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.
Features Down Terrace visits crime at the bottom of the barrel By: Tim Stevens Ben Wheatley's debut film rejects cool attitude and snappy dialogue to tell a working-class tale of crime.
Features Filmmaker of the Month: Ben Wheatley We celebrate the British filmmaker taking his biggest swipe yet at the mainstream this month with Meg 2: The Trench by declaring him our Filmmaker of the Month.
Reviews Everybody Loves Jeanne falls just on the right side of millennial quirk By: Matt Cipolla Céline Devaux’s hyperactive rom-com has enough creativity and engagement to distract from its unevenness.
Reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’s characters and mood triumph over a wobbly script By: Justin Harrison The latest incarnation of Eastman and Laird’s adolescent terrapin martial artists are wonderful characters. Watching them in action is a ball. Unfortunately, the rest of the flick does not quite match them.
Anniversaries “We have a piper down”: So I Married an Axe Murderer at 30 One of Mike Myers’ best movies is where he does the least amount of shtick.
Fantasia 2023 Fantasia Festival Dispatch: Animals abound Fantasa International Film Festival gets wild.
Reviews This Fool Season returns with more laughs and a willingness to go above expectations By: Lisa Laman Tired of stagnant TV comedies? This Fool is here to remind you small-screen yukfest’s can deliver more than expected.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds measures the sins and compromises of war against the Federation’s ideals A visit from a reformed Klingon general-turned-ambassador stirs Dr. M’Benga to confront his lingering scars as a wartime medic and more.
Features “Talk to Me” filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou on building distinctly Australian horror The YouTubers turned horror darlings talk about their fascinating, darkly funny debut feature.
Reviews Justified: City Primeval earns its revival By: Dennis Tracy Raylan Givens' return to television proves more than justified.
Reviews Talk to Me will haunt your dreams By: Gena Radcliffe Danny & Michael Philippou's demonic possession nightmare is the scariest movie of the year.
Reviews Skip the road trip to see Twisted Metal By: Tim Stevens The Peacock adaptation of the video game series spins its wheels, although it’s not without its charms.
Reviews Good Omens Series 2 is on the side of the angels By: Chris Ludovici The follow-up to 2019’s Good Omens is more confident & streamlined & retains what worked before & loses what didn’t. Mostly.
Columns What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in July Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Shin Ultraman, The Watermelon Woman, and More
Reviews The Deepest Breath proves disappointingly shallow By: Scout Tafoya Despite striking underwater footage and compelling subjects, Laura McCann's documentary prioritizes a shock reveal over storytelling, to its detriment.
Reviews Happiness for Beginners offers only stale misery By: Sarah Gorr Netflix's latest rote original is yet another marker on the streaming service's increasingly long trail of apathetic content production.