7.8 Reviews Carolina Caroline is bittersweet and sublime as the October tide By: Lisa Laman Director Adam Carter Rehmeier's newest does classic melancholy country proud with combo of absorbing romance and tragic crime.
8.3 BEST NEW MOVIE Disclosure Day comes clean with honest, deeply earnest sci-fi thrills By: Sarah Gorr Spielberg’s latest marries Close Encounters of the Third Kind with the raw honesty of The Fabelmans, making it one of his most personal films yet.
8.7 BEST NEW MOVIE Power Ballad knows the chords, plays them well By: Tim Stevens John Carney’s latest is another bittersweet ode to creativity, love, and the quest for meaning.
7.1 Reviews Time and Water’s most important message arrives too late By: Sarah Gorr Documentarian Sara Dosa teams up with an Icelandic poet to explore memory and climate change to somewhat muddled results.
6.6 Reviews Disjointed Masters of the Universe short-circuits Power of Grayskull By: Lisa Laman He-Man's latest theatrical adventure looks and sounds nifty, but self-conscious snark constantly undercuts its charms.
7.2 Reviews Visiting Cape Fear isn’t like it used to be By: Tim Stevens The third adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s novel, and the first for TV, is simply too loud to be ignored.
7.6 Reviews Tour the creepy and visually precise Backrooms By: Lisa Laman Like Obsession, Kane Parsons' debut suggests a bright future for horror cinema rooted in YouTubers and precise imagery.
8.8 BEST NEW MOVIE Tuner plays all the right notes By: Tim Stevens Now opening wide, the old school crime thriller with creative verve deserves a look (and listen).
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Spider-Noir rejects black-and-white replication By: Tim Stevens The animated character turns live action as Nicolas Cage with undeniably enjoyable results.
7.5 Reviews I Love Boosters inspires admiration, if not quite adoration By: Tim Stevens Boots Riley’s latest turns up the dial on the fantastical but the satire lacks bite.
6.0 Reviews Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu a rote return to galaxy far, far away By: Lisa Laman Only solid puppetry and a great score liven up this paint-by-numbers Star Wars offering.
9.5 BEST NEW MOVIE Confounding past haunts masterfully constructed Blue Heron By: Lisa Laman Memories and past unresolved tensions inform thoroughly masterful filmmaking of semi-autobiographical directorial debut.
8.7 BEST NEW SHOW Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed delivers…if tension is your kink By: Tim Stevens Tatiana Maslany anchors AppleTV's new twisty thriller that sells wildest leaps with sheer confidence and emotional honesty.
8.3 BEST NEW MOVIE LifeHack won’t cut your chore time in half, but it entertains By: Tim Stevens The screenlife thriller is a welcome surprise that nonetheless succumbs to the genre’s constraints.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE Fixate on the twisted joys of Obsession By: Lisa Laman As unpredictable as it is entertaining, Curry Barker's terrific directorial debut is elevated by a tremendous Inde Navarrette performance.
5.5 Reviews The Punisher: One Last Kill could’ve missed a few kills By: Tim Stevens Marvel’s latest Special Presentation revisits Punisher in advance of Spider-Man team-up in a grim, bland offering.
9.0 BEST NEW MOVIE Silent Friend wants to connect you with the trees, yourself By: Sarah Gorr Hungarian director Enyedi’s latest is a quiet and contemplative look at the beautiful binds that tie us all together.
8.6 BEST NEW MOVIE And lo, Is God Is delivers unto audiences a heavenly film By: Lisa Laman An excitingly unique creation crammed full of memorable performances makes a glorious leap from play to movie.
6.2 Reviews Even a bonkers Taron Egerton can’t push Apex high By: Tim Stevens Despite its memeification and a very game Taron Egerton, Netflix's survival action-adventurer fails to get the heart racing.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE The Sheep Detectives uncover enchanting wit and pathos By: Lisa Laman Miracles happen when celebrity-voiced animated sheep solve crimes, delivering a charming crowd pleaser.
8.5 BEST NEW MOVIE Hokum stirs up solid Irish countryside scares By: Sarah Gorr Adam Scott’s turn as a haunted writer in the latest from Oddity director Damian McCarthy proves to be a delightful spookfest.