8.8 BEST NEW MOVIE Wake Up Dead Man is worth resurrecting for By: Tim Stevens Rian Johnson’s new murder-mystery breaks with the Knives Out formula while remaining excellent.
9.2 BEST NEW SHOW A Man on the Inside Season 2 empathetically embeds in academia By: Tim Stevens The cozy mystery American-style series returns as funny and heartfelt as it left.
8.8 BEST NEW MOVIE Wake Up Dead Man is worth resurrecting for By: Tim Stevens Rian Johnson’s new murder-mystery breaks with the Knives Out formula while remaining excellent.
9.5 BEST NEW MOVIE No Other Choice but to love this darkly comic tale By: Sarah Gorr Park Chan-wook reteams with Lee Byung-hun to skewer corporate layoff culture and the realities of 2025 capitalism with a grim and impish smirk.
9.7 BEST NEW MOVIE Nothing accidental about the masterful It Was Just an Accident By: Lisa Laman This 2025 masterwork may be Jafar Panahi's crowning achievement.
9.2 BEST NEW MOVIE Hamnet is another emotionally aching achievement from writer/director Chloé Zhao By: Lisa Laman Hamnet, Chloe Zhao's latest meditation on adrift people and internal pain, is a remarkable achievement rife with great performances and striking visuals.
9.2 BEST NEW SHOW A Man on the Inside Season 2 empathetically embeds in academia By: Tim Stevens The cozy mystery American-style series returns as funny and heartfelt as it left.
9.2 BEST NEW SHOW Many reasons to watch Pluribus By: Tim Stevens Vince Gilligan succeeds again, this time by returning to his sideways sci-fi roots.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Nobody Wants This Season 2 once again proves its title ironic By: Tim Stevens The rom-com series prolongs the magic into a second go-round.
8.6 BEST NEW SHOW Slow Horses Season 5 stumbles for the first time By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s slobs as spies series remains excellent, just not as excellent.