Review: “Jumanji: The Next Level” Is Getting Too Old For This Jake Kasdan's followup to the surprisingly fun 2017 sequel loses some of the original's luster.
TV Work in Progress Review: Facing Queer Life One Almond at a Time Abby McEnany’s autobiographical Showtime series is a wry, funny, deeply queer breath of fresh air.
TV His Dark Materials Recap: “The Daemon-Cages” Mrs. Coulter is rejected once again, and the Gyptians ride in to rescue the missing children.
TV The Confession Killer Review: I Drink Your Milkshake Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham tackle the curious case of a man who's confessed to too many crimes.
TV “The L Word: Generation Q” Works to Update Its Queerness for 2019 Showtime's sequel to the iconic LGBTQ+ series feels refreshing, if frustratingly centrist at times.
Bombshell Review: Fox News Satire Has Enough of a Bang Jay Roach's retelling of the Fox News harassment scandal has sufficient momentum and typically strong performances to largely overcome its undercooked politics.
Box Office Report Box Office Report: “Playmobil” Has Worst Opening Weekend in Decades Playmobil's misguided animated feature follows in the footsteps of Delgo, The Oogieloves and other ill-fated kid's flicks.
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Review: Disney +’s “Togo” is a Doggone Bore Willem Dafoe and some cute puppies aren't enough to save this dull, overlong adventure.
TV Marvel’s “Runaways” Moves a Lot in Season 3, But Goes Almost Nowhere The third season of the Marvel series has some high points, but mostly feels like it's running in place.
Grand Isle Review: Our Sex Games Have Become Too Elaborate Nicolas Cage stars in a Southern fried psychological thriller that’s both too much, and not enough.
TV The Expanse Season 4 Review: Here Comes the Juice The cult-hit space opera heads to Amazon for a bigger budget, wider scope, and renewed sense of purpose.
“A Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby” Delivers More Holiday Absurdity Netflix's flagship feel-good Christmas series kicks off with another comfortably cheesy romp.
In Fabric Review: Say Yes to the Dress… or Die Peter Strickland's frigid, Freudian fever dream looks at fetishism and consumerism with a killer sense of style.
TV Watchmen Episode 7 Recap: “An Almost Religious Awe” Memory and history collide in a startling episode that offers yet more interrogation of the show's source material.
TV His Dark Materials Recap: “The Lost Boy” Things take a bleak turn as Lyra goes on a side trip & discovers the fate of one of the missing children.
TV Truth Be Told Review: Mining Drama From the True Crime Podcast Apple TV+'s new drama sends Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul on a racially-charged search for justice.
The Aeronauts Review: Going to Heaven in a Handbasket Tom Harper's ascent to the stratosphere has moments of tension, but they're undercut by a choppy narrative and a shallow approach to its true story.
Features Hot Wheels: A Look at the Brief But Glorious Trend of Roller Disco Movies Roller skating as a pastime for the rich & famous lasted barely a year, but resulted in some of the best in 70s kitsch cinema.
Filmmaker of the Month Queerness and the Small Subversions of “Big Business” The Bette Midler/Lily Tomlin mistaken-identity comedy played a curiously strong role in one writer's journey to queerness and leftism.