Reviews We Own This City paints chilling portrait of police run amok By: Tim Stevens Simon and Pelecanos' return to Baltimore is a clear-eyed look at pervasive police corruption.
Reviews The Baby puts a clever, eerie spin on the “miracle” of motherhood By: Megan Sunday HBO's new horror comedy about a murderous, reality-bending infant offers equal measure laughs & chills
Recap Star Trek: Picard gives up its distinctiveness to become a generic network drama The season’s eighth episode epitomizes the blandness that suffuses the show.
Reviews For a good time, call The Bad Guys By: Marshall Estes Dreamwork’s latest animated offering provides a fun, albeit shallow, romp with morally gray characters in a colorful world.
Reviews The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent has something all Nicolas Cage fans can enjoy By: Sean Price Nic Cage goes full meta in a silly but fun action-adventure film.
Reviews Wheels up for The Flight Attendant’s packed second season By: Beau North HBO's spy dramedy brings viewers back to the friendly skies for another round of seriously dark stuff.
Reviews Roar puts a darkly whimsical spin on modern women’s problems By: Gena Radcliffe Nicole Kidman executive produces a star-studded adaptation of Cecelia Ahern’s short story collection that rarely misses
Reviews Paris, 13th District is an adult look at modern love By: Michael Frank Though uneven & trying a bit too hard to appeal to a specific audience, Jacques Audiard breathes new life & color into conventional love stories
Recap Episode fourteen says Final Five forever The season that refuses to eliminate continues its trend all the way to the final challenge.
Recap Star Trek: Picard finally has something on its mind A creative approach to Jean-Luc’s traumas results in the season’s best episode.
Reviews The First Lady pulls back the curtain on the East Wing By: Beau North Despite three excellent performances, Showtime’s new limited series is hardly groundbreaking.
Reviews It would take a holy miracle to salvage Father Stu By: Lisa Laman Mark Wahlberg and director Rosalind Ross can’t make this faith-based drama work.
Reviews Aline sings a haunting song By: B.L. Panther The barely legal biopic feels the specter of Celine.
Reviews Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off treats its subject as a bruised enigma By: Gena Radcliffe Various talking heads have more to say about the legendary skateboarder than he does in Sam Jones’ otherwise well-made documentary
Reviews A Black Lady Sketch Show tags back in for a knockout season 3 By: Ashley Lara The freshest voices in comedy return for a riotous season of fan favorites and new material.
Features “Welcome home”: Cat People at 40 Paul Schrader's kinky erotic thriller offered both style & substance, and still holds up
Reviews Metal Lords can’t carry a tune, or a good story, in a bucket By: Lisa Laman This heavy metal teen comedy is a colossal misallocation of characters and tone.
Reviews Michael Bay’s Ambulance resuscitates the mid-budget heist thriller By: Clint Worthington Armed with $40 million worth of drones and Jake Gyllenhaal, the action auteur delivers one of his most relentlessly entertaining exercises in cinematic excess.
Recap Star Trek: Picard tries to sing a medley without a melody The season’s sixth episode is a collection of strange choices and narrative odds and ends.
Reviews Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh, and Daniels go for broke with style and wisdom By: Justin Harrison The Daniels' mega movie is both glorious reminder of the multitude of ways Michelle Yeoh rules and a smart study of the work that goes into doing good.
Reviews Cow delivers a thoughtful but crushing look inside dairy farm By: Sean Price Andrea Arnold brings her strong eye and empathy skills to non-fiction with a raw but beautiful documentary about the life of a cow trapped in an industrialized dairy farm.