9.2 BEST NEW SHOW Many reasons to watch Pluribus By: Tim Stevens Vince Gilligan succeeds again, this time by returning to his sideways sci-fi roots.
7.5 Reviews Predator: Badlands is a straightforward but fun hunt By: Lisa Laman Though not as good as Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg delivers another fun time in the Predator universe with Predator: Badlands.
9.2 BEST NEW MOVIE Hamnet an emotionally aching achievement from Chloé Zhao By: Lisa Laman Chloe Zhao's latest meditation on adrift people and internal pain is remarkable, rife with striking performances and visuals.
9.5 BEST NEW MOVIE Revel in the bleakly funny social commentary of No Other Choice By: Lisa Laman Once more, writer/director Park Chan-wook has delivered a freaky dark comedy pinpointing absurd corners of reality we all just take for granted as "normal."
7.8 Reviews Down Cemetery Road, not a bad thing to watch By: Tim Stevens New AppleTV thrilled thrives on Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson’s lead performances.
8.5 BEST NEW MOVIE Jennifer Lawrence is edgy, raw in Die My Love By: Sarah Gorr Jennifer Lawrence and director Lynne Ramsay prove an incredible duo in this brutal film about a woman’s search for sense of self.
6.0 Reviews Fold on Ballad of a Small Player By: Tim Stevens Edward Berger’s return to Netflix squanders a big, bold Colin Farrell performance.
6.4 Reviews Good Fortune has fleeting charms, pressing problems By: Lisa Laman Too laid back for its own, Good Fortune still manages its fair share of laugh.
6.4 Reviews A House of Dynamite fizzles when it most needs to explode By: Tim Stevens Kathryn Bigelow’s newest in eight years struggles to maintain the tension it initially skillfully builds.
6.3 Reviews Frankenstein is a frighteningly familiar beast By: Lisa Laman Jacob Elordi and opulence brilliantly shine in Guillermo del Toro's otherwise overly familiar adaptation of the gothic horror classic.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Nobody Wants This Season 2 once again proves its title ironic By: Tim Stevens The rom-com series prolongs the magic into a second go-round.
5.8 Reviews Lazarus isn’t dead, not quiet lively By: Tim Stevens Harlan Coben offers his first original for television series with mixed results, a total misfire ending.
6.2 Reviews The Woman in Cabin 10 needs a life preserver By: Tim Stevens The slick Netflix adaptation is too quick to toss its premise overboard.
5.5 Reviews Don’t waste a journey to The Last Frontier By: Tim Stevens The new AppleTV action-thriller has the potential for ludicrous fun but settles for clichés all the way to the horizon line.
7.1 Reviews Play Dirty could stand to be a bit filthier, friskier By: Tim Stevens The latest attempt at adapting a Parker story to the screen shows glimpses of Shane Black magic, but only glimpses.
6.8 Reviews Roofman teeters between entertaining and frustrating By: Lisa Laman The true crime but make it comedy film is amiable but frustrates despite its sublime cast and acclaimed director.
Festivals Fantastic Fest 2025 Missives, Part 2 By: Lisa Laman Lisa Laman rounds out her Fantastic Fest 2025 coverage with a look at two more films showing at the unique and long-running festival.
Festivals Fantastic Fest 2025 Missives, Part 1 By: Lisa Laman Lisa Laman dives into Fantastic Fest 2025's unique and compelling lineup to deliver a collection of reviews people may otherwise miss.
9.8 BEST NEW MOVIE Are We Good? is a meditation on loss, grief, and life itself By: Sarah Gorr The power of the new Marc Maron doc is its ability to speak so beautifully to the human experience while using the comedian as its lens.
9.8 BEST NEW MOVIE If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a tale of motherhood with serious teeth By: Sarah Gorr Rose Byrne gives the performance of a lifetime in this original and unconventional depiction of motherhood’s unspoken horrors.
9.6 BEST NEW MOVIE PTA wins countless creative wars in One Battle After Another By: Lisa Laman Leonardo DiCaprio and Chase Infinity headline this propulsive political thriller that has no shortage of great visuals and chase scenes.