Recap Ahsoka episodes 1 & 2 start the show off on a lore-heavy but well-paced note By: Megan Sunday Anakin Skywalker's former apprentice and fan favorite Ahsoka gets her own shot at a TV series.
Features A movie breaks out during a firearm stunt reel in Free Fire By: Tim Stevens Wheatley flirts with Tarantino-esque “cool” crime with decidedly different results.
Features High-Rise explores stories of the class system in chaos By: Jon Paul Roberts Wheatley's first encounter with a movie star, Tom Hiddleston, dives deep into humanity's social climbing dark side.
Reviews Landscape with Invisible Hand has lots of ideas, little follow-through By: Scout Tafoya A unique take on alien invasion gets too distracted to say much about any of its preoccupations.
Reviews Strays isn’t fit for human nor beast By: Shannon Campe Homeward Bound but raunchy squanders the writer and the director's talents.
Anniversaries “Have We Got A Vacation For You!”: Westworld at 50 By: Peter Sobczynski Michael Crichton's futuristic filmmaking debut gave a silly premise some thoughtful & unsettling weight.
Features A Field in England goes afield, in England By: Gregory J. Smalley Wheatley keeps it eclectic with the most psychedelic offering in his filmography.
Reviews Jules is an alien fantasy with heart, but no art By: Sarah Gorr The Ben Kingsley vehicle is a sentimental flick aimed squarely at the AARP crowd, but lacks style and craft.
Reviews There’s no getting blood from Heart of Stone By: Leo Brady Netflix's latest Gal Gadot project reveals the shallowness of their action brand and her acting commitment.
Reviews The Last Voyage of the Demeter raises solid B horror from the grave By: Justin Harrison Javier Botet skillfully embodies a cunning Orlokian Dracula in André Øvredal's enjoyably vicious horrorshow.
Reviews Only Murders in the Building Season 3 keeps it cozy even as love interests threaten to derail the magic By: Michael Frank The series splits the leads too often early on, but when the trio sticks together, it is as good as ever.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finishes its second season with a bang A perilous confrontation with the Gorn brings out the series’ action movie bona fides in a dramatic season finale.
Features Sightseers takes murder on the road By: Michael Frank Ben Wheatley's third film brings Bonnie and Clyde across the pond for a decidedly less glamorous take on homicidal lovers.
Reviews Neil Breen’s Cade: The Tortured Crossing reaches glorious new heights of incoherence By: Gena Radcliffe The Prince of Perplexion is back & more baffling than ever in his first sequel.
Reviews Strange Planet strands viewers on a domain devoid of laughs By: Lisa Laman The popular webcomic gets turned into a TV show that proves some ideas can't sustain half-hour programs.
Features Kill List disturbs thanks to Wheatley’s merciless anti-romanticism By: Justin Harrison A disaffected hitman and his best pal descend into an entirely different sort of hell in the director/writer’s genre-hopping nightmare.
Podcasts Tune-Yards whistle their way through their wonderfully weird score to I’m A Virgo The beloved indie duo on working with fellow musician Boots Riley on his bonkers coming-of-age tale for Prime Video.
Features Every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie From 1990-2023, Ranked Despite their hue, not all TMNT films deserved to be greenlit.
Reviews Winning Time Season 2 doesn’t trust its team on the court By: Tim Stevens MAX’s fictionalized look at basketball history gains some depth, but the filmcraft continues to distract and overwhelm the content.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ musical episode hits all the right notes By: Andrew Bloom A peculiar quantum improbability wave spurs the crew of the Enterprise to start singing and dancing, and discovering truths about themselves through song.
Reviews Physical concludes with more questions than answers By: Gena Radcliffe Up to the very end the Apple TV+ dramedy remains funny, empathetic, cynical & frustrating all at once.