Reviews Air boasts bounce and a bit of bite By: Justin Harrison Ben Affleck's Air Jordan dramedy is a lot of fun—and welcomely sharp.
Reviews Tiny Beautiful Things celebrates the beauty in learning from a messy life By: Sarah Gorr Hulu brings Cheryl Strayed’s old advice column to life in this refreshing, if messy, adaptation.
Recap Star Trek: Picard weathers the storm before the storm on the verge of the season’s endgame Focusing on some key storylines to tie off loose ends before the finale elevates well-intentioned but shakier material.
Recap Ted Lasso and the massacre at West Ham Things get ugly when Ted and Nate face off for the first time.
Reviews The Super Mario Bros. Movie plays on easy mode By: Sean Price Nintendo collaborates with Illumination Entertainment for an animated Super Mario film that’s faithful to the look of the games, but not the fun.
Reviews Transatlantic captures us at our best and our worst By: Beau North Netflix's poignant wartime drama hits all the history buff buttons.
Recap The Roys say it with music in this week’s Succession By: Sean Price Cards are laid on the table as Connor's big day draws near.
Festivals SXSW 2023 Roundup: The World is Not My Own, The Ordinaries & more By: B.L. Panther Our final SXSW 2023 dispatch features a diverse selection of documentaries and features focusing on the search for a sense of place in a chaotic world.
Anniversaries See You Next Wednesday. Schlock Turns 50! By: Peter Sobczynski John Landis' first film may embarrass him, but it retains an undeniable charm.
Reviews Rye Lane earns itself a spot in the rom-com canon By: Sarah Gorr Hulu’s newest rom-com argues that the genre is far from dead with one of the sweetest stories we’ve seen.
Recap The Mandalorian sinks some pirates this week, and Mandalore grows ever closer By: Megan Sunday "The Pirate" shows the slow wheels of Republic bureaucracy, and a united Mandalorian people rising from the ashes.
Reviews Unstable is too predictable and forgettable for its own good By: Lisa Laman Rob Lowe may have intended to get personal with Unstable, but he’s just delivered a rote sitcom that’s destined to be forgotten.
Recap Star Trek: Picard invokes the Federation’s deepest sins to explain its villain’s vendetta A throwback to the moral gray areas of Deep Space Nine raises the skeptical outsiders’ view of Starfleet and its heroes.
Reviews Schmigadoon! Season 2 sends the series into its “changing times” era By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s musical comedy leaps into more complex musical pastiches with mixed results.
Recap Ted Lasso unveils the series’ worst villain "4-5-1" may reveal Richmond's newest star Zava to be an egomaniac, but the real villain is in Kansas.
Recap The Succession season 4 premiere sees the kids banding together against a flagging Logan By: Sean Price The era of The Disgusting Brothers has begun.
Reviews Smoking Causes Coughing fires up a messy satire By: Peter Sobczynski Quentin Dupieux directs a bizarre parody of the superhero genre that's often inconsistent but rarely dull.
Recap The Mandalorian spends some time at home Din and Grogu battle with local wildlife and flashbacks in a Covert-based adventure.
Festivals SXSW 2023: Fremont, Until Branches Bend, & Mustache By: Peter Sobczynski A trio of narrative films explore the notions of trying to fit and struggling with being cast out.
Features SXSW 2023: You Can Call Me Bill, Hung Up on A Dream, Going Varsity in Mariachi, & Angel Applicant A quartet of docs investigate how art affects its creators and its audience.
Recap Star Trek: Picard sees both the parents and the writers making room for the next generation The old gang’s all here, but the series also paves the way for a new class of heroes to balance the best and the worst of their forebears.