Reviews Yellowjackets’ second season welcomes a brutal winter By: Beau North In 1996 and the present day, the hit thriller returns both excellent and merciless.
Recap The Mandalorian takes a diversion to the season’s best episode yet Din is redeemed but the real story revolves around the fate of Empire members seeking a new start.
Reviews Children of the Corn is a shucking bore By: Gena Radcliffe Horror’s least essential franchise churns out another one, this time with a limp environmentalism angle.
Recap The Last of Us leaves us with questions as Season 1 wraps up By: Megan Sunday Joel and Ellie head for the hospital in a heartbreaking story of secrets and lies.
Columns 13 must-get Blu-rays, 4Ks, and DVDs for the March 2023 Criterion Flash Sale By: Clint Worthington Just in time for this month's Criterion Flash Sale, here are a baker's dozen box sets, new releases, and 4K upgrades to purchase.
Reviews John Wick: Chapter 4 is a blood-soaked three-hour symphony of violence By: Clint Worthington The landmark action franchise finds new ways to top itself, in a closing chapter as bombastic as it is bloody and balletic.
Columns What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in March: Women Talking, Animated Batman, Dawson’s Creek and More! Because in the world of streaming, nothing lasts forever.
Festivals SXSW 2023: Raging Grace By: Peter Sobczynski The Grand Jury Prize winner gives audiences two different flavors of terror.
Reviews In Swarm, Donald Glover and Janine Nabers give stinging commentary By: Marshall Estes While it may not be everyone’s cup of Lemonade, Swarm gives plenty of thrills and a fantastic performance by Dominique Fishback.
Reviews Shazam! Fury of the Gods curses us with another numbing spectacle from DC Studios By: Sean Price DC hopes lighting strikes twice with this sequel to their hit 2019 film, but this is more of a light drizzle.
Reviews Good tunes, great actors lift Up Here By: Tim Stevens Hulu’s rom-com musical period piece makes sweet music out of a tiresome subgenre.
Reviews Even by the standards of broadcast network superhero fare, Gotham Knights is a massive dud By: Lisa Laman Everything about the pilot episode of Gotham Knights that could go wrong has gone spectacularly off the rails.
Recap Star Trek: Picard brings back a familiar face to settle old scores and face down new threats A surprising coda to an episode of The Next Generation resolves lingering issues while advancing the current story.
Reviews Boston Strangler is a solid but standard true crime drama By: Gena Radcliffe Keira Knightley heads a capable cast as the real-life reporter who defied sexism to break one of the biggest crime stories of the 60s
Reviews The Magician’s Elephant is a modern fairy tale turned empty adaptation By: Sarah Gorr An inoffensive albeit empty mystery box, Netflix's children's fantasy never reaches the heights it aims for.
Recap Ted Lasso starts with its protagonist struggling to find a reason to compete "Smell Like Mean Spirit" sets up Season 3's challenges, internal and external.
Reviews 65 needed more meat on its dinosaur bones By: Justin Harrison Adam Driver's a terrific action survivor, and there are some fun thrills, but poor construction and scriptwork drag this creature feature into the tarpits.
Festivals SXSW: A Disturbance in the Force documents a pop culture disaster By: Peter Sobczynski Jeremy Coon & Steve Kozak direct an affectionate look at the legendarily cringe-worthy Star Wars Holiday Special.
Anniversaries Blow out: The Fury at 45 Brian De Palma's follow-up to Carrie remains a messy but fascinating entry in his diverse filmography.
Reviews Unicorn Wars uses whimsical animation to spin a dark tale By: B.L. Panther Alberto Vazquez directs a grim story of war that spares nothing despite its cartoon depiction.
Reviews Scream VI takes a gruesome bite out of the Big Apple By: Gena Radcliffe The requel sequel efficiently checks off all the slasher boxes without saying anything new.