural scares for more haunting domestic terrors. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood We live in an age of overwhelming technology. Most of us spend most of day in the digital world, our computers becoming individual microcosms … Unfriended: Dark Web Elevates Its Premise to Scarier Screen-Based Dimensions
Chappaquiddick Review: Tragedy Plus Time, Minus Insight
John Curran’s ill-timed retelling of Ted Kennedy’s infamous car accident in the Chappaquiddick is dour and more than a little politically murky. This piece was originally published on Alcohollywood For a film about lies and secrecy, Chappaquiddick is bizarrely preoccupied with getting its story straight. Director John Curran and screenwriters Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan seem … Chappaquiddick Review: Tragedy Plus Time, Minus Insight
Sundance 2021: Patti Harrison is delightful in “Together Together”
Ed Helms and Patti Harrison charm in Nikole Beckwith’s refreshing, pleasurable dramedy.
“Rutherford Falls” tells the truth with jokes
Michael Schur co-creates another sitcom that tempers complicated issues with humor.
“Coffee & Kareem” is Bitter on the Palate
Netflix’s latest buddy cop comedy is a dated, hateful mess that doesn’t deserve the screentime.
Corporate Animals Review: Corporate Horror Fails to Meet Expectations
Patrick Brice and Sam Bain cross tonal wires to ill effect in this bland, unoriginal comic thriller.
Sundance 2/2 Dispatch: Apollo 11, Corporate Animals
Day 6 of our Sundance coverage sees a wide gulf in quality, with a stunning doc about the Apollo 11 mission and a stunted dark corporate comedy.
Wilderness keeps it deliciously sleazy
The new Prime Video thriller eschews likability to deliver a tart treat.
The fourth season of Barry is its richest and darker accomplishment
An already great show gets taken to the next level of depth and craftsmanship in an endlessly audacious fourth and final season.
The Wonder doesn’t live up to its name
An underwhelming Netflix offering is only somewhat elevated by Florence Pugh.
Star Trek: Lower Decks tests the limits of what fiction can do for us
A return to the holodeck leads to Boimler’s search for answers and Tendi’s chance to live out her dream.