Dead Boy Detectives traps itself between heaven and hell
Netflix’s adaptation of the Vertigo comics series can’t decide to embrace its heart or play it snarky.
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Sugar brings new flavors to Los Angeles noir
AppleTV+ gets strange with a Colin Farrell in their film-obsessed new LA-noir crime drama.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 sees the series die as it lived: in good company
The series’ last batch of episodes comes with all the ups and downs fans have come to expect over the past five seasons.
The Best and Worst of X-Men: The Animated Series
With X-Men ’97 continuing to deliver thrills in its second week, we offer this best and worst list can guide those who want to look back.
Chemistry makes One Day worth your time
Netflix’s new romance limited series offers a thoughtful, warm adaptation of the 2009 novel.
In The Beekeeper, Jason Statham mixes blood with honey
The film’s biggest highlight is the actor as an unlikely hero: a Beekeeper-turned-assassin.
5 questions for Suitable Flesh director Joe Lynch
The horror filmmaker talks with us about balancing humor & horror, maintaining the spirit of Stuart Gordon & more.
The 45 most anticipated TV shows of 2024
New Boys? New Star Trek/Wars? A Succession successor? Color us interested.
The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
This year will play catch up with the strikes, try to revitalize or continue long-running franchises, and give directors and new and old the steam to keep filling theaters.
The Color Purple paints a picture of community
Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of the Alice Walker classic (and the Broadway musical) is a more joyful, celebratory film than its predecessor.
Horror held on strong in 2023
A quick overview of the high highs and middling disappointments in horror this year.
The 25 Best Films of 2023
The best films of the year include gritty crime dramas, auteurs returning with bold new works, and quirky comedies.
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023
From aliens to vampires, this year’s TV offered bittersweet goodbyes to acclaimed shows and bold debuts from new voices.
Doctor Who splits hairs in The Giggle and teases a bisected future
David Tennant’s final(?) special as the Fourteenth Doctor is a giddy, overstuffed callback to the excesses of the Russell T. Davies era — with a suitably overbaked guest star and a dashing preview of adventures to come.
Napoleon lacks the complexity to explore love or war
Ridley Scott’s surprisingly hollow biopic of the French military commander falters as a character piece and comes shy of victory as an epic.
Doctor Who reverses the show’s downward polarity with The Star Beast
Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, and Catherine Tate do a hard reset on the beloved sci-fi show, taking it back to basics and resolving the show’s own metacrisis.
How to Watch Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re so back! To celebrate Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary, the BBC is producing a three-episode special starring none other than the Tenth/Fourteenth Doctor himself, David Tennant. And to the supreme delight of fans (that would be me, dear reader), the Doctor will be joined by old-time companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and … How to Watch Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off what’s come before in favor of dawning something new and wonderful
The ScienceSaru-produced animated series rebuilds rather than retells Bryan Lee O’Malley’s beloved comic.
Nebraska at 10: Alexander Payne’s love letter to the Midwest
Long overshadowed by Sideways, we’re giving this understated dramedy its due for depicting Midwest with the specificity Hollywood rarely gives it.
What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in October 2023
Barbie, Freaks, ALF, and much more!
10 disks to pick up during Criterion’s October 2023 flash sale
From pristine new 4K rereleases to complete compendiums of classic queer filmmakers, there’s a lot to blow your money on over the next 24 hours. It’s that most wonderful time of year — the leaves are changing, the wind’s getting chillier, and the scent of pumpkin spice fills the air. Oh, and for dyed-in-the-wool cinephiles … 10 disks to pick up during Criterion’s October 2023 flash sale