Reviews Cocaine Bear is a crack-up, thanks to its killer ensemble By: Justin Harrison Elizabeth Banks does fun work with the semi-historical drugged-out Ursus americanus but truly shines with the low-key crime dramedy side of the story.
Features The Happening is a disaster worthy of love Shyamalan’s eco-horror misfire almost ended his career, but 15 years later, the film comes off more as a goofy cult classic than box office bomb.
Features Shyamalan struggles on the path to The Village M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.
Features Signs and the Mediated Apocalypse M. Night Shyamalan's alien invasion saga draws its power as much from the perception and presentation of the invasion as it does the event itself.
Recap Star Trek: Picard remembers the moral dilemmas that fueled Jean-Luc’s best outings The question of whether to turn over a familiar rogue to the bad guys echoes classic beats from The Next Generation.
Reviews The Consultant could use a consultant By: Tim Stevens Prime Video’s workplace satire is never as scary, funny, or dark as it needs to be.
Reviews Jesus Revolution turns spiritual rapture into a chore By: Sean Price The latest faith-based film looks & sounds great, but has the dramatic weight of a Time-Life music infomercial.
Interviews Interview: Yûya Yagira on the meaty appeal of Gannibal The lead actor of the horror-drama series on how Masaaki Ninomiya’s manga adaptation can serve up a thrilling time.
Reviews Linoleum fails to launch despite its stellar cast By: Ashley Lara Writer/Director Colin West crafts a well-intentioned and well-performed film that, unfortunately, suffers from clunky storytelling.
Festivals Slamdance 2023 Round Up By: Peter Sobczynski Taking a look at Park City's more indie-minded festival's offerings.
Reviews Carnival Row Season 2 struggles to take flight By: Beau North The long-delayed fantasy series wanders itself into a bad end in Amazon’s alleyways.
Reviews Don’t bother calling Animal Control…yet By: Tim Stevens For now, FOX’s new ensemble sitcom is all promise, no delivery.
Recap Star Trek: Picard channels The Next Generation’s past, but strains to justify its future By: Andrew Bloom A reunion among the Enterprise-D faithful and a mysterious new threat set the stage for a nostalgia-heavy final season.
Reviews Hello Tomorrow! can’t stop working the con even when it gets ridiculous By: Tim Stevens Don’t fall for AppleTV+’s retro-futurist tale, no matter how good it looks.
Reviews Marlowe aims big but ends up sleepy By: Justin Harrison Neil Jordan and Liam Neeson's take on Raymond Chandler's PI occasionally offers a lovely spark, but never enough that bidding it farewell is a sad affair.
Reviews Sharper lacks some much-needed edge By: Gena Radcliffe Despite its solid performances & elegant look, the Apple TV+ thriller mostly falls flat.
Reviews Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania shrinks and shrugs through another Marvel adventure By: Clint Worthington Marvel's most fleet-footed subfranchise disintegrates in the face of more empty franchise-building, a committed Jonathan Majors aside.
Recap The Last of Us sees the best-laid plans fall to ruin once again By: Megan Sunday Ellie and Joel seek to flee Kansas City with the town’s Most Wanted as the city shakes up its own secrets in a sobering episode.
Reviews Sundance 2023: Divinity & The Accidental Getaway Driver By: Peter Sobczynski Divinity disappoints while The Accidental Getaway Driver surprises in this selection of genre offerings from the fest.
Reviews Sundance 2023: A Little Prayer & L’Immensita By: Peter Sobczynski A pair of films about family explore the ties that bind and tear apart.
Anniversaries The Wedding Singer at 25: one of the best rom-coms of the 90s still charms today A look back at the sweet & quirky comedy that showed a different, far less obnoxious side of Adam Sandler.