Reviews Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is a painless watch devoid of much fun or substance By: Lisa Laman This new DreamWorks Animation project fails to develop much of a personality or pulse.
Reviews Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Season 4 sends the spy out as he came – reliable if unremarkable By: Tim Stevens Prime Video’s goodbye to John Krasinski’s Ryan is another season of solid spycraft storytelling.
Reviews Revoir Paris finds grace in tragedy By: Michael Frank Alice Winocour directs a quietly devastating drama about strength & meaning after trauma.
Anniversaries The Room turns 20, and what have we learned? Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece redefined “so bad it’s good,” as he continues to ride the wave of its dubious success today.
Features Mysterious Skin offers a sensitive view of sex & sex work By: Jon Paul Roberts One of Gregg Araki's best films depicts the unexpected tenderness found in an too-often dangerous situation.
Reviews Maggie Moore(s) has plenty of talent, needs mo(o)re execution By: Michael Snydel The dark comedy squanders skilled performers on serviceable laughs.
Columns What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in June: Avatar: The Way of Water, Pasolini, The Venture Bros., and More Build your collection with some (or all!) of these titles, coming to stores in June.
Recap Star Trek: Strange New Worlds urges us, and the Federation, to live up to our ideals One of the franchise’s trademark courtroom drama episodes is a crucible for Number One and for Starfleet’s principles in action.
Recap Secret Invasion whispers well but moves too slow Like Nick Fury himself, the MCU's newest series limps out of the gate in "Resurrection."
Reviews No Hard Feelings provides a breath of fresh air By: Shannon Campe Jennifer Lawrence's return to theatres proves a welcome, raunchy reminder of how much she was missed.
Features Smiley Face is both Anna Faris & Gregg Araki at their funniest By: Ben Kaye Overlooked by most audiences upon release, Smiley Face puts a much-needed feminine spin on the stoner hangout comedy.
Features Totally F***ed Up is more than just “another homo movie” By: Manish Mathur Gregg Araki's collection of vignettes takes the glossy, audience-friendly shine off queer love in the modern world.
Reviews Mad Heidi bores with attempted pre-fab cult filmmaking By: Peter Sobczynski It wants to be sleazy, violent, and fun. In practice, it's dull and exhausting.
Reviews The Flash wastes Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, and the audience’s time By: Justin Harrison It's a shallow, sour, bizarrely mean cape flick that prioritizes tacky, hollow nostalgia-baiting over fine work from its co-stars.
Reviews Idris Elba & a gimmick can only elevate Hijack so high By: Tim Stevens The AppleTV+ thriller series plays like a rainy day TBS movie stretched over seven episodes.
Reviews The Innocent offers zany pleasures By: Scout Tafoya Louis Garrel's heist comedy is a treat—for its metacontext as much as its craft.
Features The Doom Generation plumbs the outsider consciousness to the bitter end Gregg Araki dissects how identity turns to apathy in his hyper-stylized second part of the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy.
Reviews Stan Lee offers a surface-level but agreeable look at a comics legend By: Lisa Laman Leaning so hard on the man himself makes Stan Lee a fitting tribute, for better and for worse.
Reviews Blue Jean tells an important tale, clumsily By: Michael Snydel The film is unwilling to transcend its boundaries in its take on Thatcher era homophobia.
Festivals Tribeca 2023: Rather By: Peter Sobczynski Frank Marshall's documentary on the legendary newsman too often goes softer than the anchorman ever would.
Reviews Elemental finds Pixar soggy and without a spark By: Shannon Campe The latest offering suggests the company needs to break new ground if it wants to remain America's first name in innovative animation.