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.
7.3 Reviews The Lost Bus tensely careens with ciphers in the seats By: Tim Stevens Paul Greengrass’s latest will leave audiences gripping their armrests despite paper thin characters.
8.6 BEST NEW SHOW Slow Horses Season 5 stumbles for the first time By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s slobs as spies series remains excellent, just not as excellent.
4.4 Reviews Shockingly hollow HIM fumbles By: Lisa Laman The Jordan Peale-produced football horror film wastes potential on an overly derivative story that's too buttoned up for its own good.
6.3 Reviews Snark interferes with taking A Big Bold Beautiful Journey By: Lisa Laman Vibrant and featuring two great leads, Beautiful Journey is nonetheless too often self-conscious when it should be captivatingly romantic.
8.3 BEST NEW MOVIE The Long Walk is a grueling tour de force By: Lisa Laman Folks wary of subpar Stephen King adaptations need not fret his latest is unexpectedly exceptional.
7.4 Reviews The Girlfriend makes for a trashy, fun weekend binge By: Tim Stevens But hold off on putting a ring on it, no matter how easy the Prime Video series goes down easy.
9.0 BEST NEW MOVIE The History of Sound artfully celebrates the romance and heart of American music By: Sarah Gorr Mescal and O’Connor stun, but it’s screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s willingness to deviate from his own source material that makes the film shine.
8.2 BEST NEW MOVIE Lee and Washington take a victory lap in Highest 2 Lowest By: Tim Stevens The jittery uneven thriller doubles as a love letter to the director’s favorite city and star.
4.1 Reviews Honey Don’t! check out the new Ethan Coen misfire By: Lisa Laman Ethan Coen's second lesbian dark comedy is a far cry from the takes on the noir template he delivered with his brother.
8.3 BEST NEW MOVIE Ne Zha 2 is a legendarily towering triumph of animated spectacle By: Lisa Laman Ne Zha 2, now out in an English language dub, is a staggering leap in quality and scope over its predecessor.