8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Your favorite rootless man mountain returns in Reacher Season 3 By: Tim Stevens Shedding much of Season 2’s sadism, the Prime series—and its hero—delivers a world of moral clarity where “true” justice can be found.
9.0 BEST NEW SHOW The White Lotus Season 3 blossoms slowly, but satisfyingly By: Tim Stevens The third installment of the rich people acting badly on vacation series is its least flashy, most thoughtful installment yet.
Reviews Spend Valentine’s Day in the dark By: Tim Stevens The Spool’s handy guide to what’s playing and romance-promoting in theatres and on streaming this Valentine’s Day weekend.
7.4 Reviews Paddington in Peru takes quite the journey By: Lisa Laman Everyone's favorite bear undergoes a fun, if more convoluted, extension of this wholesome saga in his third cinematic adventure.
5.4 Reviews Only z-level jokes here in The Z-Suite By: Tim Stevens Tubi’s first swing at scripted programming in two years wastes a game Lauren Graham.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Apple Cider Vinegar burns going down By: Tim Stevens Kaitlyn Dever is excellent as a scamfluencer so hungry for love she’ll never be satisfied in Netflix’s new based on a true story drama.
7.8 Reviews Love Hurts is a messy, but delightful, kick in the heart By: Justin Harrison Longtime stunt and fight coordinator JoJo Eusebio's directorial debut flails, but Quan, a game cast, and solid fight choreography carry it home.
6.0 Reviews The Hunting Party could use better technique By: Tim Stevens NBC’s high concept procedural can’t live up to its one big idea.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW School Spirits Season 2 is a series worth haunting By: Tim Stevens Paramount+’s returning tale of teens, spectral and otherwise, picks up right where it left out off.
7.3 Reviews Who’s a good but overly melancholy boy? Dog Man. By: Lisa Laman Adaptation brings beloved graphic novels to charming, hyperactive, and visually imaginative life. If only it jettisoned the pathos.
Festivals Sundance 2025: The Ugly Stepsister, Coexistence My Ass!, Cutting Through Rocks Three tales of women struggling against societal pressures haunt our first dispatch from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Is there trouble in Paradise? By: Tim Stevens Hulu’s conspiracy political thriller delivers excellent performances but a successful conclusion remains unclear.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Mythic Quest Season 4 takes some time to find its final path By: Tim Stevens The final season of AppleTV+'s video game development comedy delivers more than just laughs...eventually.
Festivals 15 of our most anticipated titles from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival From simulated realities to trenchant interpersonal dramas, this year's Sundance is full of as-yet-unearthed treasures.
6.3 Reviews Prime Target misses the mark By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s mathematics meets conspiracy thriller fails to generate much narrative heat.
5.2 Reviews Sure, seeing two stars Back in Action is nice, but it’s not enough By: Tim Stevens Netflix brings back Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx and gives them nothing but a limp spy action comedy.
9.1 BEST NEW SHOW Severance Season 2 drills deep into audience’s heads By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s best and oddest series returns as compelling and hypnotic as ever.
4.7 Reviews Wolf Man revives Universal Monster with meek howl By: Lisa Laman Leigh Whannell's latest reboot of a Universal Monster for Blumhouse is less reinvention and more disappointingly familiar take.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE Den of Thieves 2: Pantera turns dirtbags into gentlemen thieves By: Clint Worthington The rough and tumble cops-versus-robbers film goes European, and is all the sleeker and more assured for it.
5.8 Reviews Let On Call go to voicemail By: Tim Stevens Dick Wolf’s latest cop show, this one for Prime Video, does too little to justify its existence.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE A monkey makes a Better Man By: Tim Stevens The Robbie Williams’ biopic makes a tired genre feel a little fresh with the subject's attitude and strong musical set pieces.