Reviews Armageddon Time goes personal if sometimes too trivial By: Michael Frank For better and worse, James Gray's latest is very much a story from his perspective.
Reviews All Quiet on the Western Front is handsome and harrowing By: Nguyên Lê Germany's Oscar submission is still a grueling wonder even if it doesn't adapt the source material's stirring introspection.
Reviews Star Trek: Prodigy’s returns to show the power of Starfleet’s ideals, even for pretenders and hopefuls By: Andrew Bloom As Dal, Gwyn, and Janeway set course for a new set of adventures aboard the Protostar, the series invokes the past to brighten the kids’ futures.
Reviews Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 finale embraces the power of community over technology By: Andrew Bloom Everything’s bigger in this showdown between the Lower Deckers’ California class ships and the flashy new automated Texas class vessels.
Festivals CIFF Roundup: My Policeman, Causeway & more By: Peter Sobczynski A documentary about a legendary photographer/activist, Harry Styles in another leading role, & other films featured at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
Reviews Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi is short on big swings By: Lisa Laman This collection of Star Wars short is far from offensive, but relies too heavily on callbacks to the past.
Recap Spooky Treats and s’more on this week’s The Great British Baking Show. By: Ashley Lara An apple signature, campfire-themed technical, and a haunted showstopper in the latest GBBO episode.
Reviews Chloë Grace Moretz challenges the future in The Peripheral By: Justin Harrison Chloë Grace Moretz leads a murderer's row of talented performers in a solid (if frustratingly simplified) adaptation of science fiction master William Gibson's 2014 novel.
Reviews Glass Onion recaptures the charm & magic of the original By: Peter Sobczynski Benoit Blanc returns to solve another crime in Rian Johnson's cluttered but funny mystery.
Reviews Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave refuses to abandon noir trappings By: Andrea Thompson The director's latest thrills despite never truly surprising.
Anniversaries Halloween III: Season of the Witch at 40: A radical departure from its predecessors, for better and worse Even in its weakest moments, it’s hard not to root for Season of the Witch’s unique take on what a Halloween movie can be.
Reviews Black Adam should go back inside the tomb By: Sean Price DC Films hits another nadir as it drags Dwayne Johnson through a CGI hellscape.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks’ biggest twist is a personal one, even in an episode full of big turns Mariner reckons with her place in Starfleet and her family as a special mission and visit from a reporter keep the Cerritos on its toes.
Recap No one is what they seem this week on Andor The Aldhani heist has far-reaching repercussions as the Empire tightens its grasp.
Features After The Vow Part II, take a deeper dive into the eerie world of cults If Keith Raniere and the story of NXIVM didn’t creep you out enough, give some of these cult related documentaries a try.
Reviews Wendell & Wild is a messy but imaginative ride By: Lisa Laman Director Henry Selick returns with an imperfect but impressively ambitious stop-motion animated feature.
Recap Dessert Week Gets Steamy in The Great British Baking Show Tent By: Ashley Lara It’s the halfway point of the season, pitting the bakers against a pudding signature, pie technical, and mousse showstopper.
Recap “Alloys” is a strong finale for The Rings of Power The series, like the characters, mix dark and light to finish the season on a high note.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks tests the limits of what fiction can do for us A return to the holodeck leads to Boimler’s search for answers and Tendi’s chance to live out her dream.
Recap Everyone gathers to see “The Eye” on this week’s Andor “We win or everyone dies” as the Rebels make their move on Aldhani in a dazzling heist episode.
Reviews Werewolf by Night is a furry flashback that deserves a treat By: Tim Stevens The MCU’s most blatant flirtation with horror yet proves a winning endeavor.