8.2 BEST NEW SHOW School Spirits Season 2 is a series worth haunting By: Tim Stevens Paramount+’s returning tale of teens, spectral and otherwise, picks up right where it left out off.
7.3 Reviews Who’s a good but overly melancholy boy? Dog Man. By: Lisa Laman Adaptation brings beloved graphic novels to charming, hyperactive, and visually imaginative life. If only it jettisoned the pathos.
Festivals Sundance 2025: The Ugly Stepsister, Coexistence My Ass!, Cutting Through Rocks Three tales of women struggling against societal pressures haunt our first dispatch from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Is there trouble in Paradise? By: Tim Stevens Hulu’s conspiracy political thriller delivers excellent performances but a successful conclusion remains unclear.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Mythic Quest Season 4 takes some time to find its final path By: Tim Stevens The final season of AppleTV+'s video game development comedy delivers more than just laughs...eventually.
Festivals 15 of our most anticipated titles from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival From simulated realities to trenchant interpersonal dramas, this year's Sundance is full of as-yet-unearthed treasures.
6.3 Reviews Prime Target misses the mark By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s mathematics meets conspiracy thriller fails to generate much narrative heat.
5.2 Reviews Sure, seeing two stars Back in Action is nice, but it’s not enough By: Tim Stevens Netflix brings back Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx and gives them nothing but a limp spy action comedy.
9.1 BEST NEW SHOW Severance Season 2 drills deep into audience’s heads By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s best and oddest series returns as compelling and hypnotic as ever.
4.7 Reviews Wolf Man revives Universal Monster with meek howl By: Lisa Laman Leigh Whannell's latest reboot of a Universal Monster for Blumhouse is less reinvention and more disappointingly familiar take.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE Den of Thieves 2: Pantera turns dirtbags into gentlemen thieves By: Clint Worthington The rough and tumble cops-versus-robbers film goes European, and is all the sleeker and more assured for it.
5.8 Reviews Let On Call go to voicemail By: Tim Stevens Dick Wolf’s latest cop show, this one for Prime Video, does too little to justify its existence.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE A monkey makes a Better Man By: Tim Stevens The Robbie Williams’ biopic makes a tired genre feel a little fresh with the subject's attitude and strong musical set pieces.
Features Four Questions (or so) with Ted McGinley Ted McGinley visits The Spool to discuss his role as Derek on Shrinking and what makes the series' set such a great fit for him.
7.8 Reviews Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hits the ground running By: Lisa Laman Sonic's latest installment injects some real heart and fun into speedster's world with a genuine love for the blue guy and his costars.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW There’s plenty of good reasons to get (into) Laid By: Tim Stevens Peacock’s Stephanie Hsu-led comedy cleverly takes on sex, love, and death.
8.6 BEST NEW MOVIE Carry-On is an excellent airplane movie By: Tim Stevens Jaume Collet-Serra’s lands on a satisfying actioner following his departure from franchise-ville.
7.6 Reviews No Good Deed goes chaotic By: Tim Stevens The new dramedy series on Netflix, is all over the place but there's method and charm to be found in the madness.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Black Doves wings in with black comedy, plenty of nonsense By: Tim Stevens Netflix’s British spy and crime series is fueled by two excellent leads and a willingness to go over the top.
7.4 Reviews Sweethearts is forgettable but sugary fun By: Tim Stevens MAX’s late-teen sex comedy is a gentle, disposable take on the genre elevated by its leads.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Based on a True Story Season 2 isn’t quite based, but it is a lot of fun By: Tim Stevens The true crime/suburbs send up returns with the same dark and silly energy intact.