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.
6.5 Reviews Nobody can beat Nobody, especially Nobody 2 By: Lisa Laman The improbable "Bob Odenkirk as badass" sequel is an amiable, albeit excessively dialogue-reliant, action movie trip that nonetheless falls short of the original.
6.8 Reviews Night Always Comes but struggles with balance By: Tim Stevens A standout Vanessa Kirby can’t overcome a film divided against itself.
6.4 Reviews Saiyaara only sparodicially captures your heart By: Lisa Laman Saiyaara has its enthralling moments, but its second half goes down predictable territory that see's it losing its harmony.
9.1 BEST NEW MOVIE Weapons leaves a chaotic and enthralling blast radius By: Lisa Laman As entertaining as it is well-filmed Barbarian's director Zach Cregger has done it again with his new eerie, impeccably realized horror feature.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Demascus take viewers down a flawed, interesting road By: Tim Stevens An AMC cast-off, the sci-fi dramedy finds a home at Tubi, thank goodness.
7.9 Reviews She Rides Shotgun on a grim but compelling road trip By: Lisa Laman The new Taron Egerton-starring thriller rivetingly explores a moving and dangerous father/daughter dynamic
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Platonic Season 2 is funnier and more confident By: Tim Stevens Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne struggle with their intimate relationships and their own codependency. But, you know, with laughs.
7.2 Reviews Nuance and gross spectacle for every body in Together By: Lisa Laman Body horror as a metaphor for codependence and strong Alison Brie and Dave Franco performances give Michael Shanks' filmmaking debut juice.
7.6 Reviews King of the Hill revival returns to the throne By: Tim Stevens The animated sitcom returns largely as good as it left, with the exception of one character.
7.9 Reviews The Naked Gun fires no blanks in its barrage of hysterical jokes By: Lisa Laman The Akiva Schaffer-directed legacy sequel swoops into theatres, saving the action-comedy drama with its unique and relentless brand of silliness.
7.1 Reviews Happy Gilmore 2? More like Nostalgic Gilmore, amirite? By: Tim Stevens Adam Sandler's easy-to-anger golfer is back in a nostalgia exercise that can't quite hide the passages of time.
8.1 BEST NEW MOVIE In Oh, Hi! modern dating’s greatest horror is being misunderstood By: Sarah Gorr As messy as the relationship at its center, Oh, Hi! nonetheless clicks into truths about modern dating other films are too cowardly to touch.
2.7 Reviews The West Doesn’t Bring Out Ari Aster’s Best In Eddington By: Lisa Laman Ari Aster's latest feels like a half-baked attempt at updating the Western, leaving audiences with a limp film that parrots the past without insight.
9.3 BEST NEW MOVIE Sorry, Baby a triumph about existence after the unthinkable By: Lisa Laman Eva Victor's writing-directing-starring debut is a multi-faceted, nonlinear, and sure-footed breakthrough.
7.2 Reviews Eddington is hard to watch, harder to parse out By: Sarah Gorr Ari Aster’s Covid-19 Western holds up a mirror to American society, but it’s hard to imagine anyone actually wanting to look in it.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE Superman flies, not quite soars By: Tim Stevens The latest take on the Man of Tomorrow gets plenty right even as it can't stop overexplaining itself.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE These Heads of State might be a bit empty but they sure are a good time By: Tim Stevens Prime Video’s President/Prime Minister team-up actioner is very smart about how dumb it can be.
4.5 Reviews Jurassic World Rebirth suggests cinematic extinction ain’t so bad By: Lisa Laman The latest dino mash fails to mount a worthwhile argument against letting the Jurassic Park franchise become little more than dusty bones.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Where’s there’s Smoke, there’s an entertaining TV show By: Tim Stevens Dennis Lehane’s new series on AppleTV+ is a crackling good yarn powered by a delicious Taron Egerton turn.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Revival gives its source material a worthy new life By: Tim Stevens SyFy’s latest original series has an incredible hook and the thoughtful depths to back it up.