9.2 BEST NEW SHOW Slow Horses Season 4 refuses to be broken By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s stellar spy show packs an emotional wallop in its fourth go-round.
8.9 BEST NEW SHOW Bad Monkey? Good, Actually. By: Tim Stevens Against expectations, Bill Lawrence and Vince Vaughn’s sensibilities merge to create an eminently watchable crime comedy offering for AppleTV+.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Mr. Throwback delivers well off the bench By: Tim Stevens Peacock’s six-episode mockumentary isn’t a blue chip prospect but still plenty of fun.
7.3 Reviews Bloody Cuckoo isn’t crazy so much as half-baked By: Sarah Gorr Hunter Schafer’s star turn in Neon’s latest stab at arthouse horror is the best thing about the otherwise messy and muddled feature.
7.2 Reviews Tales of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles loses some turtle power By: Tim Stevens Paramount+’s take on the ninja teens only captures some of what made Mutant Mayhem special.
9.0 BEST NEW MOVIE Kneecap tells a bigger story of Irish identity though hip-hop By: Sarah Gorr Kneecap stars the Irish hip-hop trio as themselves in an exciting, stylish music biopic that refuses to play by the rules.
9.0 BEST NEW SHOW A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder intrigues without innovating By: Shannon Campe Netflix's new British mystery is a delightful entry in the Girl Detective genre.
8.8 BEST NEW SHOW Batman: Caped Crusader can’t stop looking over its shoulder By: Tim Stevens The latest take on the Dark Knight from Prime Video recreates The Animate Series vibes—perhaps a bit too faithfully.
5.5 Reviews The Fabulous Four is predictable even in its amusing raunch By: Lisa Laman It’s impossible to call the old-ladies-having-fun comedy truly fabulous, but it has charming moments.
7.4 Reviews The Black Plague rarely leads to dark humor in the otherwise well-done The Decameron By: Tim Stevens Netflix’s Middle Ages-set satire has a great cast, a sharp perspective, and the occasional joke that lands.
7.2 Reviews Lady in the Lake dragged down by chaos, imbalance By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+'s Natalie Portman-starring period drama has lots on its mind without a great plan to share it all.
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Reviews Skywalkers: A Love Story stumbles while climbing up grand visual heights By: Lisa Laman For all the documentary's visual splendor, it's extra disappointing how much of the proceedings rely on dialogue.
6.5 Reviews Those About to Die is mostly just bread & circuses By: Megan Sunday Peacock's lush historical drama can't move past its rushed & shallow plot.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Tween reality, not sci-fi spectacle, fits Me best By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+'s sci-fi middle school series excels when making a metaphor of early adolescence but stumbles over a larger mythology.
7.0 Reviews Kill goes in when taking names and faces but stumbles elsewhere By: Justin Harrison The Hindi "Die Hard on a train" actioner is worth seeing, but it's not an all-timer.
8.5 BEST NEW MOVIE Mother, Couch’s surrealist family drama is full of big swings By: Sarah Gorr First-time director Niclas Larsson takes huge surrealistic risks, and it’s refreshing to see someone so unafraid to miss.
8.5 BEST NEW MOVIE June Zero is a depressingly relevant film about the past By: Chris Ludovici Jake Paltrow takes a novel look at the crimes and contradictions of the Holocaust.
4.0 Reviews MaXXXine shoots for stardom but falls scarily short By: Zachary Lee Ti West's conclusion to the Mia Goth-starring horror trilogy dives too far into pastiche, and loses what made the first two films so intriguing.
8.3 BEST NEW MOVIE Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants leaves the locker room for the front office By: Tim Stevens The long-running doc series shifts its focus to a more serious tone and what happens with management with intriguing results.
2.5 Reviews In Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Heat Is Definitely Off By: Peter Sobczynski Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F dons the badge only to deliver a wheezy depressing collection of franchise tropes.