Festivals Sundance 2023: Midnight Selections By: Erin Brady Sundance's Midnight section offers up a trio of films--My Animal, Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, and Talk to Me--with strong ambitions, if not always executions.
Reviews Magic Mike’s Last Dance isn’t the swan song it wants to be By: Marshall Estes Despite some great dance sequences and charismatic performances from Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek, the conclusion to the trilogy is more “Meh” than “Magic”.
Reviews You Season 4 reinvents itself abroad By: Shannon Campe Netflix's dark stalker dramedy heads across the pond to encounter a new strain of awful rich people.
Reviews A mother’s love hides a dark secret in Attachment By: Gena Radcliffe The Shudder film successfully merges a queer romance with Jewish folk horror.
Reviews Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur lifts off with a roar By: Tim Stevens The striking animated series aims for a younger set and mostly connects.
Festivals Sundance 2023: 20 Days in Mariupol, Bad Press, Twice Colonized & Against the Tide By: Peter Sobczynski This year's documentary category covered everything from Ukraine to freedom of the press to the dwindling fishing industry.
Recap The Last of Us sets grief and laughter side by side By: Megan Sunday Joel and Ellie hit the road and learn that hell is other people when they find themselves trapped in Kansas City.
Reviews Sundance 2023: Fairyland & Joyland By: Soham Gadre Two tales of fathers and repression explore the importance of self-realization and the cost of parental absence.
Reviews Sundance 2023: Drift & The Eight Mountains By: Soham Gadre A pair of films out of the festival chronicle friendships new and old with differing degrees of success.
Reviews Knock at the Cabin is a gripping thriller about family & belief in the face of the Apocalypse By: Gena Radcliffe M. Night Shyamalan adapts Paul G. Tremblay’s bleak end-of-the-world novel with an excellent Dave Bautista as a conflicted antagonist.
Reviews The Ark launches with a fun concept, but it never leaves orbit By: Sean Price Sci-Fi legend Dean Devlin returns to television with an uninspired crew.
Festivals Sundance 2023: Infinity Pool & Fair Play By: Soham Gadre Brandon Cronenberg & Chloe Domont direct stylish films about sex & violence among the bourgeoise wealthy.
Reviews Who watches The Watchful Eye? People looking for silly soapy spooks! By: Tim Stevens Freeform’s latest primetime soap-thriller plays it fast and loose with mostly entertaining results.
Recap The Last of Us heals and breaks hearts in a low-key and wrenching episode By: Megan Sunday A fan-favorite game character makes a surprising appearance as Joel and Ellie make their way to a possible safe haven. Nick Offerman shines in a guest role.
Reviews You People can’t keep it real By: Michael Snydel A stacked cast can't save Kenya Barris' stale & sluggish race relations comedy.
Reviews Accused proves a good break from the true crime churn By: Shannon Campe FOX's new drama offers a more thoughtful take on the crime and punishment procedural.
Reviews Sundance 2023: Kim’s Video By: Peter Sobczynski The documentary stumbles when it stops relying on the facts in favor of flights of fancy.
Reviews Jennifer Lopez proves there’s nothing she can’t do in Shotgun Wedding By: Leo Brady J.Lo & Josh Duhamel star in an enjoyably silly action-comedy about a wedding that goes off the rails.
Reviews Sundance 2023: Heroic By: Soham Gadre The military drama overcomes cliché to capture structural horror.
Reviews Dear Edward, by the time you read this letter, you’ll be weeping By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s new plane crash drama goes big and it pays off.
Reviews JUNG_E sends its late star off in melancholy science fiction style By: Justin Harrison Train to Busan's Yeon Sang-ho crafts a moving nearish-future dystopian actioner anchored by an excellent final performance from late actor Kang Soo-yeon.